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My Body is Me
In our modern, fast-paced world, it is easy to live entirely from the neck up. We analyse our problems, rationalise our behaviours and think our way through the day. We treat our bodies like taxis that carry our brains from meeting to meeting. Differently, in Gestalt therapy we understand that true awareness and therefore true
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Wild Geese
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.Meanwhile the world goes on.Meanwhile the
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The Great Affair
The Great Affair by Diane Ackerman The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one’s curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred, climb aboard, and gallop over the thick, sun-struck hills every day. Where there is no risk, the emotional terrain is flat and unyielding, and, despite all
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Desiderata
Desiderata by Max Erhmann Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly;and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to