20/08/2026
One of my clients recently asked me, “Are you always this calm?”
“No, definitely not.”
I’m human. And perhaps one of the blessings of being human is that we get to feel and experience the full spectrum of emotions and states of being.
Calm is not the goal.
It isn’t a static state or somewhere we’re meant to stay.
Perhaps what matters more is the ease with which we can return to ourselves—to a sense of presence, safety and connection within the body.
Returning to the present moment through the body and the felt sense isn’t a one-time, “box ticked, job done” kind of thing.
It’s a practice.
A practice of fluidity, with an anchor point—a harbour we can return to after being out in rough seas.
Because we are fluid. Life is fluid.
Everyday life asks us to move between the stories of the past and the demands of the future. We remember, anticipate, plan, worry, imagine, respond.
And then we can return.
Here.
Now.
Within biodynamic craniosacral therapy, part of the journey is remembering that we can always come back to this present moment.
We don’t necessarily need to understand it, fix it or make sense of it.
We can simply become curious about what arises when we pause, listen and feel.
Be still like a mountain, flow like a river.
— Lao Tzu
📸 Jennifer Moss Joy