stress relief

The Descending Line: Stress Relief. The Natural Way.

2024-03-11T12:03:28-07:00

“Habitual repression of emotion leaves a person in a situation of chronic stress, and chronic stress creates an unnatural biochemical milieu in the body... Disease, in other words, is not a simple result of some external attack but develops in a vulnerable host in whom the  internal environment has [...]

The Descending Line: Stress Relief. The Natural Way.2024-03-11T12:03:28-07:00

“The Descending Line” and its importance for reducing our stress levels and improving our well-being (and the importance of spontaneous breath and restoring order to our internal milieu)

2019-04-30T13:06:30-07:00

"Habitual repression of emotion leaves a person in a situation of chronic stress, and chronic stress creates an unnatural biochemical milieu in the body, [ ], Disease , in other words, is not a simple result of some external attack but develops in a vulnerable host in whom the  internal [...]

“The Descending Line” and its importance for reducing our stress levels and improving our well-being (and the importance of spontaneous breath and restoring order to our internal milieu)2019-04-30T13:06:30-07:00

The Other Shade of Dualism: “Multi-Dimensionalism” – I Re-Visit Gabor Maté’s Writings and Get Comfortable with Ambiguity (yet again).

2019-04-30T13:06:32-07:00

Click here to re-tweet "The other shade of dualism: "Multi-Dimensionalism." Black - White.  Sick - Not Sick. Happy - Unhappy. Health - Unhealthy. Function - Dysfunction. Flexible - Stiff. Introvert - Extrovert. Mind - Body. now you try.... Something goes here. Something goes there. I'm THIS. I'm THAT. This dualistic way of thinking [...]

The Other Shade of Dualism: “Multi-Dimensionalism” – I Re-Visit Gabor Maté’s Writings and Get Comfortable with Ambiguity (yet again).2019-04-30T13:06:32-07:00

Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 2: More Orientation + Body Awareness

2019-11-22T18:28:58-08:00

If you haven't checked out Step 1: Nervous System Cleansing 101: Step 1 - Orientation, be sure to do so. If you don't, this won't make that much sense. I'm going to keep this post shorter so you can catch up with the first step of orientation. Part 3 is [...]

Nervous System Cleansing 101. Step 2: More Orientation + Body Awareness2019-11-22T18:28:58-08:00

Lessons from a Stubbed Toe: “Accident-Trauma-First Aid”

2024-03-11T10:55:42-07:00

Stubbing my toe in Berkeley I was walking quite fast through the residential area of Berkeley, California, this past October. I was wearing my open-toed Birkenstock sandals when BAM! “Ouch, #!^*…Oh, that REALLY hurts...” An uneven slab of sidewalk had put an abrupt stop to the forward motion of my second toe [...]

Lessons from a Stubbed Toe: “Accident-Trauma-First Aid”2024-03-11T10:55:42-07:00

Part 2. Refining the Somatic Practices: My Science Geek Shines Through

2019-04-30T13:06:44-07:00

I ended Part 1: Refining the Somatic Practices: The Story of Jenny and Susan, with this question: "How can we evolve our somatic practices to meet the changing needs of people, not to mention the diversity of people coming to us, especially in a class format?" First of all, a [...]

Part 2. Refining the Somatic Practices: My Science Geek Shines Through2019-04-30T13:06:44-07:00