Peter’s Bodymind Blog
Mirror Neurons?
Watching positive, healthy movement engages 'mirror neurons', producing more healthful states for body and mind. Maybe you have seen our Moving Meditations app, or watched one of our videos? Here is how they work. There are two things to understand:...
read moreMoving Meditations
Our new App, Moving Meditations for Autism (available for Android and Apple devices), offers 18 short videos to help kids (and their families) find peace and balance. The videos are fun and engaging, and effortless to use—all you have to do is...
read moreThe New England Somatic Experiencing(TM) Conference
On Saturday September 8th, I attended the yearly conference (yearly since last year!) of the New England Somatic Experiencing(TM) group. (Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a form of body-oriented psychotherapy focused specifically on trauma. It works primarily by guiding...
read moreWhat do the Martial Arts have to offer?
“Martial arts” is a very broad category, with various aims—some incompatible with each other! Sport martial arts operate under specific rules, and offer excellent recreation and exercise for the reasonably fit. Self-defense is a claim often made, but there is a lot of...
read moreCore concepts of Bodymind Training
I would like to explain as clearly as I can the core ideas of the system I call Bodymind Training (BmT). These concepts also apply to many other forms of Somatic education and therapy. Bodymind Training shows you simple and easy ways to feel better and be more...
read morePsychedelics, drug effects, and psychotherapy
A psychedelic trip is … better described as a process triggered by the drug rather than an “effect” of the drug.
read moreNeuroscience: The Good, the Bad, and the Transcendent. Part 2: Dualism and Non-dualism
The more awake you are, the more connected the brain is.
read moreNEUROSCIENCE-The Bad, the Good, & the Transcendent. Part I: The limitations of the dualistic world-view
Neuroscience—the word itself carries an air of authenticity an esoteric & authoritative flavour which (seems to) legitimise any cultural dish to which it is added. Science, the arbiter of truth & reality, focused on the brain itself, the organ of...
read moreAfter the National Qigong Association conference
Just back from the National Qigong Association East Coast conference. Overall, an enjoyable and productive time! Mardi and I gave a presentation, early in the conference, based on the sequence of our published papers; you can see the Power Point here. We were...
read moreOn the way to NQA (National Qigong Association) conference
Well, I am sitting in the Dartmouth Coach (a welcome feature of life in the Vermont/New Hampshire Upper Valley), on my way to Asheville, North Carolina and the National Qigong Association conference, where my colleague Mardi and I will be presenting about our research...
read moreWhat Am I Doing Here?
All my life I have been fascinated by the Bodymind arts. I started when I was 11 with Judo. I was living in Geneva at the time, and as a precociously intelligent and bookish child, I was picked on at school. My half-brother Kenny, 10 years older than me,...
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