The Mother of body-based therapy: why you should thank Gerda Boyesen every day
A hundred years ago this month, a baby girl was born into a bourgeois family in Bergen, Norway. She grew up to be the unlikely originator of the ideas behind…
A hundred years ago this month, a baby girl was born into a bourgeois family in Bergen, Norway. She grew up to be the unlikely originator of the ideas behind…
Reflections on grounding, first published in the Journal of the Biodynamic Massage Therapists Summer 2019 ISDN 1461-3743 How the vasomotoric cycle, the inner-seasons and the pelvis helped me to ground…
My sleepless adventures as a highly sensitive, menopausal woman Understanding menopausal insomnia All through my sleep deprived years I have snatched greedily at any article about how to cure…
I have had my final session with my therapist. I am deeply grateful for the experience and also very sad, I am mourning the loss of this wonderful supporter as…
Touch in counselling is a hot potato; depending on your therapist's training, shaking hands might be OK, but how about a reassuring hand on a shoulder? How about therapeutic touch…
One of the best gifts I gave myself during my sabbatical was to have Biodynamic Therapy in Menopause. As a process of healing and self-actualisation, menopause worked her magic on…
"I had this great Biodynamic massage" "Which massage is that? Bio- what?" "You know, that's the one with the stethoscope!" The USP for Biodynamic therapy work is that we listen…
Followed by dentists and dead birds Even if you have only read one of my blogs before, I bet that it will have been either about rest or body awareness…
In this slightly weird time between Christmas and New Year, I have been reflecting on the past year and looking forward to 2015. It has been an amazing year for…
I have always been very lucky with my teachers and it was an enormous privilege to have been taught Biodynamic massage and psychotherapy by Gerda Boyesen at the Boyesen Institute…