Many of my techniques require you to let go of the mind’s processes, resist the urge to get into your head, and just trust in the somatic work. This is critical because the cognitive approach will block you from generating a physiological state that can be encoded into your body.

What became very noticeable was that those who got well were often more well than before they became ill. This “extra wellness,” I thought for some time, was a by-product of healing. But then I came to see that it was just the other way around. That the healing of the body for many was a by-product of a new balance of mind and heart. It wasn’t that