'Women with the long necks'. Made me think of sticking your head above the crowd. You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. Speaking up, not shy away from your greatness. I know in our Dutch culture this is very repressed. Best to keep small.
Thank you so much for sharing your exeriences and insights. I only started a therapy journey about 4 or so years ago. Thankfully, I was lucky to have found a good therapist with psychoanalytic training right out of the gate, and he was very comfortable with the "woo." Around the same time I stumbled into a Tibetan Buddhist center and began to learn meditation practices from a long established lineage. Both approaches seemed to compliment one another in whatever weird existential journey I began then. And since I have continued exploring the intersection of Westen Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism, both in formal and informal settings. Jung's works have provided a fascinating dialogue bridge from West to East. Embodiment has been so huge too. We all get stuck in our heads (or these disembodied screen world) for most of the day we forget to breathe and move and we wonder why things feel off. Again, thank you for thoughtful and personal post.
The right psychotherapy really is a wonderful compliment to an inward journey via meditation and other spiritual practices. Your journey sounds enriching, thank you for sharing!
'Women with the long necks'. Made me think of sticking your head above the crowd. You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. Speaking up, not shy away from your greatness. I know in our Dutch culture this is very repressed. Best to keep small.
Great amplification, thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for sharing your exeriences and insights. I only started a therapy journey about 4 or so years ago. Thankfully, I was lucky to have found a good therapist with psychoanalytic training right out of the gate, and he was very comfortable with the "woo." Around the same time I stumbled into a Tibetan Buddhist center and began to learn meditation practices from a long established lineage. Both approaches seemed to compliment one another in whatever weird existential journey I began then. And since I have continued exploring the intersection of Westen Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism, both in formal and informal settings. Jung's works have provided a fascinating dialogue bridge from West to East. Embodiment has been so huge too. We all get stuck in our heads (or these disembodied screen world) for most of the day we forget to breathe and move and we wonder why things feel off. Again, thank you for thoughtful and personal post.
The right psychotherapy really is a wonderful compliment to an inward journey via meditation and other spiritual practices. Your journey sounds enriching, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for reading and the kind words. I appreciate it :)