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Category Archives: Somatic Experiencing
“A deep well of sadness”
Writing done in group on Monday, May 15 A well of unprocessed grief “To be met!” That’s what I said when I was doing somatic experiencing with Peter Payne. He also did body work and I was sitting on his … Continue reading
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The Oneness of Guilt and Pain
I watched this talk on Healing Trauma and Spiritual Growth with Peter Levine, who developed Somatic Experiencing, and Thomas Huebl, a spiritual teacher, and found it enormously helpful. In fact I watched it twice. I was struck by a story … Continue reading
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How I Was Traumatized
I realize that when I described feeling like George Floyd being held down and suffocated, I didn’t explain what happened to me and how it felt. I had a dear friend who had been horribly abused in a physically abusive … Continue reading
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Issue of Control
July 10 Fear came up. The cold vibration in my diaphragm. It didn’t fade so I stayed with it. Tried to meditate — actually maybe I did finally hold on to the lovingkindness prayer for myself. Somewhere along the way … Continue reading
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Working with Uncomfortable Physical Sensations
The situation: I bought a car for my friend Eleanor, because the one she was driving has bad brakes that may go anytime. I am also in the final stages of applying to Kendal, a retirement community that will provide … Continue reading
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Emptiness
I haven’t been able to post anything for quite a while. Bella’s death opened up the huge abyss of abandonment. The session with Caryn was tough. I started in my corner and crying. I wanted to ask her what was … Continue reading
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Ten Years — Forty Years
I wrote a journal piece 10 years ago, on my effort to understand which stories work for me and which don’t. I posted it as “Choices & Dysfunctional Beliefs.” It’s painful to me that I’ve been struggling with PTSD for … Continue reading
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It Gets Harder
My heart hurts. Grieving for Bella has gotten harder. Thursday I was depressed. Friday I started the day feeling totally empty, feeling like Bella had never lived. I couldn’t remember what she looked like. I couldn’t feel her spirit. Then … Continue reading
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Bodhisattva Vow
Written in July 2009 I can’t remember the session with Caryn very well. I went back to my corner and told her how I had gotten “too big” and needed to pull back. I had brought the doll I had … Continue reading
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Resource Notebook
I mentioned my “Resource notebook” in a previous post. In Somatic Experiencing a “resource” is a place in your body that feels more comfortable, more centered, more solid. A resource can also be something that, when you think of it, … Continue reading
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