“We are a link in a chain in making a contribution that goes well beyond our own life. And that’s part of what makes dying tolerable. That’s what makes being a mortal creature tolerable.”

 --  Atul Gawande

 Listen to Atul over at On Being : What Matters in the End and then revisit this one, How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations

saturday poem

I did find the entire world
in looking
for something 

– Mary Oliver, interviewed for On Being

Restoring The Body: Bessel van der Kolk

This is really worth a listen...interesting stuff!

www.onbeing.org/program/restoring-the-body-bessel-van-der-kolk-on-yoga-emdr-and-treating-trauma

"Human memory is a sensory experience says psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Through his longtime research and innovation in trauma treatment, he shares what he's learning how bodywork like yoga or eye movement therapy can restore a sense of goodness and safety. And what he’s learning speaks to a resilience we can all cultivate in the face of the overwhelming events that after all make up the drama of culture, of news, of life." 

Read on here.

Thank you Jill for the link.