My feet fall into a resonant rhythm as I follow the unexpected light of the November sun. Its radiance is muted, as if wrapped in a thick, textured cloth. But as I make my way up the grassy knoll, its white light suddenly pierces the veil. Against the spectral sky, bare limbs bow in the wind, greeting me like old friends. My verdant sanctuary stands stripped to its hollow bones–vulnerable now, … [Read more...]
Two months ago, my life with dystonia ‘got flipped turned upside down’ and i’ve been on a rollercoaster ride of recovery from it ever since. Seemingly overnight, my plush California King-sized bed transformed into the terrifying setting for violent contortions that wiped me out for much of the next day. Accompanying this sudden change, the sights that normally inspired me as a writer and the … [Read more...]
It's been a tremendously empowering and emotionally stirring week of Sounds True's The Healing Summit. At the start, Peter Levine, PhD, coached listeners on how to "tune in and drop into" the body–through the gentle presence, compassionate awareness and rhythmic movement of Somatic Experiencing–in order to dislodge the "tremendous compression of survival energy" locked into the physical form by … [Read more...]