I always love how this practice makes me feel, whether I’m doing it on an already-great day, or whether I’m down in the pits. It shifts something, brightening the dark, or making my light shine even more brightly. 

• Declare, “Today,…

There are essential acts and states of consciousness which we can identify and use to create a foundation to help us ground, grow, connect and thrive in both good times and times of stress (like during COVID-19). 

I’ve boiled down…

You can do this anywhere, anytime. Gratefulness and appreciation of things like beauty, nature and witnessed or received acts of kindness switch our neural circuits. It's like changing the channel on the radio from a dire news story to a…

The Body says: 
I am a fiesta.  
-Eduardo Galeano 

Here's an easy practice to press your reset button. It quickly gets your brain and body producing harmony-hormones instead of stress-hormones. 

Take-Anywhere, Awesome Reset Practice:

• Wiggle your sits bones, then let…

At The Beach* 

*A variation is to go into the forest where a river is flowing nearby. 

• Sit or lie comfortably in a quiet room. 
• Let yourself softly breathe in and out several times. On the outbreath make a sighing…

When you literally stop and smell the roses, your heart lifts, and your brain and body give you feel-good signals that help shift the rest of your day. Where are the roses for you? Here's a photo of my neighbors'…

The Gold Light. A Grounding, Refreshing Visualization

• Stretch and yawn, show your fillings, make an ahhh! sound. Spend some time feeling the goodness from the stretch and yawn. This is already breaking the “trance” of busyness, critical voices, etc. It’s…

Using Visualizations for the Treatment of Trauma, and to Evoke, Embody and Empower the Wise Self 

By Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880 Certified Hakomi Therapist

Part 1: Using Visualizations in the Treatment of Trauma—Coming Home to the Wise Self and The…

"It Takes A Village" Resourcing Visualization 
by Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880, Certified Hakomi Therapist

How to Create Your Mobile Village Circle! 

This is a nourishing experience for clients, therapists, and all of us humans! 

• Find a comfortable and quiet place…