"Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already." ~ Pema Chodron ~ Photograph by Edward Steichen
Most of us want to feel less stressed and more at peace. We've been told that meditation can help with that. I notice that "befriending who we are already" as a meditator and as a somatic therapist does bring peace and healing.
A founding father of CranioSacral therapy, Rollin Becker, said that that when he stopped doing anything....and just put his hands on clients and listened, treatments were more effective. I agree. Listening is powerful and transformative. It's a kind of befriending.
