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Tag Archives: physical being
Apsley Street, Glasgow, 2008 – Kei Miller
I know you do not like the way I write moments, how they grow into some kind of magic you do not always recognise. I know you think things are simpler and it is enough to simply say how things … Continue reading
Posted in flow, Kei Miller, love, perception, physical being, poetry, presence, relationship, sexual being, vulnerability, wonder
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Dave Mearns on the counsellor’s practice of self-care
Our view at this service is that by far the most important attribute of any therapist (and what we look for when therapists seek to volunteer here) is a strong, consistent commitment to their own self-care, awareness and personal growth. We take … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, accountability, compassion, core conditions, Dave Mearns, Disconnection, embodiment, encounter, ethics, growth, healing, interconnection & belonging, meaning, natural world, non-directive counselling, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person centred, person centred theory, physical being, poetry, presence, relationship, resilience, spirituality, surrender, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, values & principles, working with clients
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Anne Lamott on The New Year Diet
Characteristic humour and depth from Anne, on a seasonally relevant theme…. This touches on personal experience for me. I have experienced similar battles to Anne’s. In my past life, I regularly embarked on diets. I have also found more of value in deeper connection … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Anne Lamott, awakening, bodywork, compassion, compulsive behaviour, conditions of worth, cultural questions, Dance, dependence, Disconnection, Eating, embodiment, emotions, healing, humour, identity, internal locus of evaluation, kindness & compassion, love, meditation, mindfulness, movement meditation, objectification, organismic experiencing, perception, person centred, physical being, presence, sadness & pain, self, self concept, self esteem, shame, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, transformation, trauma, vulnerability
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Angel-A by Luc Besson
‘It’s difficult to love yourself when you cannot see your reflection.’ Beautiful piece with Rie Rasmussen and Jamel Debbouze, about how we need to (and how we learn to) see and love our own person. The context differs, but this … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, actualizing tendency, awakening, beauty, communication, compassion, core conditions, emotions, empathy, empowerment, encounter, fear, friendship, growth, healing, interconnection & belonging, internal locus of evaluation, kindness & compassion, loneliness, love, perception, physical being, presence, relationship, sadness & pain, self concept, self esteem, shame, tears, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, transformation, trust, unconditional positive regard, vulnerability
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Slip – @PhillipChbeeb & Renee Kester @ElliotMossMusic
Beautiful, gentle, relational dance…. Enjoy. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling Exeter since 1994
Posted in beauty, creativity, Dance, empathy, encounter, interconnection & belonging, love, music, physical being, relationship, touch, trust
Tagged @ElliotMossMusic, @PhillipChbeeb, affordable counselling exeter, conscious dance, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, creativity, dance, empathy, expressive dance, low cost counselling exeter, music, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, physical being, relationship, Renee Kester, Slip, trust, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Hafiz on how we open our hearts
‘How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise we all remain too frightened’ Hafiz Version by Daniel Ladinsky: Love Poems from … Continue reading
Posted in actualizing tendency, awakening, beauty, Carl Rogers, consciousness, core conditions, creativity, empathy, empowerment, fear, growth, Hafiz, healing, human condition, interconnection & belonging, kindness & compassion, love, natural world, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person centred, person centred theory, poetry, presence, relationship, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, transformation, vulnerability, wonder, working with clients
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David Whyte – Second Sight
‘To know those arms around you and to make your home in the world just by being wanted’ Thank you, David. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter
Posted in acceptance, awakening, beauty, consciousness, core conditions, creativity, David Whyte, empathy, friendship, healing, human condition, interconnection & belonging, love, natural world, person centred, physical being, presence, relationship, spirituality, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, touch
Tagged acceptance, affordable counselling exeter, awakening, beauty, belonging, consciousness, core conditions, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, creativity, David Whyte, empathy, friendship, healing, human condition, interconnectedness, interconnection, love, low cost counselling exeter, natural world, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, person-centered, person-centred, physical being, poetry, presence, relationship, second sight, spirituality, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, Touch, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Dazzling Images of the Brain Created by Neuroscientist-Artist
http://www.livescience.com/49060-brain-artwork-gallery.html Click on the link for this fascinating piece by Tanya Lewis on www.livescience.com, about Greg Dunn’s art – images of (mostly) the human brain, of extraordinary beauty. They remind us of forests….and the sacred nature and infinite value of all … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, consciousness, creativity, immanence, natural world, neuroscience, photographs & pictures, physical being, reality, wonder
Tagged affordable counselling exeter, art, beauty, brainbow process, Brian Edwards, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, embodiment, Greg Dunn, human brain, immanence, ink wash painting, low cost counselling exeter, microetching, neuroscience, painting, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, photolithography, physical being, sumi-e, Tanya Lewis, wonder, www.livescience.com, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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Contact Improvisation: An Intuitive, Non-Verbal and Intimate Dialogue: Itay Yatuv at TEDxBGU
Click on the link for this interesting TED film/talk by Itay, artistic director of the Hakvutza Dance School in Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Itay has been practicing and teaching Contact Improvisation for over 10 years to professional and amateur dancers. He … Continue reading
Posted in actualizing tendency, child development, communication, consciousness, core conditions, creativity, Dance, emotions, empathy, flow, growing up, interconnection & belonging, movement meditation, parenting, person centred, physical being, relationship, TED, therapeutic growth, therapeutic relationship, touch, trust
Tagged actualising, actualizing, affordable counselling exeter, belonging, child development, conscious dance, conscious parenting, contact improvisation, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, embodiment, Hakvutza Dance School, interconnection, intimacy, Itay Yatuv, low cost counselling exeter, movement meditation, non verbal communication, organismic, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, parent child communication, parenting, person centred counselling exeter, physical being, relationship, therapeutic growth, therapeutic process, Touch, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk
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How to transform your sleep with the sun – Rebecca Tolin
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/how-to-transform-your-sleep-with-the-sun Interesting article on Ayurvedic principles of sleep and well-being………. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter
Posted in meditation, mindfulness, natural world, neuroscience, physical being, sleep
Tagged affordable counselling exeter, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health, Ayurvedic, Ayurvedic medicine, Ayurvedic practice, circadian rhythms, conscious living, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, endocrine system, Gaia, low cost counselling exeter, Mahesh Yogi, Marharishi, Mark Bunn, MNN, Mother Nature Network, natural rhythms, natural world, neurochemistry, neuroscience, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, physical being, Rebecca Tolin, REM sleep, sleep, sleep cycle, sleep wake homeostasis, transcendental meditation, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk, yoga
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