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Saturday, January 9th, 2010First, Sheila said she felt a burning in her “power center,” putting her
hand on her solar plexus area. When asked to let this burning sensation speak, Sheila shouted out angrily what she had needed to say to her lover: “I hate how you use and abuse people. You don’t care about anybody but yourself. You […]
Sheila’s Seven Blocks
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Sheila, an unemployed nurse who had just lost her lover, was experiencing strong feelings of betrayal and abandonment. She was the younger of two daughters, the self-designated caretaker in a dysfunctional family dominated by an autocratic father. Two days before coming in for therapy, Sheila had awakened in a rage. This alarmed her because she […]
Holding Sensations and Emotions in the Body
Monday, December 28th, 2009There is a universal human tendency to tense up in fear and hold on tight when our experience becomes too scary or painful or intense, as if we were trying to guard ourselves by warding off with our bodies what seems unendurable. By doing this, we “freeze” the sensations, emotions, and the associated karmic pattern […]
Increased Vulnerability
Thursday, December 24th, 2009In general, we are unable or unwilling to deal directly with a difficult situation when we feel physically and/or emotionally overwhelmed by it and there is insufficient support available to integrate its impact upon us. There are particular times of increased vulnerability—such as during birth and early childhood, serious illness or injury, and during the […]
Birth and Personality Patterns
Friday, December 4th, 2009The way we were born – such as forceps, breech or Caesarian – has a specific influence on future personality and relationship patterns.
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Traumatic Residues from Different Realms
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Jim, a young man with lifelong acrophobia, lost his fear of heights after recalling a series of past life episodes in which he had died by falling from cliffs and mountain precipices. Thematic connections in his present life included a precipitous birth and a childhood experience of falling off a balcony.
As in Jim’s case, it […]
Past Lives and How They Affect Us Today
Friday, October 23rd, 2009The first thing that strikes us about the past life episodes relived in Karmic Therapy is how extremely traumatic they are. Apparently it takes severe emotional and physical scarring to leave a significant negative impression on another lifetime. Usually those patients who have suffered hurt in this lifetime will uncover much more extreme pain in […]
Repetition of Scripts Reactivated in Childhood
Thursday, October 15th, 2009In later life, karmic scripts activated in childhood get played out over and over again. Some people who have lived lives full of suffering and crisis appear on closer investigation to have created intense pain for themselves so that they are strongly motivated finally to change these scripts. Self-selected suffering is their teacher. Therefore it […]
Memory and Sensitivity in Infancy
Monday, October 5th, 2009Infant memories are subtle and full of nuance. In addition to exquisite physical perception, infants seem to be capable of surprisingly detailed recall of words spoken in their presence as well as high sensitivity to the unspoken attitudes of caretakers. The experience of infancy can include all the joys of being held, fed and loved. […]
How Birth Experiences Mold Personality Traits
Friday, September 25th, 2009The passage down the birth canal can sometimes be smooth and easy, but all too frequently it is a life and death struggle for survival. The details of this ordeal affect future personality and relationship patterns in specific ways. For instance, forceps extraction activates control issues and resentment at being dominated by others, while Caesarean […]
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