Pause Gently: Hold Lightly
Do you have your dreams, or do your dreams have you? Do you have your feelings or do your feelings have you? Do you have your job or does your job have you? Hold it lightly, then you can put … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Body-Mind
Psychotherapy Without Words
Originally posted on May 24, 2012 by Miriam Grace When the tissues and structures of the body are engaged and held in stillness… In that stillness there is opportunity for change and enhanced self-awareness. Phil Greenfield I attended Phil Greenfield’s http://www.corealignment.co.uk/ talk on … Continue reading →
Here and Now: the timeless, powerful and effective Gestalt teaching
Often reframed as mindfulness, acceptance, focussing or compassion focused therapy, and having borrowed from buddhism, Zen, Reichian therapy, the Gestalt practice of starting where we are has retained its power for nearly 60 years, for centuries if we acknowledge that … Continue reading →
No going back: conscious re-entry and post-pandemic living
How can we re-enter the world post-lockdown in a way that is chosen, powerful and reflective of our growth in the last year? This is the question I have been inviting supervisees, clients and most of all my Nourish & … Continue reading →
Pyjamas and Pearls: Enjoying life with all we have
I’m republishing a February blog this week. I used to do a Wednesday Morning Breakfast Interview in my blog, with various practitioners or teachers. You may remember Julie Creffield from The Fat Girl’s Guide to Running or Phillipa Wilson from … Continue reading →
Is it helpful to talk with clients about the psychological aspects of their pain?
I am a psychotherapist, with a specialism in trauma over the last 30 years, who has long been fascinated with the mind-body link and how we can encourage ease of physical movement with psychological and physical experiential exercises. I am … Continue reading →
‘A Paradox of Neuroses and Wisdom’: reflections from my yoga mat
संकल्प ‘I am well, I am happy, I am peaceful and at ease’, I said to myself, three times, focusing on my heart. I say this three times before my yoga nidra practice and three times at the end. Its called … Continue reading →
Life Awakening
What is Life Awakening about? And how did I come to devise and write this concept? Life Awakening began, believe it or not, during training in CBT for Trauma, when I found myself sitting at a table next to a … Continue reading →
I have the body of Wonder Woman!
Do you remember the pose? Hands on hips, legs firmly planted a couple of feet apart, spine straight and head held high? Last Saturday, Dr. David Hamilton had us hold this position for two whole minutes, in his seminar on … Continue reading →
Laughter is Soul Medicine
Are you looking for a way to feel calmer and more balanced, to improve your health, your mood, or your connections with others? You might think that laughter is a superficial answer to your problems, but please take a few … Continue reading →