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Just Relax! (Why Telling Yourself to Relax Doesn’t Work)
May 30, 2019
Practices
Many of us would agree that we need to relax more. But we also know that telling ourselves to “just relax” doesn’t work very well. ...
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Depression, Low Energy, and the Hazards of Living by Will Alone
November 10, 2018
Somatic Psychology
When we’re depressed, we lack energy. One reason we get depressed is because we run out of the will to push ourselves, and we discover ...
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Bioenergetic Exercises, Self-Expression – and Emotional Release
September 21, 2018
Somatic Psychology
“Does all that sound and movement in bioenergetics really help me heal? Doesn’t that kind of dramatic self-expression just teach people it’s OK to blow ...
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A Focus on Life, Living, and the Free Flow of Energy and Impulse
January 21, 2018
Somatic Psychology
Bioenergetic body-mind psychotherapy has a very clear focus on supporting the free flow of life in a person. That is, bioenergetics focuses on enlivening, rather than simply ...
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The Body Knows – Even If “We” Don’t
August 24, 2017
Somatic Psychology
Body, feeling, thought, the unconscious, and what is essential in us are all connected. If you’ve ever had a massage, you may have had the ...
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Feeling Ourselves from the Inside Out – Versus Viewing Ourselves from the Outside In
May 26, 2017
Somatic Psychology
What is the difference between self-awareness and self-consciousness? In short, it is the difference between feeling ourselves from the inside out versus from viewing ourselves ...
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The Role of the Body in Bioenergetic Psychotherapy
April 21, 2017
Somatic Psychology
Body-mind psychotherapy stands in contrast to purely verbal psychotherapies by including your bodily self in the therapy session. This can take many different forms. At ...
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Embodiment, Energy, and Spirituality
March 11, 2017
Transpersonal-Psychospiritual Psychology
It’s common in our language to talk about body and/or mind, matter and/or spirit. A natural extension of this way of thinking is to imagine ...
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Grounding: Embodied Presence
February 26, 2017
Transpersonal-Psychospiritual Psychology
Settled. Solid. Full. Here. It’s a feeling – an experience – that sometimes comes our way. It can settle upon us by grace, perhaps in ...
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Ground, Heart, Intent, Openness, Presence
February 9, 2017
Transpersonal-Psychospiritual Psychology
Modern psychology, organizational research, the new sciences, wisdom traditions, and martial arts have all repeatedly “discovered” five fundamental elements that represent human qualities and behavioral ...
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