by Samantha Lotti | Mar 19, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought, Perception and Perspective
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 bottom...
by Samantha Lotti | Mar 18, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought
We are American, and 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...
by Samantha Lotti | Mar 16, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought
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...
by Samantha Lotti | Mar 13, 2013 | Perception and Perspective, Alternative Definitions, Biodynamic Thought
The anatomical heart has a natural tendency to dilate (expand). If it weren’t contained by the pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart), it would expand into the whole chest cavity. This might explain that sense of openness that we feel when our heart gets...
by Samantha Lotti | Mar 12, 2013 | Biodynamic Thought
The direction of the body is growth. –Samantha Lotti
