Jan 11 2024
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Jan 11 2024
Move—Pray—Create—Sing—Love
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…
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Shaman' Stone
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…
Jan 11 2024
The Gold Light. A Grounding, Refreshing Visualization
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…
Oct 9 2023
An Attachment Practice of Co-regulation of Partners
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…
May 15 2020
Give Yourself A Medal and Come Home to Your True Self
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…
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Working with the Wise Self and Your Parts
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…
Nov 4 2019
Using Visualizations for the Treatment of Trauma, and to Evoke, Embody and Empower the Wise Self
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…
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"It Takes A Village" Resourcing Visualization
"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…
Dec 12 2017
"My name is . . . " An Exercise to Embody the True Self
“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…
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How to Make a Choice Without Driving Yourself Nuts! Transforming The Torment of Making a Decision into a Wise Self Ah!
How to Make a Choice Without Driving Yourself Nuts!
Transforming The Torment of Making a Decision into a Wise Self Ah!
By Kathleen Dunbar MFT #39880, Certified Hakomi Therapist
The Dilemma of "What to do?"
Often we are faced with…
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Archetypal and Spirit Energy Healing
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…
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