Basically, the issue is we do not listen—either to ourselves or to nature. We are oblivious to the messages that come to us directly from our organism and from the world reflecting us and then turn to experts for guidance. We absorb facts, techniques, philosophies and lifestyles and in this way further bury our essential nature along with our native potential for self-healing and growth. We pass over the essential messages capable of skillfully guiding our lives. As a result, we live rife with information but are still struggling at heart. Stalking Essence is intended as a process of self-discovery based on the innate wisdom offered by our true nature, shining from the inside.

This work is a process of exploration of the self. Rather than relying on assumptions and beliefs about how our lives should look we place our trust instead with the present-moment experience of what arises from the body, gradually becoming more intimate with its communication. Responsive and unique in its approach this work will feel like bodywork to some and a spiritual practice to others.

The work begins on the massage table and unfolds from the relationship between ourselves and life’s currents acting upon us. Though we may be tempted to work on our “beautiful problem” we trust instead in the wisdom of the organism and the offering it is making to us as the session unfolds.