Tools

I wanted to make a list of some of the tools I have found helpful and/or invaluable in my own life. They are all about relationships: To myself, others, Earth, the Universe...

Relationship to myself
Body/mind emphasis

• NAET
  A treatment/elimination of any form of allergic reaction that I have found remarkably effective. We can have allergic type reactions to any element in our life, it can cause any symptom, and NAET seems to be effective in eliminating the allergic reactions.
  
  
• Natural Vision Improvement
  Simple and (yes) natural excercies for the eye muscles. These corrected my nearsightedness to normal vision (as confirmed by my eye doctor). I do no longer need glasses and have no vision related headackes.
  
  
• Five Elements acupuncture
  A form of acupuncture that always seem to have an immediate and profound effect.
  
  
• Neuromuscular Therapy
  A very precise form of massage/bodywork that has significantly reduced my scoleosis.
  
  
• Applied Kineseology
  Accessing bodyrelated information
  
  
• Feldenkrais
  Western approach to body awareness through exploring deliberate and slow movements (allowing the mind the enter the body).
  
  
• Herbs - teas, infusions
  
  
• Acupressure/reflexology

• Breema
  A practice where simple and perennial principles are explored through bodywork, and applied in all areas of life. I experience it as Zen in motion.
  
  
• Yoga
  Mind/body connection, spirituality
  
  
• Tai Chi/Chi Gong
  Mind/body connection, healing
  
  
• Jungian psychology/dream work
  Deeply insightful approach to exploring oneself
  
  
• Process Work
  Holistic approach, based on Jungian psychology. All "channels" are explored: sound, taste/smell, visual, tactile, relationships, the world as a whole

• Nonviolent Communication
  Tools for authentic/accurate communication (through differentiating needs and strategies etc)
  
  
• Simplicity
  Tools for purposeful/meaningful living (enhancing what is meaningful, letting go of the rest)
  
  
• Clicker Training
  Fast and accurate training based on positive reinforcement. Aids our relationship with ourselves and nonhuman species.
  
  
• Sustainability
  Solution/partnership/community oriented

• Zen/Tibetan practice/Big Mind
  Tools to transform suffering into happiness, processing experiences, and opening for Big Mind (transdual experience)
  
  
• Breema
  Going beyond separation and personalities
  
  
• The Great Story
  Experiencing ourselves as an integral part of the Universe

Deep Healing

Deep healing takes place through deep changes in our lives. The healing can be very specific, but it can also be a healing in a deeper and wider sense of the world - one that allows us to experience ourselves as full human beings with a sense of deep meaning.

It is simple. Life and self-healing processes are one, and it takes place when we get out of the way. It is simple, but not always easy.

The key seems to be to open up for healing in many areas: Diet, mind-body activities (yoga, tai chi, chi gong, feldenkrais, breema etc), physical excercise (walking, swimming, hiking etc), emotional-cognitive work (process work, jungian etc), relationships. It is really all about relationships - establishing nourishing relationships in all areas of life: to our bodies, mind, others, the Earth, the Universe.

Small Changes

Two stories I came across today, which are reminders of how simple actions can make a large difference (rippling out in unknown ways).


It started as a joke. Danny Wallace put a small ad in a London newspaper. It simply said “Join me” and invited people to send a passport-sized photo. The only problem was, no one knew what they were joining. After twelve, on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the story of Danny Wallace’s “Join Me” collective.

[Source - To the Best of Our Knowledge]

Join Me

People from all over the world have dedicated themselves to our simple cause... to perform random acts of kindness to complete strangers, each and every Friday... we call these Fridays 'Good Fridays', and our aim is to make every Friday a Good Friday...

[Source - Join Me]


Jayson Littman is not especially lonely, or religious, or in need of cash - things that strangers might assume upon meeting him.

He is a financial analyst who happens to think that New Yorkers could use a hug. So it was, a month ago, that Mr. Littman began distributing hugs - free - from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village.

"At first I thought no one would respond," said Mr. Littman, 26, who lives in Manhattan. But on his first Sunday, standing before a giant hand-lettered sign that reads "Free Hugs," Mr. Littman and a friend embraced 200 people in two and a half hours.

[Source - NY Times]

Gentle Opening

There is always some truth in anyone's perspective. It is born out of their experience of the world. However different my own experience is, I can always start with the truth in their view, and gently expand upon it. Broaden the conversation to include more.

BREEMA

Two months ago, I started a Self-BREEMA course at UO. Since then, I participated in a BREEMA intensive, and am doing a weekly BREEMA bodywork class.

The effects I experience from BREEMA is remarkable.

It allows me to go deeply into a body-mind connection, alone or with others. It helps me to more deeply integrate and embody perennial spiritual principles in many areas of my life. And it is beautiful.

The BREEMA Center
BREEMA Northwest

NAET

Several years ago, I found an approach to treating allergies that was remarkably effective for me. At the time, I had struggled with increasingly severe food allergies for many years, to the point where I dealt with siginifcant fatigue daily.

The technique "resets" our body's responses to the allergen, allowing our system to deal with it in a less reactive way. It can treat any allergy-like reaction, from traditional allergens such as foods and pollen to more atypical ones such as sunlight. Each allergen is typically treated separately.

It may not work for everyone, although it has worked remarkably well for myself and others I know who has tried it.

About the treatment: NAET
And to find local practitioners: NAET Practitioners