by Samantha Lotti | May 10, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Body-Mind Connection, Perception and Perspective
Sometimes it’s hard to get up in the morning and remember that today is not the same as yesterday. Often that’s because today looks the same as yesterday. The routine is the same, the people are the same, the problems are the same, and the thoughts and emotions are...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 26, 2013 | Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Biodynamic Thought
The spine is the body’s midline. It runs from the base of the skull through all 24 vertebrae to the sacrum, ending at the coccyx. It connects the top, middle, and bottom of the body and is the body’s structural and functional center. Movement is accomplished by...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 18, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Perception and Perspective
Once we have told the story of the trauma in our lives to others and others have reflected that story back to us, then it is time to make a choice. Our trauma either defines us for the duration of our life, becoming the closed box from which our actions and words...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 7, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Client Resource
In the search for health, our body looks for opportunities to disengage from the sympathetic state (fight/flight) and enter into the parasympathetic state (rest/digest). In order to heal, the body must go from maintenance mode to repair mode. The only way to do this...
by Samantha Lotti | Apr 2, 2013 | Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Biodynamic Thought
I have read many introductions to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST), participated in hundreds of conversations on the topic, and have been confronted about the “quackery” of BCST from a scientific standpoint. I agree, it is hard to understand what is Biodynamic...
by Samantha Lotti | Mar 29, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Perception and Perspective, Trauma
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 over to his...