Monthly Archives: May 2024

Deepening Reflective Practices: Insights from Barre and Manresa Retreats

Retreats are a great way to deepen one’s reflective practices. The fourth retreat at Manresa in the past two years, made me remember the yesteryears and the previous Buddhist Guided retreat in Barre-Massachusetts on Mindfulness of Death (Feb 2024).  Barre … Continue reading

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Labyrinths

  In the Middle Ages as today, pilgrimages in the form of maps, manuscripts, and pavement labyrinths engendered an experience of embodied pilgrimage for those who could not travel physically to far away sites and shrines. The Maps of 12-steps … Continue reading

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Transference: ABC- Awareness, BASIC ID, Checklists

Write the story of your relationship, how it began, what are the concerns which bring you to therapy now and if your partner told this story, how would they tell it, what would be their main concern or complaint? This … Continue reading

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