Somatic Spiritual Counseling Blog
16 FOLLOWERS
We offer body-based contemplative counseling + coaching, focused on presence; nervous system healing; and relationship with ourselves, others, and the natural world. Our blog is a treasure trove of resources on attachment, anxiety, somatic therapy, shamanic healing, plant spirit medicine, depression, relationships, addiction, trauma, adoption, and more.
Somatic Spiritual Counseling Blog
1y ago
What do eating, going to the bathroom, kissing, sneezing, and resolving trauma all have in common? That’s right, sensation. Specifically the ability and practice of noticing sensations in the present moment and attending to them as they change. By attending, I mean: 1) acknowledging the sensations that you feel; 2) staying present to the sensations as they change; 3) mindfully responding to the impulses that may arise. Let’s walk through an example to make it more clear how sensations guide one’s experience. We’ll go with kissing because it’s fun (hopefully) and if it’s not, it’s even more im ..read more