by Filippa Araki | Oct 5, 2020
My 15 year old and I are sitting with our friends. A discussion begins about the hairs on my son’s thighs – my son laughingly complains about the way they are growing (randomly) and our friends gently tease him about them. I say “They’re the...
by Filippa Araki | Sep 29, 2020
I sit down for a quick focusing session around a current life issue. I bring my issue to mind and sense into my body. Immediately, I feel sensation on the top of my head, in the crown area. I say hello to the sensation and stay present with it, observing it with...
by Filippa Araki | Sep 28, 2020
After my father died in 2017, I had a strong feeling of being stuck in a birth canal. A very tumultuous and life altering journey has unfolded since then that has stretched me to the very edge of my strengths and capacity to cope with life. Eight months after my...
by Filippa Araki | Sep 28, 2020
Three years ago, I had the sense that I was about to go through a huge transition in my life, but I couldn’t see my way forward or what I needed to do to facilitate the process. Then I had a most vivid dream…. I was standing at a kitchen sink washing...
by Filippa Araki | Sep 28, 2020
Lately I’ve been revisiting Focusing – connecting with and describing the Felt Sense in the body – and diving in much deeper than in the past, discovering that we have this innate wisdom in our bodies and if we can learn to really listen with open...
