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“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.”
Kitty O’Meara, And The People Stayed Home
Now I Finally Understand What My Grandparents Knew
This excellent article on CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/opinions/coronavirus-grandparents-glock/index.html) provides beautiful food for thought. We needed a rest from all of the frenetic energy that has been driving our societies for the past century with...
Feeling Artsy? Here’s How Making Art Helps Your Brain
Creativity is one of the things that makes us human. Be it great art or simply what Dr. Ruth Richards refers to as “Everyday Creativity.” Creativity enriches and emboldens our lives physically, mentally and spiritually. While Expressive Arts Therapy is nothing new, it...
The Crisis in Psychiatry
An article that appeared in Psychology Today online (12/09/2019) discusses the ways in which the mental health professions have gone in a direction that undermines their ability to help patients. In particular, the article sites the increase in the application of the...
The Sacred Theater Of Healing in Archaic Societies and Gestalt Therapy
Beyond the sensory world there is a world which contains mythologies, memories of self and genesis, archetypes, aliens, the holy and the profane (Bulkeley, 2009; Jung, 1974; Van de Castle, 1994). This mélange which is referred to as the unconscious holds within it the...
Creativity, Chaos, And The Perils Of Paradigm Shift
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the climate around us is not quite the way that we might remember it to be growing up. Although the cause(s) and extent of the current environmental changes are the subject of much debate, it would appear that our survival as a...
Mystical States of Consciousness, Group Hypnosis and Healing
Archeological artifacts from around the globe indicate that healing the physical body through divine intervention is as old as humanity (Campbell, 1959; Winkelman, 2009). From prehistoric cave paintings in Europe to modern televangelism, one sees evidence of the model...