Posts tagged the body keeps the score
How Eating a Tangerine Can Support Mindfulness
How Eating a Tangerine Can Support Mindfulness

Brother Thay, as he was known, asked us to use all our senses when eating the tangerine, to let each bite hit the tongue and to notice the juice washing over it – the acidity, the sweetness, the tinge of sourness. He said, “Each time you look at a tangerine, you can see deeply into it. You can see everything in the universe in one tangerine. When you peel it and smell it, it’s wonderful. You can take your time eating a tangerine and be very happy.” There is true and pure happiness in each and every tangerine if you just be with it.

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Denise Renyethich naht hanh, meditation, walking meditation, tangerine meditation, mind-body connection, body consciousness, body psychology, body and unconscious, body psychotherapy, bodymind, body, body movement, body image, the body, the body keeps the score, healing the body, self love
The Body in Psychology
The Body in Psychology

I sought out my graduate studies beginning in human sexuality because the body is typically a central part of sexual expression. And then I found my way to the California Institute of Integral Studies, where Indian Psychology was, in part, what the school was founded on and Indian Psychology has a deep understanding that the human lived experience is far beyond the mind and most certainly includes the body, at the very least. Somatic psychology, a western psychology field, is a field that explores the relationship between the mind and body, emphasizing the importance of bodily sensations, movement, and physical experiences in psychological well-being and healing.

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Denise RenyeSomatic psychology, somatics, the body, the body keeps the score, healing the body, body psychology, body psychotherapy, pat ogden, somatic experiencing, sensorimotor psychotherapy, hakomi
Body, What Do You Want to do Today?
Body, What Do You Want to do Today?

Because bodies don’t come with instruction manuals, how the heck are you supposed to know what yours wants?!? Simple: You ask. It may seem like a foreign concept to talk to your body, but the body is ready and waiting for you to talk with it, to consult it. After all, it is an integral part of you. And, it is already communicating with you, even if you aren’t sure how to interpret its messages. Listening to the body, from the inside, and learning what it needs and wants is a skill that takes practice.

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yoga, somatics, body movementDenise RenyeSomatic psychology, body, body image, body consciousness, bodymind, mind-body connection, body movement, body and unconscious, healing the body, the body keeps the score, psychoanalysis and the body, marin county sexologist, marin county psychologist, marin county CA, marin county, marin county sex therapist
Listening to the Body
Listening to the Body

Sometimes bodies speak quietly, like through a whisper. And sometimes we miss that whisper and then our bodies speak more loudly, such as through a cold or an illness even. When we dis-associate from the body, the body’s inner wisdom has a way of bringing us back. Sometimes we know our bodies are speaking to us, but we don’t understand the message! It may be hard to decipher the messages from the body as they are encoded in such ways that require some quieting, slowing, or curiosity.

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Denise RenyeSomatic psychology, body, bodymind, body and unconscious, the body keeps the score, psychology, psychotherapy, marin county sexologist, marin county psychologist, marin county CA, marin county