A quote by Stephen Levine
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A quote by Stephen Levine
Dr. Peter Levine, a renowned trauma researcher, said, “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”
Benjamin Hardy • Personality Isn't Permanent
Growing with our bodies, all of us find ourselves at one time violated or wounded by this world in difficult ways, and still we live and breathe in this touchable, sensual world, and through trauma, through grief, through recovery, we heal in order to be touched again in the right way, as the physical consecration of a mutual, trusted invitation.
David Whyte • Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
To take the path of healing is to directly participate in life, to enter the process with a light step and a merciful awareness which receives the moment as it is.
Stephen Levine • Healing into Life and Death
The key to healing, he said, is the ability to focus emotion and energy in our bodies or that of a loved one (with the person’s permission) in a noninvasive and compassionate way.
Gregg Braden • The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles and Belief
For the healing we all seek goes much deeper than that. It goes to the very core of what is referred to as “being.” Being
Stephen Levine • Healing into Life and Death
Susan David differentiates between the healed emotional injuries (our scars) and the fresh ones (our wounds.) Sometimes, it's tempting to gain intimacy and engagement by sharing our wounds with strangers, but it might be helpful to share our scars, our history, instead.