Category: gestalt
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Embodying Grief
Embodying grief is a somatic process that brings us back to our bodies – to the source of healing and transformation. Follow this 5 step process to begin healing yourself through embodiment.
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Naked Meditation…?!?
Sonam Peldren was an extraordinary 14th century Tibetan woman, who was doubted, shunned, and excommunicated for her audacious behaviors, and yet canonized as a Buddhist saint after her death. Her biography was only recently discovered, translated and published by Suzanne M. Bessenger in 2016. Her story, however, remains as potent and prescient as it was…
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What are you REALLY looking for?
What are my MOST POPULAR TAGS? What are my MOST POPULAR POSTS? And what is it REALLY that you’re looking for from The Savage Shaman?
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Viral Dancing Nuns
To modern Western culture, the dancing nun is a contradiction in terms, or a merely laughable moment that peaks on social media for a while, and is just as soon forgotten. But I would argue the import of the dancing nun is far more profound.
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Why every temple needs a dancer
Spiritual temples are as ironic as they are awe inspiring: as religious structures that house both the religious hierarchy and the scriptural tradition that give the hierarchy its continuity; yet at the same time these architectural manifestations are the living embodiment of sacred geometry, within which the play of light and sound is designed to…
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Shinrin Yoku II: An Invitation to Wander
What have we gained, and what have we lost in the relentless pursuit of “civilization?” We have lost our silence, we have lost our darkness, and we have lost our peace. Finally, as we are collectively losing our humanity, we are turning back to nature for solace, for healing, and reconciliation.
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MU: The Dance of Becoming Emptiness
This video was recorded live in 2008. MU was the performance component to my thesis for my Bachelors of Undergraduate Studies degree in Integrated Arts at the University of Utah.
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Reach for the Cup
When there is no cup, no hand, no movement – and yet movement, then maybe we are approaching Butoh.
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Gestalt – uncovering the layers of self
I had a dream in which I was practicing Chod with one of my Tibetan teachers. He looked at me sideways, as though I was doing something wrong. Then he said, “Do you know gestalt?” Without hesitation, I nodded, and we both stood up and began to….well, gestalt with each other.