Science-based Somatic Therapy, Wellness expert, Sacred Therapeutic Touch, Intuitive Medicine
It is said we cannot excel at more than eight things at once – the octopus hasn’t ten arms. We have our foundational four of needs, and the other four we get to choose. At least to create a stable executive structure, which "8" is in Chinese numerology. It serves us to choose to focus…
***** Love, L-O-V-E, is a sensation of coherence experienced when Vau, our inner heart’s being, is aligned and strong- with another’s heart chakra- be it baby or lover. Love is sparked by locality- being in a physical room together- and touch is involved. * L-O-V-E is Lamed- Samech (ס for O) shape but in English,…
Elimination is Letting go, Releasing- Evacuating stool and whatever no longer serves our highest and greatest good, anymore. [1] * Stool- is our dross - our shed goo residue. It does not mean so to offend and is a living being. Under healthy conditions, stool is completely recyclable. Please consider stool to be a friend,…
***** With consumption,. We open mouths to receive tastes and textures as we ingest food from plant and animal kingdom[1]as fuel for our mitochondria energy bodies of moving electrons- our flame of self. * Strong fires need fuel, oxygen, and spark-if they go out. **** In the wild, food continues to be eaten – browsed…
Air Air is mysterious because we cannot see or touch it – yet it is there. Birds can fly. Clouds sit in the sky. Stars and planets drift above us at night. * Air always changes, at least if you look up, you may see, the clouds are never the same. Each time the sky…
* This essay focuses on the nature of ‘need’. * When our basic needs are met, Soma’s chakras are secure and we stand in our power naturally. * We have resilience and can be productive. We have more ability to give of ourselves consequentially. * For this our soma body hive minds must be honored…
“Peace Now” “Give Peace a Chance!”, “Peace on Earth” without specifics, these declarations make me wince. They are so non-specific as “peace” can look like anything. Please consider[1]this. What bugs you anyway? That you might pick another’s cause distracts you (not that that’s bad, just different choice of focus). Peace, as I have experienced it in my…
Snow- my birthday gift (I was born on the snow-moon- the full moon just finished. ( first draft). [So here I sit swaddled, hot cocoa in hand after my fun foray to clear frontage; writing about it now on my birthday stationary.] I love snow. It hasn’t failed to lift my heart but once… after…
I was saddened to hear my beloved teacher passed away. She was way too young, by my reckoning; in her mid-40s, or so, making her passing that much more difficult to process. What caused her demise I don’t know[1]… I can only pray her spirit is returned back to the light from which it came.…
Continue reading ➞ A tribute to a beloved teacher-and witnessing a healing
In Russian myths and folk tales, one of my favorites is the story of Baba Yaga. I only recently re-discovered her about 5 years ago. * I first was introduced to her in a book my mother gave me, “A Harvest of Russian Children’s Literature”- a collection of stories from Russia and the surrounding regions…
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