Bear's Blog
The brain loves novelty and the new; we are also enamored of growth. Yet growth without integration is fruitless. In nature there is the inhale and exhale, Being and Doing, growth and integration. If you learn something new without practicing, it becomes an interesting experience… memorable, perhaps insightful, but nothing in your life fundamentally changes. In order to embody a new awareness and start living it, we need to practice. So commit to learning...
You may not believe in past lives, but when your time comes to transition to the other side you’ll surely be enlightened on the matter! Some won’t need to rely on faith that it’s true; direct experience proves the bigger picture. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of evidence available to a non-believer who is paying attention. Some signs are called déjà-vu; a feeling of something that has come before. Evoked by a place, a sound, a...
Let’s wal(t)z into August, traditionally when many take a summer vacation. Whether you are going somewhere or staying at home, hopefully you’re finding time to play - or at least enjoying a more relaxed schedule. You can take a cue from others, especially the kids who are enjoying more freedom and unstructured time right now. Although many of us are already anticipating an action-packed fall, let’s take deep breath and – pace ourselves!
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The hugely popular book “The 5 Love Languages” is celebrated as a self-help phenomenon, still popular 30 years after its publication! It catalogs five different ways of expressing love - words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time and physical touch. Why has it endured? It is basically about communication and addresses the most important aspect of our lives - the fundamental need to love and be loved. Does this model directly...
I was going to do a series of relaxing, feel-good blogs for the summer, but the political sturm and drang have been disquieting. I’d still like to offer a break from all the drama! I invite you to dive into a few entertaining movies that illustrate other volatile moments in our body politic. All are fictional movies of actual events, and they give me perspective and hope at this particular time in American history. Maybe you think it’s never been this...
There are two poles of human emotion - love and fear. Every other emotion is an iteration of those basic ones. Out of fear arises anger and its expression, violence; also greed, revenge, exploitation, and entitlement. Fear of survival is a basic instinct driving those impulses. We also have an instinct to love. To bond with another (as an infant does), to cooperate with others, to learn and grow and care. Those also contribute to our survival. We are hormonally...
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy… gardens, yards and parks, the great outdoors beckons. Nature invites us to rally. Biking, hiking or swimming, it’s peak activity time! The Earth and Sun are at their most expansive. We can actually relax into this expansion too. That could mean going on vacation or just hanging out with family and friends. There are summer book reading lists, hammocks and just succumbing to the heat with a cold drink on the...
This week we celebrate the birth of the United States of America. At the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin said “when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble… all their prejudices, passions, errors of opinion, local interests and selfish views.” Afterwards when asked about the outcome, he said “It’s a republic, if you can keep it.” The United States is a democratic...
Against all odds, Native peoples around the world have managed to carry on their culture and traditions to a large degree. Broken but not beaten, their rich wisdom of how to live on the Earth is still available. Are we ready to listen? Modern “progress” has created an escalating loss of insect, plant, animal and human life. As a result of poison and pollution the planet is heating up to an unsustainable degree. People have created this catastrophe...
Welcome to another rare celestial event! Every 19 years the sun and moon meet at their fullest. This week the strongest solstice energy is from June 19th to 21st, with the full moon brightening from the 20th through the 22nd. What was happening in your life 19 years ago? This configuration signals the birth of the next 19-year cycle. What needs to be completed, what calls you forward? Soak in the brilliance of the sun and moon now, for they will nourish you in the coming months!
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I’ve been blessed with many great teachers. This week I’ll be doing a Continuum “dive” in honor of movement pioneer Emilie Conrad, who passed several years ago. My Energy Signature includes the Priest - we are notorious for being reluctant inhabitants of a physical body! In my first workshop with her I found joy and freedom in the modality she created. It was a revelation and a way to work with my spinal curvature (a left-right imbalance...
In the mind-body-spirit vernacular, the “mind” is a combination of the psychological and emotional. The Chinese have a character for heart-mind; one symbol that embodies both. Not all my clients have physical issues but come for other aspects of healing. I always work with the entirety of each individual I see, but this case had a heart-mind focus. What’s most interesting about it is how the progression of his healing was reflected in what I call...
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