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On Limitations and Imperfection

As Human beings we don’t like limits, we crave that which is essentially beyond limits and beyond us and we are capable of more. We are capable of wisdom and love that transcends time and we carry a kind of eternity in our hearts. Yet we are limited incomplete and unfinished, our tenure in life [...]

ANGER: The Healing Emotion

In my experience there are 2 main categories of people who come and look for help; those who are often and disproportionally angry and those who are afraid of getting angry. Mostly I see people that have considerable suppressed anger. In many cultures, spiritualities and even therapeutic circles anger is viewed as a damaging and [...]

On Groups and the Need to Help

Why searching ourselves in a group setting? The reason is simple, we human beings find it difficult to know the truth about ourselves; often we cannot see directly by ourselves our own incongruous human mixedness. Just as the eye cannot reflect on itself, we cannot see our own face without some kind of mirror. The [...]

On Spirituality and Ordinariness

Spirituality is beyond the ordinary and yet can only be found in the ordinary daily life; it is extraordinary and yet it’s extraordinary simple and tangible. Spirituality it’s not spectacular, it’s spectacularly simple. The profoundly simple often has no words and it is appreciated by anybody. Spirituality is an essential part of being human. At [...]

On Fear of Pain and Aliveness

The fear of pain, the fear of not being able to bear it is mostly stored in our brain. Our head keeps us trapped in pain. If we avoid or run away from pain, we keep the pain inside, the more we control the more we suffer. Pain has always a purpose; it is the [...]

What is Somatic Psychotherapy?

Soma is an old Greek word meaning body. Somatic psychotherapy is grounded on the belief that body and mind are functionally identical, that body mind and spirit form a holistic entity. Sensations perceptions thoughts emotions are understood as inextricably linked and interfunctioning aspects of human experience.