Joyful Noise Intuitive singing is one of the funnest ways to restore happiness, health, and connection. Intuitive singing means letting your voice do what it wants to do, without trying…
Read More
The AA Slogan first things first is one of my favorites. Like many of the AA slogans, it is almost deceptively simple. And therein lies its elegance. What is first…
This post is part of a series of modern love letters to the 12 Steps. To start at the very beginning, read To Whom We Owe Our Recovery: Modern Love…
The key to easy breathing is understanding how to breathe right. If you are looking for ways to anchor better breathing into your body, it can be helpful to harness the…
In his helpful book, Healing Trauma: A pioneering program for restoring the wisdom of your body, Peter Levine explains how gentle shaking and trembling are a part of the body’s…
Take a moment to picture a small infant sleeping peacefully in a safe, soft bed. Observe its belly, gently, fluidly, evenly expanding and contracting. Do you still breathe like that? …
On the path to recovery, we learn to value every aspect of our lives, even the bad energies. In the words of Richard C. Schwartz, the inspirational, kind founder of…
There’s a wonderful technique used by Somatic Experiencing therapists, called Voo Sound. Not only is the name fun, the technique itself is fun to do. The essence of the technique…
This post is part of a series of modern love letters to the 12 Steps. To start at the very beginning, read To Whom We Owe Our Recovery: Modern Love…
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. – Aeschylus Our lives are composed of cycles within cycles within cycles. Rhythms of pause and motion run through our experiences….
