{"id":1994,"date":"2011-10-31T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2011-10-31T12:11:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T16:11:42","slug":"occupy-jenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"“Occupy Jenny”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a bodywork session in January 2008 I had an experience that, in retrospect, sounds an awful lot like what Eve Ensler described for Occupy Wall Street: “I had the fortune to spend the night with a group of about 30 occupiers – the talk could have gone on through the early morning. The depth of the conversation, the intensity of the seeking, the complexity of ideas were startling. But, what moved me even more was the respect, the way people listened to each other and honored and appreciated each other.” \u00a0It was posted on February 20, 2010<\/a>.\u00a0 Now I wonder: does this represent the “Occupy Jenny” movement?\u00a0 Am I going to turn into a butterfly?<\/p>\n

Paying attention to the tight place in my belly, to when it loosens, flaps, bubbles up with my breathing, and when it tightens.\u00a0 This is my dowsing rod, my guide, helping me to identify which of the multitudes of voices inside are speaking at any time: the indigenous ones who trust the wisdom of the body, the ones who know what I need for healing, the white male oppressors who complain this is not \u201cscientific\u201d, and all the little traumatized children who are afraid of the process.\u00a0 The multitudes grew into a huge crowd with placards and banners.\u00a0 I had a sense of parts of me disintegrating, a sensation familiar from Somatic Experiencing, which I used to find scary, but now welcome as an indication of healing.\u00a0 Old frozen patterns are breaking up like ice in spring.\u00a0 In the crowd, people began talking to each other: arguing, discussing, negotiating, communicating.\u00a0 I became curious about the ones who were on the side of the disbelievers, the oppressors.\u00a0 After a long moment, two figures shuffled forward.\u00a0 Shriveled versions of Mom & Dad.\u00a0 I understood that all the oppressive voices were frightened children desperate for security.\u00a0 I found myself saying: I disagree with you, but I keep a space open for you because you are part of the whole.\u00a0 I could feel my acceptance of all the dark rigid pieces inside me and I became whole.\u00a0 I am the planet \u2014 there are elephants in my bloodstream.\u00a0 Kevin asked \u201cwhat does that feel like in your body?\u201d A sense of wholeness, really filling out my skin, denseness and texture inside.\u00a0 Not heavier, but more alive.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a bodywork session in January 2008 I had an experience that, in retrospect, sounds an awful lot like what Eve Ensler described for Occupy Wall Street: “I had the fortune to spend the night with a group of about … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}