Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
Reflections from the Sanctuary This morning’s inquiry, “is the simplicity I seek already here?”. I ask this question with all sincerity and a curious and open heart. I’m not asking my mind but I’m asking my direct experience. Is the simplicity I seek already...
Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
I know that when undigested pain or trauma (past) gets triggered it’s not who I am and most likely not related to anything that is happening in the present moment. It is the past repeating itself in the present. The paradox is that what gets triggered is also...
Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
Two pairs of flip flops lined up side by side at the back door. A tiny little hand made door mouse that I bought last week perched on the keyboard of my computer looking up at me in sweet innocence. A cup of coffee that is starting to get cold and a green felt pen....
Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
My brother told me recently, that when our parents fought, I would become hysterical and then collapse into a heap on the floor. He would pick me up and carry me to his room where we would spend the night huddled together as my parents fighting echoed through the...
Presence, Self Care Practices, Spiritual Awakening
If you ever wake up in the morning and feel a contraction or sense of dread in your body you are not alone. This is the clench of the survival self who believes that he has to manage his life and make it all work out. This is the human being who dreads getting up and...
