Moving Toward Wholeness

Writings on body, mind, and resilience from a lifetime as a somatic practitioner.

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What The Body Holds

The body holds what the mind has been too busy to process. And it is extraordinarily patient. But it does not forget. On midlife, embodiment, and the reckoning the body eventually demands.

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View fullsize Some of you will answer these immediately. Others might sit with them for a while. Some might feel resistance, or realize you've never really asked yourself these questions before. All of that is exactly where you need to be. We're so inundated wi
View fullsize Wellness isn’t the perfect protocol. Its a practice. Not performance. Presence. Not someone else's plan. Your own embodied truth. Wellness is connection, communication, compassion, community. #embodiedhealing #consciousliving #arvamethod #c
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View fullsize Plato's Cave isn't ancient history - it's what happens when you hit midlife and your body finally forces you to turn around. For decades, you lived with the shadows. You pushed through exhaustion, ignored tension, overrode your body's signals in ser
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View fullsize I came into this industry thinking I was going to help people change their bodies. What I discovered is that the body is never really the problem; it's the disconnection from it. I'd have clients hit their aesthetic goals and still feel insecure. Or
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