Traumas and complex stories create connections. Typically, we wish to connect over the good times we share. However, the bonds formed through the difficult moments can actually leave us feeling very much united. So, where were you on 9/11? This is a question that I find...
Do you also know the struggle when it comes to celebrating your own achievements? I'm not necessarily talking about the big reasons for celebration, such as getting a new job or getting married. Instead, I'm relating to the many small moments in our daily lives...
The Power of Community and Communication She sits in her room in her new home in Brandenburg, overlooking the high trees in her garden. The sun is flooding into the room. Sabeth describes the atmosphere as, “soft, lazy and slow, the seeds of the trees are...
When you manage to get through the hard times, 'normality' can feel so precious. Finally, after a long break of several months, we have been able to get back to teaching the Pantarei Approach training program, again. Even the weather played its part, and we...
Pantarei Approach co-founders Claudia Glowik and Vered Manasse recently offered a free online course for practitioners and current students. The generous offer was to recognize that we could feel less alone in these times when we connect as a community. And we can use the...
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” Audre Lorde once wrote. Connecting to your ‘why’, to your personal and professional vision was the topic of...
The accident happened when I was 24. It was a rainy day in Israel and I was driving along the highway, traveling from the north down towards Tel-Aviv. I was in my blue Golf, which I was so proud of. It was the first car...
Grateful for the Waves of the Past Dancer turned phenomenologist Maxine Sheets-Johnstone states: “Movement forms the I that moves, before the I that moves forms movement.” Movement is fundamental to our lives and our actions give great insight into who we are and what we care...
Melody of the body – Communication through the body It is February in Berlin and it’s icy cold. Yet sunlight floods the room; and, looking out through the window, we see a crisp and clear blue sky. It seems as if winter has opened up some...
Our sense of touch is magical. It is a true masterpiece of nature. Yet it is so evident; so present that we hardly ever give it the time of day. When was the last time you thought about your sense of touch? How does it...