The interesting topic of empathy came up in a class recently and it's an experience some Pantarei practitioners share. “I feel the pain of other people in my own body”, one of our students said and asked us to teach her ways to protect herself...
Nina Simone sang “it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life - for me … and I'm feeling good”, and her words came to me while I sat to write a post about this time when a new year begins. Dates...
How to summarize two years that feel like a lifetime? So much happened, so much has taken place and taken shape. The Pantarei Approach was our vision and now it is ours and others’ reality for the future. It began as a set of observations...
Emotions are a big factor when we think about our quality of life. All of us can easily imagine a person who has it all, yet still feels miserable, or a person who has nothing, but still has a smile on their face and great...
As part of a regular series, we are asking Pantarei practitioners from around the world, to share with us some insights into their life, their work and what flow means to them. Q. Tell us about yourself and what you do I am 35 years old, I am a...
One of the furniture pieces needed in any work room of a Pantarei practitioner is a work table. It looks like a massage table, and that’s probably what people call it in the shop, and it is an integral part of the space of any...
A Pantarei Approach session uses a combination of touch and verbal communication, but what does it mean and why is it of value? Every session you will receive from a practitioner will start with a conversation. This time allows you and your practitioner to better...
As practitioners of the Pantarei Approach, a big part of our job is to be able to listen to our clients. Listening in a deeply focused way might be the most important skill we can have as practitioners and human beings, to create healthy and...
“I am confused, I don’t know what I want”, “I postpone everything to the last minute, I am lazy”, “I am too emotional”. It is just so easy to talk about our faults, blame ourselves or lose trust in our worth. I see and hear...
Benjamin Block and Jochen Stechmann are Berlin and Berlin/Frankfurt based Pantarei Approach practitioners, respectively. In advance of the Queer Sensitivity Workshop they will be holding on the 29th of September 2018, we asked them to share a little of their experiences that have led to them...