Body Comes to Mind

What Does It Even Mean to “Be” Instead of “Do”? You know that feeling when you finish one thing, and your mind’s already sprinting to the next? When you’re three “to-dos” ahead? That’s doing. It probably sounds familiar. And productive, right? And . . . at times exhausting. When you spend a lot of your […]

Authenticity: The daily practice of letting go of who we think we are supposed to be and embracing who we are. – Brené Brown Wear your Heart on Your Sleeve Where do you wear your heart? Out in the open as an easy tell for how you’re feeling or what you’re thinking? Or more of

“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.” — Lech Walesa Making Sense of Frustration Frustration is a sensation that can take over your mind and body completely. It arises quickly, unexpectedly, and often in situations that you aren’t able to escape. You need to finish what

How can your system be comfortable with saying no in such a way that it works for you and it works for the other person?

“You can do anything, but not everything.” David Allen Knowing Your Limits Do you know when you’ve had enough? Or better yet, are you aware that you are reaching your limit before you get out of balance and have gone beyond your tipping point? Our positive thinking perspective tells us we can do it all.

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” Virginia Woolf The Law of Avoidance Last month we explored the Law of Attraction in our Embodiment Lab. This time we will look at the unavoidable counterpart: The Law of Avoidance. Like we did last time, we used the pendulum as our vehicle for exploring embodied awareness. We

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need. The Rolling Stones We watch the pendulum as it swings back and forth. The shaolin master is using it as an analogy for grasping after and resisting things. And we can easily see the

Trust is being comfortable with the unknown combined with hope, an optimistic perspective. Trust is a big word Trust settles into our system as one of the first developmental stages and grows from there. Something outside of ourselves often comes to our mind when we think about trust: Do I trust them? Is that group

The census is high, the CNA is out sick, you still need to finish the final details for your kid’s school’s “virtual” event and you’re concerned about your sick mother. Everyone knows those times when everything is suddenly piled up and demands that we kick it into high gear. Your head feels full, occupied and