Three Threads
The three modalities described below are what I refer to as the three threads of my work. Each one has a unique approach to the whole human being. In the evolution of this work, that has spanned almost two decades of learning, each of these core modalities influence each other and are slowly being woven together to form the one central offering.
Process Work gives us a way to delve deeper into the psyche; Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, subtle, yet powerful way to work with the many layers of the body; and Astrology provides us with a unique map of the soul, almost like the blueprint that we can continue to refer back to.
One thing they all have in common is that they don’t treat the human being, the earth or the cosmos as static and fixed. In fact, change is at the heart of all three. Thus, The Work is not in any way complete and, I imagine, will continue to evolve for the rest of my days.
Feel free to follow the link to deeper descriptions of each modality. For more information you might like to enter the Abaton: a new blog I’ve just started that will slowly expand on the concepts alluded to below.
Process Work
“The approach of psychotherapy in general is - what happens is wrong and needs to be changed. The approach of Process Work is - what happens is right and should be encouraged. It only looks wrong when we don’t understand the context sufficiently.”
Astrology
“This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed.”
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
“Within that cerebrospinal fluid there is an invisible element that I refer to as the ‘Breath of Life.’ I want you to visualize this Breath of Life as a fluid within the fluid, something that does not mix, something that has potency as the thing that makes it move.”
“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.”