It was 2009. I had a choice to make.

I’d just come out of 3 intensive years inside a system. A system designed to train me, cultivate my capacities, & deliver me into the world as a mental health professional. I had just graduated with a masters degree in Somatic Psychology.

You’d think I was elated, excited, expanded...

People are impressionable. We are molded by others, shaped by collective themes, adaptive to others needs. Group think can move us toward images, beliefs and ideas that overlay our deeper unique impulses and expressions. Little by little too much focus “out there” and we’re stripped of something vital.

Sometimes the hardest part of the healing process is slowing down enough to listen, actually deeply listen, to what our system really needs. Turning down the noise, tuning in to our own center, & trusting the wisdom within can sometimes be the hardest thing