The Somatic Wisdom Technique (SWT) is a way of accessing our body’s innate wisdom, to become aware of any deep set negative emotional state and then to develop the tools to loosen and release that emotional state.
Carl Jung himself said: I had the feeling that I was in an over-compensated psychosis, and from the feeling I was not released until August 1, 1914. And yes, he recovered, transformed and went on to thrive, just like so many others, from that psychosis... … [click on title for the rest of the post]
this post includes a collection of links to additional information about antidepressants and antidepressant withdrawal.
Music, sounds and vibrations of many kinds have helped me find different sorts of profound healing states. For me this has been one of the joys of becoming sensitive. I can feel both music and dance changing and healing my brain’s neurons
it's clear that the collection of phenomena that is labeled bipolar varies from individual to individual and they have many different etiologies. Labeling them as if they are all the same monolithic thing only serves to muddy the waters and often serves to trap the individual in a toxic prison of confusion and psychopharmaceuticals that are difficult to get off of.
By Will Hall:Crash course in urban shamanism. Shamans are the magician spirit healers in tribal, non-technological societies around the world. Anthropologists use the word "shamanism," from the Tungus people of Siberia, to mean the commonalities between different traditions. Shamans find their calling through a life-threatening initiatory illness or crisis, go into visioning and trance to connect to other realities, shapeshift out of their regular identity to identify with animals, spirits, and even illnesses, and return to the ordinary world to share skills of healing and creativity. Living at the edge of society and defying conventional norms, conduct, and even gender, shamans are respected as a powerful community link to the divine.
This poem came to mind today via a friend who quoted one line from it, which I used in the title. It's a favorite of mine and so I'm sharing it again today. The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some... Continue Reading →
(about protracted psych drug withdrawal etc) Why are we sick? There are many levels of reality at which we can answer that question – the political, the economic, the biochemical, the psychological. And then there’s the mystical. -- Since the beginning of time, humanity has described a particular kind of experience that many people have had, but many have not had. It involves terrible suffering. It lasts a very long time. During much of it, there is no help or relief that can be had. Eventually, it draws to an end, culminating in a return to life, often with additional gifts. It has been called The Descent Experience, and the oldest known recorded version of a descent myth was written by the Sumerians on clay tablets in the third millenium BCE. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
It can ease muscle and other bodily soreness and pain as well as anxiety or tension of most kinds. This is also good before bed to relax before sleep Be well everyone.
My descent into "madness" began when my mother died. Within days of her death I would experience the first eruption of what I now call unconscious content, manifest as intense, unexplainable fear. I didn’t know what to do with that kind of fear. Psychosis, trauma, and Story as a Vehicle of Healing.
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