Last Friday’s Dreambody Medicine forum was amazing and deep. A woman worked on a burning hot sensation in her mouth. Her symptom was connected with speaking her truth and experiencing being stopped by a shamer. She described it as being on an IV of shame.

Following some sharing in small groups focusing on speaking about our own experiences of being silenced and silencing ourselves and what helps us speak out we then went onto have a deep and touching open forum discussion that included some of the following:

– The need to have others listen to our experiences and the difficulty of expressing them in words.

– Generational impact of role models and the example of a granddaughter being able to show the way of being outspoken and assertive in the world. Saying what is important to you for others to hear and making sure they hear you.

– Issues of sexism and inferiority of never meeting the ideal as a man or a woman.

– A touching story of someone’s brother who committed suicide. His experience of not being validated and suffering under a critical father.

– Being silent is okay. Not listening is okay. But experiencing is key.

– Speaking is one way to get to know ourselves and can be scary. What will come out? Who knows, we might even like ourselves. 🙂

Our next Dreambody Medicine Forum will be Friday April 4, 2014 at the Process Work Institute in Portland