Sadly people want to slice the human experience up...all the time...even the most enlightened among us... People want to make out that SOME people really are sick beyond help...it just doesn't hold up...what is apparent is that far too many people don't know how to help those who get labeled with psychiatric illness. Not that they are actually hopeless. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
There is a relationship between the eye contacts we make and the perceptions that we create in our heads, a relationship between the sound of another's voice and the emotions that we feel in our hearts, a relationship between our movements in space all around us and the magnetic pulls we can create between others and ourselves. All of these things (and more) make up the magic of every ordinary day... … [click on title for the rest of the post]
YES, THANK YOU...don't believe the hype about how essential drugs are in severe cases. It's possible to make healthy choices and avoid neurotoxic and dangerous drugs most of the time. People need to be offered options as a very real possibility. As it stands now people are often misled to believe they need drugs when another method of care may actually be more appropriate. "Alternative" care needs to become mainstream so that people might become truly and deeply healthy. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
River, river carry me on Living river carry me on River, river carry me on To the place where I come from So deep, so wide will you take me on your back for a ride If I should fall would you swallow me deep inside … [click on title for the rest of the post]
In a time of terror - When fleeing from danger - In the midst of sorrow - When you are totally confused, Or intensely curious - When ravenous with hunger - Or totally sated - Whenever you stumble Into any such moment, awaken, Wild attentiveness everywhere. Ride the shockwaves inward To contact the Great Self,... Continue Reading →
Briefly, for me, non-attachment to feelings and/or ideas is the ability to watch, feel and experience without believing the narrative that might accompany the feelings or the experience and then being able to respond if appropriate rather than reacting. It’s about living in the moment and surrendering to the unknown. This is a practice in that one is always developing this skill. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
I've been practicing aspects of restorative yoga since the beginning of my rehabilitation. To be clear, however, at the height of the protracted withdrawal issues and for a couple of years I could not hold poses for very long without extreme discomfort and so it was a highly modified practice for a long time. In classic restorative yoga poses are held for up to ten minutes...even more sometimes. This was not doable for me for a long time. Listening to the body is always important with yoga. If you're recovering from psych drug iatrogenesis it becomes highly critical. Yoga helps heal the autonomic nervous system if it's done in tandem with the bodies needs. Psych drug withdrawal syndrome is essentially an autonomic nervous system injury. Listening closely to the body allows one to let yoga heal your mind/body/spirit. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Eat anything you want. Just cook it YOURSELF! (says Michael Pollan) I can't eat anything I want in the broad sense given my food intolerances, but I really like this way of thinking. I do cook all my food and I do not eat anything out of a box, can or jar. (with some very few exceptions) It really does change the way you eat in very deep and meaningful ways. And it changes the way you think about food as well. It's been a really great education for me to consider how food comes to my table. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Aging...not such a bad thing. Really. The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball -- the further I am rolled the more I gain. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Yoga has been one of my foundational practices for my complete rehabilitation. I started with totally atrophied muscles having been bedridden for a couple of years. I did this on my own using the internet and youtube as my only teachers. It seriously worked. I feel completely at home in a class full of long-time yogis. What a wondrous miracle. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
