I once heard a friend loosely quote William Burroughs: “If, after spending an hour with someone, you feel like you’ve lost a pint of blood, they are a succubus. Run.” Make no mistake, this president-elect is that. Like all narcissists,…
I graduated from Naropa University in 2009 with a Master’s in Somatic Counseling Psychology. It was surprising to me that, even in a Somatic Psychotherapy program, little information was given at that time on the ethical use of touch in…
Touch is the first sense to develop in utero and often the last sense to leave before death. Of the five major senses (touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste), touch is the only one that we cannot live without. It is…
I have been practicing yoga for about 20 years, some years with more consistency than others. And I have been a yoga teacher for over ten years, again, some years teaching more than others. The way I practice at 48…
Rethinking it for those of us who are pissy about it. Valentine’s Day has always annoyed me. I mean, it’s been done already. The whole representation of the heart symbol for care and love and all the other good relationship…