Brainspotting and muscle
“The brainspotting sessions were a unique and nurturing experience that loosened and relaxed my old traumas. I loved being able to discuss my current distress and feelings each session first, then be led from there by Gwen to relaxation of those feelings through an hour of brainspotting. Relaxation by, on the one hand, allowing the now with much kindness rather than self-hatred, and on the other, by fading the constriction of the feeling. My old mantra: “I don’t matter” was replaced by “I matter. This succeeded in part because of Gwen’s loving approach and because of her notion that that is not a mantra but a muscle I can train. Since I discovered that muscle :
I live more lightly
I accept the needs of others as theirs and no longer as a sacred command to go right along with them.
I trust my “muscle power” in situations that used to blow me off my feet
I trust the life process of both myself and others
My relationships have also become lighter and more nurturing.
In short, a very enriching and healing experience, which I wholeheartedly recommend.”