Things I’ve found useful for my own trauma healing in no particular order (and it’s very personal): – EMDR (especially good for single instances) – TRE (empowering as you can do it yourself anywhere) – Long-term relational therapy – Bodywork...
Part of maturity is being able to see that which is beautiful and true, even in that which you despise, and even in that which has hurt you. As my mate Ken says, “nobody is smart enough to be totally wrong”. Having had some vicious and ironically unjust attacks from...
Dealing with the low level but incessant agitation of Ukraine for even a few days has reminded me of this: Traumatised people and countries can be a real pain in the arse. Ukraine, I love you, but like me and half of the world, you’re disconnected, sick and often act...
With so many benefits to reconnecting with ourselves (embodiment), others (relating) and the planet, one may ask why are we so consistently disconnected? One answer is trauma, of course. Another is that it’s a fucking conspiracy in how the world is set up. Or here’s...
This year I’ve been taking seriously a rather wild understanding: that the individual body contains everything and all of us. Everything, and all of us. This is actually a pretty traditional, mystical/tantric notion: microcosm of the macrocosm; as above, so below;...
We live in a movement-phobic society. Culturally, we’re shackled and straight-jacketed. Don’t think so? Try practising yoga at an airport, doing pull-ups on a train or start dancing in the street. I’ve been mocked, threatened, questioned by police and even told I...
