I love all of this! I remember when I was first getting into meditating and my best friend (who happens to be a Gemini, very fast mind, IYKYK) told me that meditation makes her crazy, normally at that time I would’ve pushed against it—that’s exactly why you needed it! But something in me knew that this wasn’t for her, and I was really surprised that that could be the case. Thanks for sharing the study. It’s very interesting.
Wow, Natasha. So interesting (and wonderful) to hear that you knew intuitively it wasn't for her! That reminds me of a very "fast-running" acquaintance of mine started to get into chanting and it just revved her up so much more-- she ended up setting it aside for that reason. So many of these practices have effects we don't think about, and we all respond differently. Thank you so much for reading and sharing! <3
So much truth and wisdom in here. As an Integrative Breathing Therapist, yoga teacher & therapist, as a mom, all of this holds. Nobody wants to be told what to do, even if they ask what to do. I laughed quite a few times reading this. Thanks for more excellent writing.
This is so resonant, and what i needed to hear today. Sometimes a therapist can help us open the door to patiently beginning to trust ourselves, and our inner knowing... and sort of scaffold us to unlearning the outer world's directives and expectations for us. They can be a wise supporter and be present as we fumble through...they listen without having an agenda like everyone else who loves and cares for us in our own life...the agenda is to support the client to be fully themselves.. while we as therapists are doing our own yoga, or meditation..or art, etc..so we can be fully present..and open for creating the spiritual container where the therapy takes place. When i was in grad school..my first class in theories of counseling...we had to write a paper on what type of orientation we aligned with, and thought we would use in our practice. I picked Client centered/Rogerian because that seemed most aligned with my belief system. 10 years later, as i have been learning about Jung, and practicing with a Jungian orientation...it still feels like the core of both styles have the relationship and the client's self-discovery and self trust at the center of the work. This article really brought up a lot for me. Thank you for sharing your voice.
Love your thoughts here, Kathy, and I’m right there with you! I too wrote a paper on “my other favorite Carl,” Rogers— I knew Jung wasn’t going to fly in that program. Watching videos of Rogers with clients was really transformational for me and helped me to better understand how I want to be bring that to my somatic Jungian work. Such a beautiful orientation, to “support the client to be fully themselves,” as you said! Thank you, as always, for reading and commenting!
I love all of this! I remember when I was first getting into meditating and my best friend (who happens to be a Gemini, very fast mind, IYKYK) told me that meditation makes her crazy, normally at that time I would’ve pushed against it—that’s exactly why you needed it! But something in me knew that this wasn’t for her, and I was really surprised that that could be the case. Thanks for sharing the study. It’s very interesting.
Wow, Natasha. So interesting (and wonderful) to hear that you knew intuitively it wasn't for her! That reminds me of a very "fast-running" acquaintance of mine started to get into chanting and it just revved her up so much more-- she ended up setting it aside for that reason. So many of these practices have effects we don't think about, and we all respond differently. Thank you so much for reading and sharing! <3
So much truth and wisdom in here. As an Integrative Breathing Therapist, yoga teacher & therapist, as a mom, all of this holds. Nobody wants to be told what to do, even if they ask what to do. I laughed quite a few times reading this. Thanks for more excellent writing.
As a mom! For sure! 🤣As painful as it is, we have to find our own way. 🥹
This is so resonant, and what i needed to hear today. Sometimes a therapist can help us open the door to patiently beginning to trust ourselves, and our inner knowing... and sort of scaffold us to unlearning the outer world's directives and expectations for us. They can be a wise supporter and be present as we fumble through...they listen without having an agenda like everyone else who loves and cares for us in our own life...the agenda is to support the client to be fully themselves.. while we as therapists are doing our own yoga, or meditation..or art, etc..so we can be fully present..and open for creating the spiritual container where the therapy takes place. When i was in grad school..my first class in theories of counseling...we had to write a paper on what type of orientation we aligned with, and thought we would use in our practice. I picked Client centered/Rogerian because that seemed most aligned with my belief system. 10 years later, as i have been learning about Jung, and practicing with a Jungian orientation...it still feels like the core of both styles have the relationship and the client's self-discovery and self trust at the center of the work. This article really brought up a lot for me. Thank you for sharing your voice.
Love your thoughts here, Kathy, and I’m right there with you! I too wrote a paper on “my other favorite Carl,” Rogers— I knew Jung wasn’t going to fly in that program. Watching videos of Rogers with clients was really transformational for me and helped me to better understand how I want to be bring that to my somatic Jungian work. Such a beautiful orientation, to “support the client to be fully themselves,” as you said! Thank you, as always, for reading and commenting!