Feeling is hard. My aim is to make it simple I’m a passionate and persistent champion of embodiment. As a bodyworker, all my work is aimed at supporting people to find health and happiness by connecting to the body. Whatever has happened to you, whatever your belief...
When we’re looking to reduce pain and anxiety, developing skills and words about how to interact with the feeling states inside you is really important. In this blog, I’m going to explore the art of feeling, and how we can get better at learning how to manage intense...
Over the past twenty-five years as a bodyworker, I’ve come to see that most of us don't understand how powerful feeling is. And I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the important changes that happen for people experiencing pain, trauma and anxiety, when they become...
Dr Karin Lindgard is an author, philosopher and biodynamic craniosacral therapist who I really respect, and someone whose work has influenced me over the years. Her unique perspective on consciousness draws on 20 years of research, including a PhD in philosophy. When...
There is a moment in The Work at about 20 minutes. Two men are standing eye ball to eye ball. They are in a group of other men standing in a circle around them. You are aware of the noise of other circles of other men. The stillness and the intensity between the two...
Did you know there are two types of touch? It is useful to understand the difference between quick touch and slow touch. Quick touch goes along big, thick A fibre nerves. These nerves are like motorways. Slow touch is different, it goes along slow, thin C fibre...
About Touch Is Really Strange When did you start working on the book? The idea for a book on touch has been in my head since 2019, but definitely a lockdown project. The Really Strange series has been huge fun and continues to get heartwarming feedback. There have...
This webinar was designed to explore how 'Relational Touch' supports embodiment and grounding to heal trauma. When our physiology is stuck, we are stuck. Understanding the protective reflexes of 'fight-or-flight' or 'freeze' is a key piece in working with trauma....
https://vimeo.com/manage/362675753/general “Touch, my studies show, is the primary language of compassion, love, and gratitude - emotions at the heart of trust and cooperation.” -Keltner, D. (2009) Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life. 1st Ed, W. W....
When we’re looking to reduce pain and anxiety, developing skills and words about how to interact with the feeling states inside you is really important. In this blog, I’m going to explore feeling, and how we can get better at learning how to manage intense feelings....
Anything can work some of the time. Nothing works all of the time. This phrase works really well to illustrate the complexity of working with pain. Pain is dependant on multiple, diverse, interacting variables. Pain is a perception due to the interplay of biological,...
'Humans are polyrhythmic. With skill, the rhythms sometimes coalesce into a feeling of wholeness. Touch is enormously powerful. Non-doing, ‘relational touch’, that listens without fixed agendas, supports coherent rhythms and order to emerge. There is a distinct...
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