Many people explain their feelings away, neglect them or minimize them. Thinking is very good at   making it hard for you to experience things directly. If you can recognize what your feelings are, you come closer to yourself.

The form of body-oriented therapy I work with most is called Rebalancing. Rebalancing focuses on moving from thinking to feeling, and from feeling to being. The first step in this process, from thinking to feeling, is based especially on attention, breathing and touch. To really pay attention to what you feel is often already a big change.

Being touched is helpful here. It’s amazing sometimes what a range of feelings you experience in your body. You discover inclinations and qualities in yourself that up to now you were unaware of. This makes you a richer and fuller person.