Cool NY Times article "backs up" the stuff I'm studying

[kitchen_kink]

The Rubenfeld Synergy folks have known for a long time that our bodies take what we say literally. We "dig in our heels" and "put our foot down," or we "bend over backwards." We feel "down" or "uptight." We "can't stand it!" We're "hip to it." We may feel "beaten down" or like we "shoulder" too many burdens, but we're told to keep a "stiff upper lip" and "keep our chins up." But we need "elbow room," "breathing space," and for someone to "have our back" if we're going to get "back on our feet." When we can "stand tall" in our spines we know that we can "be-long."

And now, The NY Times presents a survey of studies showing that this stuff is all true.

Comments

[perseph12.livejournal.com]

This article is fascinating. Thanks for sharing it! As someone who copes with an on-going medical condition, it always helps to learn about new tools for healing.

I apologize if you have answered this before, but what are you studying?

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

No problem! I'm studying Rubenfeld Synergy Method (http://www.rubenfeldsynergy.com), which is an integrated mind-body technique that uses both talk and touch to address the stories contained in the body.

If you're interested in trying it out, I have a friend in the area who's also studying it and offering sessions at student rates.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

That was riveting. Easily the most interesting article I've read in recent memory.

We learned a bit about this in massage-school and I remember working with a classmate who had mystery chronic knee problems. We were able to get him in touch with his knee to find out why. Turned out that the man had had a crush on his (male) soccer coach in high school, but was not out yet and felt shame for his crush. And here, years later and after coming out to everyone in his current world, there was still that unresolved shame. He cried on the massage table and thanked me profusely for helping him uncover that. I wonder how his knee is now.

I find that it's possible to do a bit of that with one's self: checking in with various areas of the body and seeing why something might feel the way it does. My chronic neck pain is unsurprising and I'm starting to get a clearer picture of why my feet hurt sometimes. Fascinating stuff.

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

I saw Rio doing some of this stuff today: she misbehaved, and was told off, and just sort of hunched down as if an incredible weight were bearing down on her and I thought, "Wow! It's so vivid how physical those emotions are."