by Samantha Lotti | May 18, 2014 | Biodynamic Thought, Perception and Perspective
Note: I will not be defining the “I” in this post because it is beyond the scope of what I’m writing about. This is why I keep it in quotation marks throughout the post. This month in my practice the discussion that’s been on the table is the brain. And the “I.”...
by Samantha Lotti | Jun 22, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Client Resource, Perception and Perspective
There’s no one who hasn’t experienced the richness of their own blood when bleeding from a cut. To some people the sight of blood is gross or scary, to some fascinating and beautiful. The fact that we bleed when cut means we’re healthy, it means the heart, in...
by Samantha Lotti | Jun 14, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Perception and Perspective
Each different part influences and is influenced by the others. If a part of a system changes, the environment surrounding that part becomes altered, reshaping itself in response to the change. As the environment is reshaped, the part itself, as well as the...
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 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 | Mar 29, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Learning from Personal Experiences, Perception and Perspective
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...
