Her fingers had been pressing into my sternum for what seemed like the entire 40-minute session. The pain underneath them was real, unchanging and very, very strong. I had been coming to these bodywork sessions twice a week for 6 weeks now, and there we were again, in what had become a weekly stand off….
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Whenever I am with my adorable nephew, and he melts into a huge, sobbing puddle, I scoop him up on my lap, and together we take some full, deep, 4-year old-sized breaths. Just a few breaths, and he abandons my lap, grabs his favorite Ninja sword and begins to run around the house, happily swinging…
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A woman walks into a room. There is nothing special about this room. It is white, empty and average-sized. Neutral. The only thing special at all is that she has never been in it before. And she shrinks and looks for a corner. Life. A man walks into a similar room. It is empty. He…
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