During times like these, it’s easy to feel powerless, helpless, and even fearful — from mild anxiety all the way to total terror. Perhaps you’re being re-triggered in ways you thought you’d resolved. Overpowering feelings — of any kind — can cause us to separate from our body. When that happens, predominantly linear thinking (i.e., …Read More
Tag: Suzanne Scurlock
Native American Wisdom: “Nature is my teacher.”
“Nature is my teacher.” The Native American teachings rely on observation of Nature—listening to the stories whispered by of the natural world. The outer world reflects our inner world. When I have been in intense times of emotional and spiritual discomfort (depressed, burned out), I look to change everything around me. Start exercising. Change jobs. …Read More
Reclaim Your Body Wisdom
If you’ve ever been stuck in your head (like me) with recurring thoughts racing around to create chronic anxiety, then you know that sometimes stopping to take 10 deep breaths just isn’t enough to calm the mind down. (Don’t get me wrong; it helps sometimes!) How can we align the mind and body, head and …Read More
“Reclaiming Your Body” by Suzanne Scurlock-Durana
“The body has a language that is older and more primal than most of us realize. Our bodies speak to us with sensations, images, emotions, and an inner knowing that is beyond words.” Suzanne Scurlock-Durana begins Chapter 1 with this sentence in her newly released book, Reclaiming Your Body: Healing from Trauma and Awakening Your Body’s …Read More
Feel the Moment
When I was an intern learning to be the doctor in a Code Blue situation, one of my mentors gave me this valuable piece of advice: “Feel your own pulse first.” I thought to myself: In a Code Blue, the patient may be turning blue. The patient is the one that may not have a …Read More
Group Magic: Sedona, AZ
“Certain things catch your eye, But pursue only those that capture your heart.” –Native American Saying I just completed a transformational workshop, co-teaching with my friend Suzanne Sculock-Durana in her annual New Year’s Retreat in Sedona, Arizona. In the “Release and Renewal” workshop, we honor the wisdom of the Native American Medicine Wheel and apply it …Read More