Organic trauma therapy: Ecstatic dance as profound mindfulness practice A few months ago someone at the end of one of our dances said, *Everyone here is a freak, just like me.*  The room broke up in laughter because, indeed, we’re all freaks just like him and we get to come together and celebrate that fact in safety. There really are no words to express what happens there on that floor and yet, that is what I’m intending to do here today. Speak what happens on that magical dance floor. I warn you, I will fail. If you really want to know what goes on I highly recommend finding your local Ecstatic Dance scene and experiencing the wonder for yourself. Dance and movement in general has been my most important tools for healing.

My collection of Stephen Buhner's books. An incredibly rich and important resource for any herbalist and self-healing freaks of all sorts. I love these books.  Many of us with long term chronic illness will find that we have chronic infections of various kinds as well. Lyme disease is really just a somewhat more recognized cause... Continue Reading →

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Roots go deep down into the earth into the moist Darkness. It is in being rooted in the darkness that we can sustain and thrive in the light. Do not avoid the darkness sink your roots into it that the light might carry you further and more safely. There is much work to do in the dark.