Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 4: Go to the Body
In order to identify the sacred wound, it helps to feel into the body for an emotional reaction. People often report a tightness in the chest, a nausea, a blockage in the throat. Our…
Writing
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 3: Stop Scratching
Few of us relate to our wound like it’s a form of genius in any sense of the word. We relate to it like we have to get rid of it. I have a friend whose father left her mother, and sisters…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 2: Identifying the Wound
In my previous blog post, I began a discussion about the sacred wound . The essence of the message was that when we regard the wounding we experience in our lives as good news rather than…
The Sacred Wound: A Doorway to Your Genius
Everyone carries a wound. No one is exempt.
Midlife
I was teaching a workshop a while back and realized I was the only one in the room with gray hair. I don't mind the gray. What caught me was quieter than that: I wasn't young anymore, and…
Why Discipline Matters
Yesterday I had a disagreement with a vendor I buy supplies from. I was pissed most of the evening, and by the time I went to sleep, I felt clear. Then I sat down to meditate this morning,…
My Ashtanga Yoga Practice Was Boring Today
That's right. You read the title. Because I am an Ashtanga yoga teacher, I should ALWAYS be inspired by my practice and all things yoga. I'm not. At least today I am not. In fact, I had a…
The One Minute Meditation
A client of mine just forwarded this one minute meditation off to me designed by Elena Brower . What I love about it is that it quickly tune you in, opens your heart and quiets the mind.…
Castor Packs for Pain
The Problem with the Castor Bath The first time I went to Mysore to study with my yoga teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, in 1993, I noticed that he was often prescribing castor oil baths . He…
Creating Authentic Relationships
For the most part, people take relationships for granted. We assume we know what the other person wants and needs, and they assume we know what we need. The main source of relationship…
Getting Real
I was working with a coaching client this morning, and he was pretty anxious. As we started to explore the anxiety, what we discovered was that he wasn't being real with himself. He wasn't…
Stop “Should-ing” on Yourself
Below is a quote from the section of a book that I’m reading by Claudia Naranjo. Naranjo was a student of Fritz Perls, the well-known gestalt psychotherapist that led encounter groups at…