Category Archives: Healing

Container, Heart, and Baby

Posted on April 20, 2011 by jenny

(Written in January 2006) Saw Deborah St. Cyr for acupuncture yesterday.  Told her about the feeling in my chest, and that if I said to myself “It’s a traumatized baby” then everything softened and it was easier to be with … Continue reading →

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Bound for Freedom

Posted on April 19, 2011 by jenny

(Written in June 2008) Obama got the nomination!  I’ve put my homemade colorful Obama sign at the end of my driveway. Last night’s dance program celebrated Africa and African-Americans.  Spirit of the Great Heart, Eyes that Speak, We Shall Overcome.  … Continue reading →

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Shambhala Warriors

Posted on April 18, 2011 by jenny

I went to a workshop with Joanna Macy at Rowe in early October 2005.  She spoke of a prophecy about the Kingdom of Shambhala that she had learned about from her Tibetan friends.  She said: “This is a time when … Continue reading →

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Feeling Much Better

Posted on April 17, 2011 by jenny

These last few weeks I’ve been feeling much better.  It started with the work with the inner baby and 5-yr-old described in the last post.  I feel like I’ve come over a threshold, I feel solid and real and confident.  … Continue reading →

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Work with Focusing

Posted on April 16, 2011 by jenny

(Written in March 2011) Lynelle had a new book on Focusing, (The Power of Focusing by Ann Cornell) written by a woman who’d studied with Eugene Gendlin and gone on to teach lots of classes.  So she’s developed the technique … Continue reading →

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Sad & Scared

Posted on April 15, 2011 by jenny

(Written in March 2011) I looked out at the empty bird feeder and remembered the time I was angry at myself because I couldn’t fill the hummingbird feeder.  I feel a huge wave of remorse for having treated myself so … Continue reading →

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Being with Friends Helps

Posted on April 8, 2011 by jenny

(Written in February 2010) Saturday was pretty tough.  I didn’t have anybody set up.  When I was feeling so lonely & scared & sad I called Ann to see if she could come for a walk and she said yes!  … Continue reading →

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Therapy

Posted on April 7, 2011 by jenny

(Written in February 2010) Karen was a big help.  I cried a lot and said how discouraged I was that I’ve been working so long and so hard and I haven’t gotten any better.  Karen said I was a lot … Continue reading →

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Two Somatic Experiencing Sessions

Posted on April 6, 2011 by jenny

(Written in January-February 2010) When I finally got to Caryn I just curled on the floor in my corner and said I needed to cry.  I’ve been feeling that urge to cry for several days, but couldn’t seem to get … Continue reading →

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No Agenda

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jenny

(Written in November 2008) How to describe how it’s been for the last few days, maybe even a couple of weeks — I’ve had no agenda, time has felt free and open, it’s been OK to just do puzzles & … Continue reading →

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