The Chaos In Your Life Has Meaning
Some time ago, when I was going through a difficult moment in my life, I was fortunate to find myself in New Mexico in the presence of a Jungian analyst who was also a Huichol shaman. He asked me if I had heard of the Lindisfarne Gospels. I hadn’t. He walked…
Pain: A Method of Communication
There are few things that we all have in common. One of these things is pain. Pain is largely defined as an unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of intensity as a consequence of injury, disease, and/or mental and emotional suffering. Some synonyms are anguish, annoyance, irritation, vexation, and discomfort. With…
Learning from the Embryo: The Power of Gesture
At five weeks the embryo is 5-7 mm long (about the size of a dry lentil). It is budding upper and lower limbs. Its heart is large and rapidly growing in size. By week seven the heart is enormous. Using an adult body as a reference, the heart stretches from the…
You Can Be Independent Because You Are Dependent
We are independent. We make things happen. We don’t need others. In fact, we often say that we shoulder the weight of the world by ourselves in our lives. We shoulder it with no significant help from those around us, strangers or friends alike. In the end, we know it’s up…
Learning From the Embryo: Imprinted for Change
When you were an embryo your body developed from one cell that underwent division. It underwent division once, twice, tens of thousands of times. At every stage of forming and shaping, you were a complete, fully functioning organism. You often did not look like your final human form, but the only…
When You’re Lost, Find Your Body
Our brain is a magnificent tool. Beyond its intricately complicated physiological functions, it helps our conscious mind navigate the world. In milliseconds it can think through a circumstance, all the possible outcomes, make a decision, and initiate action on that decision. Occasionally it helps us to get lost as well. We…
The Cellular Intelligence Within Us
“The curing of disease depends upon the body’s internal powers of resistance and only secondarily on treatment” – (Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text. 549) Often we forget that true healing comes from the cellular intelligence within us, not from those that are giving us treatments, whether they are doctors, holistic medical providers…