"What else is nature but God?" ~ Seneca the Younger
Photograph by Elliot Porter
... and aren't we of nature?
Let us both gaze lovingly at the beautiful brokenness that is you
“There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.”
~ Shannon L. Alder
Let us both gaze lovingly at the beautiful brokenness that is you.
You are the Truth
"You are the truth from foot to brow. Now what else would you like to know?" ~ Rumi
Photograph by Edward Weston
Chaos and Creativity
"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit."
Henry Adams
Art by Willem de Kooning
Another way of saying "the body remembers"... and it is for us, not against us!
"The important thing to remember about dragons is that they guard our treasure. When a dragon appears, it means gold is right behind it -- if we have the courage to stand our ground and fully meet it.
Sera Beck, from Red, Hot, and Holy
Art by William Blake
What is the gold behind the dragon that is Covid-19?
And what do we gain by having the courage to fully meet our own inner dragon(s)? We come to realize that the dragon is not all that scary...that facing it tames it. And the gold is knowing that we can tame it.
By facing traumatic or scary memories, by feeling our own pain, we come to know that "behind" those dragons is our magnificent, victorious, true self.
Listening
"...the traumatized body can be reawakened thanks to the attention, sensitivity, and capacity of the other/analyst to really believe in the painful story that the patient brings to therapy; it is the emotional participation of the analyst that makes the body a sentient body and restores unity where there was fragmentation."
Sandor Ferenczi (from https://doi.org/10.1080/0803706X.2017.1362502)
Photograph by W. Eugene Smith
Listening with hands and heart heals.
That's Lyrical Healing in a nutshell.
“Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fear is an orphaned part of us seeking joy, some disowned shadow wanting to return to the light and home of ourselves.”
Jacob Nordby | Art by Kathe Kollwitz
We all have these feelings. Let us honor them.
I can help you to feel those feelings, and honor them, just because they are part of you...
Noirmaste -- the dark in me honors the dark in you.
And I can help you "feel it to heal it" when that's appropriate.
Creation and Destruction
"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."
Pablo Picasso
Artwork by Jackson Pollack
"When nothing is sure, everything is possible."
Margaret Drabble
Photograph https://www.mysticmamma.com/there-are-many-paths-to-awaren…
Let’s not deny the confusion or fear… and also see the possibilities…
