The way we relate to other people has a significant bearing bearing on our health. This is because we all live in a ‘sea of relationships’, and how we position ourselves in relation to other people determines, among other things, how our biochemistry, physiology and psychology expresses.

So parts of life can still flow, can integrate new experiences and be open, present and available to change and adapt. Whereas some parts are locked in the past and cannot be updated and integrated.

Salutogenesis is the study of the origins of health and focuses on factors that support human health and well-being, rather than on factors that cause disease (pathogenesis).

In stillness we can sense and attune with the original field of health. In stillness there is no need to get anything or anywhere. It’s the true centre of power, love and healing.

New research by researchers Ellissa Epel and Martin Picard show that how you feel and how you perceive the world translates into how your mitochondria manage your energy.

Yesterday I attended the 2024 Dream Symposium at the Royal Institute in London. It was a fascinating day with presentations from leading sleep and dream researchers, writers and psychologists.

‘Being present and curious with experience as it unfolds, is an act of unconditional love towards oneself’.

Agency is often thought of as the capacity to externally act on something, but really it’s the state of mind that supports confidence in our own capacities and allows us to take an empowering action in the first place.

Chronic pain is different from acute pain. Suffering and discomfort that hangs around for a

long time and for no apparent reason means that the nervous system may have become sensitised and is holding on to a pain pattern relating to past difficult experiences.

Disembodiment, if viewed as a disconnection from any part of the self, physically or psychologically could be considered an inflammatory phenomenon.

We’ve built an outward facing culture that compulsively and unknowingly hunts the ghost of a broken love story.

Being able to comfortably say yes and no clearly and with integrity, is arguably one of the hallmarks of being a proper ‘grown up’ person. This capacity implies that we have the confidence and clarity to sense, honour and state our true needs whilst also respecting and honouring the needs of others.

We all need a reference point, some way of knowing where we are now, so that we can locate ourselves in a place that makes some sense. We use story as a kind of map, and that helps us understand where we’ve been, where we are now and where we might go. But how do we know if the story of the map, or the map of the story is true?

One of my favourite things about Biodynamic craniosacral therapy is the way every session reveals itself in a new and surprising way – like a dance. Every moment is new and if we can feel it, honour it and allow it, space opens up all around for something expansive and good to unfold.

This moment, now, is where everything happens. Presence, in Biodynamic craniosacral therapy is a fundamental quality that we bring to the treatment session.

We can of course continue to live at a distance from ourselves, but it’s painful and fearful. The call to wholeness is like a howl in the wind, it pricks up the ears, it frightens us but at the same time calls to us, back to something more basic and wild, to a birthright of integrity.

How would it be if we thought of our symptoms as essential and life affirming, like the wind is to the tree? Maybe we could frame our discomforts as benevolent sirens calling us to wholeness, each of which point to a part of ourselves that we need to pay attention to in order to understand and integrate.

Love is the means whereby all needs are met

It’s the love that’s woven into the fabric of approval, connection and validation that we’re really after.

The rise of all kinds of long term health conditions is undeniable and hard to ignore. The prevalence of syndromes like CFS/ME, fibromyalgia, post viral fatigue and autoimmune dysfunctions are among those conditions that the healthcare system is struggling to address.