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First day of 2019-2020 course.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pcab⠀ #pcabkauai⠀ #massageschool https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IrPeohEiE/?igshid=1udd8f3e5a0iq

I'm so proud of the 2019 graduating class of the Pacific Center for Awareness and Bodywork, learning such cutting edge knowledge and masterful skills in the realms of bodywork, somatic psych, neuroscience, trauma, and pain, and I'm amazed and curious about how they will grow it from here...⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ #pcabkauai #pcab #mindfulness #massage #kauai #massagetherapy #resilience #curiosity #presence #bodywork #massagetherapist #lovingkindness #unwinding #manualtherapy #heartcentered #kilauea #embodiment #interoception #beingpresent #princeville #traumainformed #massageschool #bodyworker #somatics #structuralintegration #aquatictherapy #poweroftouch #massagetraining #kauaimassageschool #graduation https://www.instagram.com/p/BzSVlqCBJfq/?igshid=h28l35pvrmzm

We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters. ~Yoda, The Last Jedi⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ #pcabkauai #pcab #mindfulness #massage #kauai #massagetherapy #resilience #curiosity #presence #bodywork #massagetherapist #lovingkindness #unwinding #manualtherapy #heartcentered #kilauea #embodiment #interoception #beingpresent #princeville #traumainformed #massageschool #bodyworker #somatics #structuralintegration #aquatictherapy #poweroftouch #massagetraining #kauaimassageschool #starwars https://www.instagram.com/p/BzSNMwKhuX8/?igshid=1vvtwk0ra701a

We form community* in direct proportion to our collective vulnerability and acceptance of one another. This appears to be true regardless of whether an intention to form community exists or not. It's a mammalian thing...we just have to let go of whatever is in the way of being vulnerable and accepting others. ⠀ ⠀ As a veterinarian told me today, "once a dog accepts you, you're in....it's not complicated in the way humans allow their insecurities and egos to block vulnerability and acceptance....they sniff each others butts and after that they're fine with one another."⠀ ⠀ *In this context, community is defined relationally. Clearly a formal community with land and economic functionality requires intention to develop and maintain itself, but relational communities form automatically and SOMATICALLY as individual relationships develop through reciprocal displays of vulnerability, acceptance, and care in paired or group interactions. ⠀ ⠀ Pictured here: PCAB class of 2017⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ #pcabkauai #pcab #mindfulness #massage #kauai #massagetherapy #resilience #curiosity #presence #bodywork #massagetherapist #lovingkindness #unwinding #manualtherapy #heartcentered #kilauea #embodiment #interoception #beingpresent #traumainformed #massageschool #bodyworker #somatics #structuralintegration #aquatictherapy #poweroftouch #massagetraining #kauaimassageschool #TherapyThursday #tbt https://www.instagram.com/p/BzOW_n-hTik/?igshid=1r3keizfmg6l2

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go. ~Jack Kornfield⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ *⠀ #pcabkauai #pcab #mindfulness #massage #kauai #massagetherapy #resilience #curiosity #presence #bodywork #massagetherapist #lovingkindness #unwinding #manualtherapy #heartcentered #kilauea #embodiment #interoception #beingpresent #princeville #traumainformed #massageschool #bodyworker #somatics #structuralintegration #aquatictherapy #poweroftouch #massagetraining #kauaimassageschool #WisdomWednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/BzM6i3ZB5PY/?igshid=q9h3u73ep7zd