Category / Nervous System Regulation

A few weeks ago, I asked you where you feel most disconnected and stuck in your day-to-day life. Your responses were incredibly honest, and there was one intersection that many of you…

In the Jewish calendar, each month carries its own element — earth, water, fire, or wind. Sivan is the month of wind. Wind is the element of flexibility, of openness, of not…

Someone asked me in a recent class: is “feeling ignored” a feeling or a need? It’s a great question. And the answer might surprise you. You’re not going to find the word…

This week we talked about expression: what happens when we don’t let it out, what makes it scary, and what becomes possible when we finally do. This practice is a chance to…

So we know the way out is through. We know fear comes first, and we give it space. And then what? For me, it comes down to Focusing — and a variation…

Yesterday I said the way out is through the feeling. And also? Feeling can be scary. Even now, after years of doing this work, sometimes when I sit down to be with…

Last Thursday we gave it a name: interoception — the body’s inner listening system. Today we went one layer deeper, into the felt sense — that vague, pre-verbal something that lives just…

When I was a young teen, I suffered from chronic migraines and back pain. I later added mono and and a host of other physical symptoms. What I’ve learned since then is…

There’s a dance. First: express, express, express. Purge what’s at the surface. What I already know I’m feeling. This is what I think about that situation. This is what I’m feeling towards…

This is a practice in radical self-honesty: a gentle invitation to look underneath the surface, with curiosity and compassion, not judgment. Find a comfortable position. You can close your eyes, or soften…