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How do youprotect yourself?
Long before we had words, our bodies learned ways to stay safe. Some of us leave. Some hold on. Some carry everything. Some take charge. Some get it exactly right.
These shapes were intelligent answers to what was happening then, and many of us still live inside them. This reflection shows which ones you lean on, what each one has been protecting, and one small thing to try.
Before you begin
Five ways the body learns to protect.
Everyone carries all five, in different measure. None of them is a flaw. Each began as a way of surviving, and each carries a gift.
The reflection
Fifteen quiet statements.
Read each one and notice what your body says before your mind decides. Choose the answer that feels most true today. About eight minutes.
What you lean on most
Everyone carries all five, in different measure. Most of us return to one or two when life presses. None of them is wrong. Each began as a way of surviving, and each carries a gift.
Who stays at Dojo Bianco
People who carry a great deal, at a moment that matters.
Some come because something needs attention. Others because something new wants to emerge. For five days the whole hotel closes around them, and the work is shaped around their history, the season and the people they are.
There is no one you are required to become.
Inspired by body-oriented psychotherapy: the work of Wilhelm Reich, Alexander Lowen and John Pierrakos, and Steven Kessler's five personality patterns. Written by us, in our own words.
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