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letting my readers know what is going on

the question in large graphics What is going on?

(NEW PAGE/POST Meditation, not all bliss and roses) … letting my readers know what is going on

Hello, this is a brief note to my readers to explain the emails you’ve been getting.

Last year I did a fundraiser so that I could update the site and get better SEO standing on search engines.

Many of you helped that happen with donations.

Doing the updating actually requires a lot of work and as I update old posts I republish them and you get an email! So that is why a lot of old posts are coming to you. I’m workin on choosing posts that remain timely and useful.

I wrote this post to share a page that I just updated because pages don’t have an email option.

That post is:

Meditation, not all bliss and roses

it includes a collection of many posts on meditation and mindfulness etc. and some of the issues with such practices that are rarely discussed elsewhere.

thanks for reading and please be in touch sometime. I don’t really know who you all are anymore. Social media has changed a lot. Oh…there is a facebook page too if you’re interested.

Wonder woman

wonder woman

We are living, walking, talking miracles. Every one of us.

Even though I have been insanely and gravely ill for far too many years, the wisdom of my body continually blows me away. What happened to this body was egregious. It is simply doing what it must to survive and heal In a world that left it for dead. I cooperate in awe.

My body is wonder woman. So is yours.

Somatic living is life itself speaking to us

Somatic imperative, yoga, your issues are in your tissues

Somatic living is life itself speaking to us

Dissociation is more frequently an issue then recognized. Projection (something pretty much everyone does) is a form of dissociation. Disembodiment is the norm. People avoid embodiment because the process can be physically painful… sometimes so acute it’s permanently avoided

Ego anonymous: a practice

ego anonymous

Ego anonymous: a practice — I think of my “path” in many different ways. This is something I rewrote to work for me.

The 12 step program didn’t work out for me, but not because of the actual 12 steps which I found deeply inspiring. Unfortunately the people couldn’t deal with what I was up against. Just like most of society. In the world of 12 steps as a young woman I was “the constituionally incapable.” You know the people that even those in the 12 steps label as hopeless. Ha!

Invitation to ecstatic dance…music included

Ecstatic movement has been a critical part of my healing. Ecstatic dance practiced with intent is movement meditation. Below is compilation from my favorite “wave” ever. You don’t need to read anything about it…just start moving to the music.  downloadable audio file here:  allison-watson dj’d this collection If you want to learn more about ecstatic dance… Continue Reading →

Beginners mind

*** My body is my meditation Mindfulness and complex trauma ✵✵✵ for a multitude of ideas about how to create a life filled with safe alternatives to psychiatric drugs visit the drop-down menus at the top of this page. Support Everything Matters: Beyond Meds. Make a donation with PayPal  

Mad Camp 2023 Scholarship Fund!

Mad Camp

Go here to help — gofundme Hello lovely mad people! Hello everyone who has escaped from, is on the run from, is trying to flee, or is in hiding from psychiatry! And hello to all our wonderful allies and supporters! We are Will Hall, Dina Tyler and the Mad Camp crew, (including Monica Cassani) survivors of… Continue Reading →

Life force wants our camaraderie…(some thoughts arising during quarantine)

Self-medicating?  everyone self medicates. A healing diet is a form of self-medication, so is listening to calming music, or going running and doing yoga.  And sure, so is downing a bottle of wine, smoking or doing any other substance for the purpose of easing ones emotional state. Self-medicating is totally normal.  Learning to do it skillfully is the intent of a harm reduction practice. We’re creatures that survive by ingesting substances of all kinds…food and herbs included. Only thing wrong is that we’ve not been allowed be ourselves and learn to listen to our bodies. …

E anonymous

Ego Anonymous:

1. We admitted we were powerless — we have no ultimate control over anything and this body will die one day. We are fighting this fact in one way or another. This fight is insane because it’s in contradiction to reality.

2. Came to believe that Nature could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to life-force as we understand it
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves

5 Shared our pain/trauma with life-force, ourselves, and with friends.

6. Were entirely ready to have life-force transform all our trauma. …

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