16/02/2021
Have a look at this great example of a session on the topic "being alone and feeling lonely" - It makes me miss so much hands on sessions! Pantarei Approach
Being alone and feeling lonely are not the same
He told me that he couldn’t let go of his sensation of loneliness. The Coronavirus restrictions obviously didn’t help.
I couldn’t shake the feeling that the sensation of loneliness, that he tried so hard to get rid of, was also part of a unique characteristic of his. A quality he could make great use of, if only he knew how.
When he was on my massage table, what I call my working table, I touched his lower back and legs.🦶🏾 I touched his feet, so he could start to feel some of his own energy.
His feet started to move with my touch, 🕺🏽 and not much later, his diaphragm started to move with the laughter that followed. He didn’t tell me what was so funny, and I didn’t ask.
When I continued and touched his chest, he told me about his childhood. He used to spend hours on his own. At that time he didn’t consider it as loneliness.
He told me that he was good at finding edible mushrooms 🍄 in the forest next to his childhood home, after the rains, and how many secret places he had that nobody else knew about.
I continued with my touch to help him open up his chest. His back got straighter, and his mind started to fill with fond memories of his times alone.
It was beautiful to watch him realize that whenever he felt connected to the nature 🍃around him, his feeling of loneliness transformed into a sense of ‘time alone’. And his ‘time alone’ quickly became the time in which he enjoyed listening to music 🎼 and writing stories.
👉🏽 How would you describe the difference between feeling lonely and having some alone time?
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