Close your eyes and listen. Name 5 sounds you hear. Now, close your eyes again and listen a bit more closely. What is the closest sound you can hear? The sound furthest away? What is the quietest sound? Ok, now that you are in tuned into your sense of hearing, let’s talk about listening. The […]
Things Aren’t Going to Get Better
I’m curled up on the floor. Inside I am breaking. Again. I feel shattered, devastated, very, very afraid and alone. My breath is coming in gasps. Tears are running down my cheeks. I am shaking – that deep, core shaking that comes from absolute terror. I recognize this place. I’ve been here countless times over […]
When Exhaustion Wars with the Important Thing You Want to Do
I’m sitting here, supposedly writing this post for you. My nerves feel frazzled, my mind is spinning. I want to write something useful, something that will bring a little ease and comfort into your day. But, right now I’m having a really hard time accessing those qualities for myself. Totally lacking ease and comfort in […]
Sensations: Speaking the Secret Language of the Body
Today, we are going to play with speaking Sensation. Yes, it’s a language. Yes, you will be able to speak it by the end of this post. But first, why? What’s the point? Sensations are the language (the words) of our bodies. They are how our bodies communicate with us. Speaking Sensation allows us to […]
How to Bring a Little Ease into Your Holiday Season
It’s the holidays… perhaps you’ve noticed? Festive music, garish signs advertising who-knows-what, parties, lights, and of course, tons of additional external and internal pressure. Right? Over the past week, I’ve been in a funk. Totally disoriented and paralyzed by this vague sense of things I should be, want to be, and need to be accomplishing. […]