Being Born, Again
Mica curled up in my crossed legs, wriggled around, splayed his body forward, pushed off of my stomach with his feet, rolled over, with his head hanging over the edge of the massage table, exclaiming,...
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What Did You Notice?
Orlando tells me that his stomach hurts, in that same spot it hurt before, when he threw up that time. That time was a month or so ago, the night before a dentist appointment to get his cavity filled....
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How can I set right a tangle which is entirely below the level of my consciousness? Nisargardatta: “By being with yourself… by watching in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to...
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Hakomi Level II
I went to Hawaii for my fortieth birthday. I wanted to be somewhere beautiful, and warm, with my family, but able to be on my own part of the time, too. I was seeing beach. I was seeing myself...
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It Moves
This is Mica. He was a few months old — five? — in this photo. I remember that time so clearly, he had emerged from the didymos wrapped against my chest and was lying around on the ground, atop the...
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Swan
I was sitting with a rock. It felt big in my hands — too big — and my sense was that I wanted to be rid of it. I noticed that impulse (oh, my friend aversion come again), and turned my attention to my...
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Truly
As I lay sandwiched between two young boys — my sons — Mica flung his arms around my head and whispered with sweet urgency, “I truly, truly love you, Mama.” And then, in case I hadn’t gotten it,...
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Loving Presence
“So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.” ~...
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Tide
This is the moment I want. This one, when the tides are turning, when my eyes are clearing, when those deep-down soul dreams show their faces and declare “I am more free than I’ve ever been!” Like...
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Fluidity
I’m running down the two-lane island road… there are few cars, fewer people, and a horse. I notice the cadence of my feet, how they meet the pavement, how they flex and lift, and how my forward motion...
View ArticleQuieting the Mind
I will be teaching my first Hakomi workshop in June! This workshop is open to any an all who want to experience and practice relational mindfulness — the process of relating with awareness, kindness,...
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