The Heart of Trauma

Trauma

When we were children many of us experienced an event or events that were too big to bear. This is the origin of trauma. Our little bodies couldn’t digest the mental, emotional and physical overwhelm. It was too much. We began to wall off our pain and memories in...

Coming to Rest

Presence

“The simple practice of resting in presence reveals that seeking, worrying and excessive thinking aren’t necessary at all. Restful presence is already free of everything.” Scott Kiloby When I first began to meditate many years ago I believed that resting meant that I...

The Impact of Trauma

Trauma

Healing is not a destination it’s a new way of being with ourselves and our experience. Every moment provides us with an opportunity to begin again. When we experience trauma there is a shift that happens in our physiology and our innocent childlike orientation to...

A Resting Place

Poetry

This place is a resting place. A safe place. A place where you can relax andbreathe deeply into the spacein your chestthat hardly ever receivesany oxygen. This is a resting placewhere you can allow your neck to loosen andyour shoulders to droopa littleallowing all the...

The Guest of Honour

Poetry, Trauma

I used to go diggingpoking and proddinginto the human psyche. That was before I knew how muchshe doesn’t like to be forced. Now I prepare a safe, warm and inviting space for her. I bow at her feetin reverence to the mysteries she holds. I listen to the quiet...