Elemental Roulette
Join CEC teacher and nature-based therapist Kalen for a mysterious, elemental-inspired practice that has yet to manifest!
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Kalen
Ready to Receive?
Kalen: Acceptance is an act. It is not passive. It is not allowing, or enduring. According to the etymology, to accept is to receive. When we authentically accept, we turn toward something or someone and make space for what already is – not what we wish could be. Meditation gives us innumerable opportunities to practice receptivity … Continued
Earth-Body, Vast Psyche
Kalen: Where do our bodies come from? (Think way back) And where is the seat of consciousness…really? This over-culture spins the narrative that we’re highly distinguished units with atomized bodies and psyches. Almost as if a line from a Sharpie marker defines the boundary between us and the rest of the world. (Thank you, Descartes!) … Continued
Holy Holism – Gestalt with Me!
Kalen: Heavily influenced by Zen Buddhism, Gestalt therapy holds holism as a central tenet. Holism, and Gestalt, are all about radical inclusion. There is no meaningful separation of a person from their cultural or familial context, of the flower from the field, of the “therapist” from the “client”. Rather, life (and death, to be inclusive) are … Continued
A Psyche the Size of the Earth
Kalen: What if you identified with more than just yourself? What if your self-concept extended far and wide, to include the trees and the birds and the waters and the night sky? What if you practiced inhabiting a psyche the size of the Earth? Or maybe you already do?! How does that change your perspective and … Continued