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Humans Allowed Full Body

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:October 2, 2015
  • Post category:Body

Claim your inner terrain for yourself - it is your birthright.

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Take a Break from Healing

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:September 2, 2015
  • Post category:Acceptance

You do not have to be perfect to be treated with respect.

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Name Memories Without Words

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:August 2, 2015
  • Post category:Trauma Effects, PTSD

Flashbacks to preverbal memories are intense, all-consuming, boundaryless.

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The Heartbreak of “Why?”

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:July 2, 2015
  • Post category:Acceptance

Other people's cruelty is not our fault.

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Serenity Through Your Locus of Control

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:June 2, 2015
  • Post category:Self-Trust

One of the central tasks of healing is to reassign fault and power.

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Integration: Live into Both/And

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:May 2, 2015
  • Post category:Acceptance

There is deep healing when we invite a younger part closer and say, "You matter. Your experience matters. Your truth matters."

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Check In With Your Chakras

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:April 2, 2015
  • Post category:Healing Tools

The chakra system helps us focus on one kind of healing at a time, and notice what is going well in addition to what is difficult.

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Choose an Easier Road

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:March 2, 2015
  • Post category:Healing Tools

The first step toward an easier road might be permission to make choices that lessen pain.

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Enjoy Enthusiastic Consent

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:February 2, 2015
  • Post category:Relating

Consent is an unforced moment-to-moment agreement to participate in a specific activity.

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Explore Uncurled Posture

  • Post author:sonia
  • Post published:January 2, 2015
  • Post category:Body

The sensation might be, "Oh, I didn't realize I was holding there!" as a shoulder drops, or "I have more room than I thought," as a hip moves back.

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