Comments on: Poetry, dreams, and the body http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/ a blog by Rick Belden, author of Iron Man Family Outing Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:45:57 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Eivind F S http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-14602 Eivind F S Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:03:27 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-14602 Re-embodiment. I like that a lot. I think you're right. Growing up in an academic home with suppressed emotions moved me gradually into my head. But I did start out in my body. I can remember. Thanks for the heads up about the nature of the path I'm treading. And Rick - I will be cautious and gentle with myself.. Eivind Re-embodiment. I like that a lot. I think you’re right. Growing up in an academic home with suppressed emotions moved me gradually into my head. But I did start out in my body. I can remember.

Thanks for the heads up about the nature of the path I’m treading. And Rick – I will be cautious and gentle with myself..

Eivind

]]> By: Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-14600 Rick Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:17:20 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-14600 Eivind: Thank you for commenting and sharing some of your recent experience. This embodiment process of which you speak is really, in my opinion, a re-embodiment, a return to an old and forgotten territory you once inhabited as a child, and even more so as an infant. I hope you'll be patient and cautious with the process, with yourself, and with your body, as you would with a child or an infant, and listen for all the feedback you receive as you go. You may find yourself retreading ground you lost or gave up earlier in life (emotional, psychological, and spiritual, as well as physical), and you may encounter some wounds from those times that feel surprisingly fresh. It may take some time for you to learn the best ways to balance the risks and intensity of new experience and new sensation with gentle care for yourself as reclaim your body and all the information it's been holding for you. You're very self-aware and I think that self-awareness will continue to be a tremendous asset to you going forward. Eivind: Thank you for commenting and sharing some of your recent experience. This embodiment process of which you speak is really, in my opinion, a re-embodiment, a return to an old and forgotten territory you once inhabited as a child, and even more so as an infant. I hope you’ll be patient and cautious with the process, with yourself, and with your body, as you would with a child or an infant, and listen for all the feedback you receive as you go.

You may find yourself retreading ground you lost or gave up earlier in life (emotional, psychological, and spiritual, as well as physical), and you may encounter some wounds from those times that feel surprisingly fresh. It may take some time for you to learn the best ways to balance the risks and intensity of new experience and new sensation with gentle care for yourself as reclaim your body and all the information it’s been holding for you.

You’re very self-aware and I think that self-awareness will continue to be a tremendous asset to you going forward.

]]> By: Eivind F S http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-14565 Eivind F S Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:37:44 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-14565 I really resonate with this post, Rick. I'm in the middle of an embodiment process myself, tuning more and more into this vessel of my mind and soul that I've felt somewhat alienated from most of my life. I'm starting to love it more as a result - feel that we're playing on the same team. Paradoxically I have found that being willing to hurt my body right now gets me closer to it - that I can love it more if I dare to risk its pain. As if all the protection and padding that's been containing it for all this time has served it not one bit and that it now needs to feel the reality of the existential toils of life. The other day I covered myself with ash. Another day, I want outside in the cold rain and walked barefoot in moss before I sat down in a cold creek and washed myself, singing joyously from the top of my lungs. I look forward to using nature more in my process of tuning in to my body. I thank you for inspiring me to keep going with this work. Eivind I really resonate with this post, Rick. I’m in the middle of an embodiment process myself, tuning more and more into this vessel of my mind and soul that I’ve felt somewhat alienated from most of my life. I’m starting to love it more as a result – feel that we’re playing on the same team.

Paradoxically I have found that being willing to hurt my body right now gets me closer to it – that I can love it more if I dare to risk its pain. As if all the protection and padding that’s been containing it for all this time has served it not one bit and that it now needs to feel the reality of the existential toils of life. The other day I covered myself with ash. Another day, I want outside in the cold rain and walked barefoot in moss before I sat down in a cold creek and washed myself, singing joyously from the top of my lungs.

I look forward to using nature more in my process of tuning in to my body. I thank you for inspiring me to keep going with this work.

Eivind

]]> By: Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Rick Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:29:37 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-1044 Thank you for your comment, Patricia. Hopefully the information we share from our lives will provide useful reference points and encouragement for others who are moving through their own experiences. Thank you for your comment, Patricia. Hopefully the information we share from our lives will provide useful reference points and encouragement for others who are moving through their own experiences.

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:37:54 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-1041 Rick, we both write about our childhood abuse for the same reason---to reach out to others with similar childhoods. I will return to read more. Thanks for sharing. Rick, we both write about our childhood abuse for the same reason—to reach out to others with similar childhoods. I will return to read more. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Rick Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:53:59 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-13 Thank you for your comment, Sue. I was raised to believe that the emotional, psychological, and physical abuse I experienced growing up was "normal." I was also taught that I was not to speak about it with anyone outside the family. One of my goals in sharing my story is to show other survivors of childhood abuse that it really is okay, and necessary, to break the silence that is often imposed within families. I hope that my writing can be a catalyst for growth and healing for others as well as for myself. Thank you for your comment, Sue. I was raised to believe that the emotional, psychological, and physical abuse I experienced growing up was “normal.” I was also taught that I was not to speak about it with anyone outside the family. One of my goals in sharing my story is to show other survivors of childhood abuse that it really is okay, and necessary, to break the silence that is often imposed within families. I hope that my writing can be a catalyst for growth and healing for others as well as for myself.

]]> By: Sue Aubrey http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Sue Aubrey Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:02:02 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/10/12/poetry-dreams-and-the-body/#comment-6 I never knew... I wish I did. I never knew… I wish I did.

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