by Kristen | Oct 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Whether ’50 Shades of Gray’ rode the wave or created it, you may have noticed, there’s more kink around. But what is it? And what does it mean to be ‘conscious’ about it? Among my body-awareness-practitioner-friends, we regularly talk...
by Kristen | Aug 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Roadblocks to a Practice: Overwhelm & Spiritual Bypass The MBSR courses offered at the Somatic Center are modeled after the original programs Jon Kabat-Zinn developed. But just as yoga props help people of all sizes, shapes and health, come into physical...
by Kristen | Jun 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
“I just thought you should know what’s changed,” she said. “I’m not scared all the time anymore. I didn’t even realize I was scared all the time until [the fear] stopped. I’ve learned about hypervigilance, and how to...
by Kristen | Jun 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Geomorphology of the Body The challenge any animal faces as it evolves from living in the ocean to living on land, is to figure out how to organize movement in a field of gravity. Our musculoskeletal system is the ‘technology’ that allows us to do just...
by Kristen | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Trauma is commonplace. It’s a by-product of living in today’s world. We now know that war veterans and victims of abuse are not the only one’s who suffer symptoms of trauma. It can be caused by seemingly benign, as well as extraordinary events. ...
