An Orientation to Orientation
Early in my teaching and clinical work I realized that directing clients to their somatic experience is more easily disorganizing than helpful. This has become a key understanding in the development of the mindfulness-based Organic Intelligence® Clinical Protocol. I have also spoken on this topic of the hazards of interoception at professional conferences, to meditation […]
Integrating Organic Intelligence Strategies into Couples Therapy: Using the Basics
One of the first questions I asked Steve when he first opened the floor to questions during training was, “How can I use this with couples?” Steve nodded….thought about it for a few moments…and moved on. We had more basic fish to fry. However, the question continued to surface for me. I’d worked with a […]
Yoga Through The Lens Of Organic Intelligence
Yoga is often talked about as both the means and the end. It refers to both a scientific system of practices and to a state that is the result of these practices. Steve’s Organic Intelligence® model (OI) has helped clarify some things that I have noticed in my 20+ years of experience with yoga, about […]
Using Organic Intelligence To Help Pediatric Hospital Patients
My work with children using an Organic Intelligence® approach began in a pediatric hospital setting. While the child’s journey toward healing didn’t end with our time together, the hope I held, and continue to hold, is that their system received what it needed in those first moments to allow for processing and integration with greater […]
Orientation: A Way To Come Back
“To come into the present is to stop the war.” — Jack Kornfield This is a personal account of my direct experiences with Orientation, as an incredible gift to ourselves, and to those who come to us seeking relief and solace from their inner storms. When I was in my last year of training with […]
The Birth of Organic Intelligence
Over the past year and a half, with the help of many people around the world, I’ve been assembling a learning portal and brand new Organic Intelligence® training program at organicintelligence.org. This process has been one like birth, and if you know me, it’s not just a professional thing, it’s the forum for engaging in the […]
