by Kathy Taylor | Mar 13, 2024 | Personal Growth/Development, Self-Care
I sat in the chair, arms snuggling my body. Caring for and cradling my body, I realized it was the first time I’d felt genuine love for myself from myself. This was only about 2 years ago and it was kind of a shock, to be honest. Once I had this experience, even...
by Kathy Taylor | Mar 8, 2024 | Communication & Relationships, Personal Growth/Development
From 2012-2020, my horses and I worked with a local school district to serve students who needed a bit of a boost. The groups of 8 ranged in age from 4th to 9th grade. Some had experienced “Big T Trauma” and others had challenges that couldn’t be attributed to one...
by Kathy Taylor | Feb 8, 2024 | Personal Growth/Development, The Nervous System
It all started a while back in a session where “Stephanie” noticed and paid attention to “the slowest, tiniest movements ever” and the very small shifts that were happening inside her. Those micro movements, which could have felt like “not very much,” actually created...
by Kathy Taylor | Jan 17, 2024 | Communication & Relationships, Personal Growth/Development
For the last few years I’ve been deconstructing my beliefs around religion. Maybe you’ve been on similar journey. I’ve not been vocal about it because, one, it’s a personal matter and two, I keep hoping I’ll land on an answer. Instead I keep coming up with more...
by Kathy Taylor | Jan 3, 2024 | Personal Growth/Development, Self-Care
Happy New Year! Yesterday, I was thinking about my post on darkness and silence and realized I was grieving my sense of peace amongst all the year-end lists and visions for 2024. I’m the first to admit I love shiny, new things but this year, instead of starting the...
by Kathy Taylor | Dec 21, 2023 | Body Wisdom/Somatics, Personal Growth/Development
According to the Celtic tradition, today’s Winter Solstice marks the beginning of the New Year. After the longest night has passed, the daylight lasts a little bit longer. Many beautiful things have their beginning in the darkness. I think of the darkness that existed...