Ground Yourself—The Practices and the Science Behind Coming Home to your Wise Self

When we . . .

• stretch and yawn
• feel our sitsbones and feet
• literally sit back and find our back body
• let our eyes sit back in…

"When you love you fall under the waves, 
if you never fall you can never be saved— 
sometimes it’s grace, sometimes luck 
when a hand reaches out and you take it up." 
—Kathleen Dunbar, from my album The Storm…

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…

Shaman’s Stone 
by Kathleen Dunbar 

At the heart of your experience is You.  
And though your Essence may not be weighed,  
is not palpable or seen,  
that Mystery makes you all the more Sacred.  
Seek for yourself, and love the…

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…

An Attachment Practice of Co-regulation of Partners

We are biologically wired as mammals to turn to our primary attachment person when we are overwhelmed. Here is a healthy way for partners to expedite this process:

• In a calm moment, on…

By Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880 Certified Hakomi Therapist

We all have a True Self and when we live from this self we naturally engage in what interests us. However, if we’ve been hurt in some way as kids or young…

By Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880 Certified Hakomi Therapist

One of the most important transformational acts of healing happens as you: 

• Identify your "Wise Self" or "True Self." 
• Become conscious of your reactive selves, or voices, or “Parts”—those habitual patterns…

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…

“My Name Is . . .” An Exercise to Embody the True Self 
by Kathleen Dunbar, MFT #39880, Certified Hakomi Therapist

In our search for ourselves, we often see qualities in other people, places, objects or animals that are slowly…

How to Make a Choice Without Driving Yourself Nuts! 
Transforming The Torment of Making a Decision into a Wise Self Ah Ha!
By Kathleen Dunbar MFT #39880, Certified Hakomi Therapist

The Dilemma of "What to do?" 

Often we are faced…

Archetypal and Spirit Energy Healing 
by Kathleen Dunbar MFT #39880, Certified Hakomi Therapist

One of the tools of my healing palette is the practice of working with archetypes and spirit energy. It is way that the healer accesses nonordinary states…