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Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can range from mild to severe, from an aching back to sharp, fiery pain in the head. It is exhausting and debilitating. Many people with chronic pain become addicted to painkillers. It is clear we don’t want to
Healing Trauma, Enjoying Life
a course with Lynn Fraser Trauma, PTSD, Developmental Trauma. Resilience, happiness, Positive Psychology. These are all in the news in recent years. Healing trauma is necessary for a happy life. Some of us have a diagnosis of Developmental Trauma, PTSD,
Deep Looking: Is It Safe?
Learn to Self-facilitate the Living Inquiries & Natural Rest focused for people with Anxiety, PTSD &/or Developmental Trauma Yoga meditation and other spiritual traditions recommend a regular practice of self-inquiry, or turning within. The Living Inquiries are just that, in a specific
Fight or Flight?
Something happens that is painful. We have this in common. The details may differ but we all know what it is like to suffer. What happens next? We could be with it. Allow it to be noticed, to be fully
It’s Already Gone
At a yoga teacher training retreat in 2001, my meditation teacher called together his organizing teachers. The meeting concerned the teacher who first introduced me to my mind, breath, meditation and the Himalayan lineage. She was feeling disrespected, not valued
Whoever Told You Life Would Be Fair?
My mother told me this hundreds of times through my childhood in response to my wails of “but that’s not fair!” Looking back I can see I had a set of expectations for life that included fairness, people doing their