Monthly Archives: September 2011

Presence: Definitions for my workshop “Bringing More Presence to the Art of Palpation”

The dictionary definitions are from here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/presence World English Dictionary presence  (ˈprɛzəns)  — n 1. the state or fact of being present 2. the immediate proximity of a person or thing 3. personal appearance or bearing, esp of a dignified nature 4. an imposing or dignified personality 5. an invisible spirit felt to be nearby 6. electronics  a recording control that boosts mid-rangefrequencies 7. (of a recording) a quality that gives the impression that thelistener is in the presence of the original source of the sound 8. obsolete  assembly or company 9. obsolete  short for presence chamber [C14: via Old French from Latin praesentia  a being before, frompraeesse  to be before, from prae  before + esse  to be] Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition 2009 © … Continue reading

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The Will to Heal

There follows an article which I was heavily influenced by from first reading it in November of 1997. It appeared in an osteopathic online journal titled “The Inner Physician”. In order to read the articles therein (the journal unfortunately is … Continue reading

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