Touch & the Absence of Touch

Jim Freda   In a world where everyone is profoundly touch deprived, touch can easily equal trauma, or invoke traumatic memories.  It is unexpected and can be manipulative because we are not connected to one another. When I attended the 18th meeting of United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP), I found that they understood […]

“Sensemaking” & the Senses

Seth Dellinger   “NOW it all makes sense!” Hear those words in your head and yes, perhaps you are in the midst of a life-changing insight. But it’s also possible that you just opened the door to a dangerous delusion with significant consequences for your way of being in the world. Both mental moves involve similar […]

Sensory Calm Creation

Catherine Cowey   I walked along the narrow beach, the sand softened under my feet. Nearly twenty million years ago this spot on the eastern shore was mostly underwater, home to a whole host of mythical sea creatures including a bounty of sharks of all shapes and sizes. Sharks happen to slough off teeth like […]

Amnesia of the Felt Senses

Dave Wardman   There is many times more information available on stretching than when I began studying and practicing it. There are many aspects to this – auspicious, suspicious and inauspicious. Much of the research and debate focuses on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of its use in improving range of movement and its therapeutic […]