Culturally, we often think about trust as being only one thing: either someone is to be trusted, or someone is not. This makes sense on a basic level of safety: am I safe with this person, or not?
Once a feeling of safety is present, trust becomes even more interesting...
I believe there are many different shades and aspects of trust, which become more apparent within the therapeutic relationship.
Read MoreIn previous blogs, I have written about the left-hemispheric shifted culture we find ourselves immersed in - with many of the messages we receive outside of our conscious awareness, yet forming and shaping who we are and how we behave within society.
We can find balance when we lead from the right hemisphere's perspective, with support from how the left hemisphere of the brain likes to do things.
Creative Kinesiology has such a right-hemispheric leading approach embedded in the culture of its practice, in the facilitation of healing work, and in a different way of being in the world.
Read MoreIn the course of a session of Creative Kinesiology, EFT and Reiki, we have the opportunity to encounter many beautiful energies.
This blog outlines some of the energies which present themselves in the therapeutic space.
Read MoreThrough healing and soul work, we encounter divine and cosmic energies and aspects of ourselves.
These energies are so fascinating, that it can be easy to get swept up into the spiritual and lose connection with our (sometimes mundane) human life.
Read MoreEvery day, we receive vast amounts of information from the world around - and within - us, outside of our conscious awareness.
Very little of this original information reaches the level of our conscious minds. And because of the way we are living, our brains are often overwhelmed with sensory information and the speed of society.
Read MoreThe first of the swallows (Hirundo rustica) have returned to my back garden in Oxfordshire today, welcoming in May and the blossoming Spring.
Making their courageous journey from the south of Africa, they travel 200 miles per day facing exhaustion, starvation and adverse weather conditions.
Read MoreShame is a difficult emotion to be with.
My aim here is to shine some light on what shame is, which you might apply to your own inner life and use it to shine a light into the dark places that have felt shamed.
Read MoreWe all have parts of ourselves we feel are ugly.
Disowning or disconnecting from any part of yourself, results in not being fully present in the world, not accepting your gifts and talents and not fully participating in the world with energy, joy and vitality.
Read MoreI have written recently about the Drama Triangle and the positions of Persecutor, Victim and Rescuer, as well as the astrological move of Chiron into Aries initiating a 9 year period of healing the wounded masculine.
These themes are very present and potent for us collectively, and serve as a reminder that this work is of fundamental importance in healing ourselves, our relationships and the entire Earth.
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