Grief is about loss. It is painfully acute in the moment we experience it. Grief can also be delayed and hibernate and then suddenly reappear. It can be sometimes complicated or chronic. The past two years of the pandemic have brought a type of anticipatory...
“It was the inspiring female leadership from Claudia Glowik and Vered Manasse, which led me to learn the Pantarei Approach”, she says in a warm and excited tone. It’s one of the last beautiful and warm days of this summer. We meet to talk about Sophie's...
Pantarei Approach sessions include hands-on touch. The way I see it, touch is a form of communication that never lies. It invites in an experience that can bridge the gap between feeling and understanding. When we first founded the Pantarei Approach, it was clear that...
Life’s Unfolding Journey A coincidence, by definition, doesn’t mean random— but simply two events occurring at the same time. Coincidence, from Medieval Latin coincidere, literally “to fall upon together,” from the assimilated form of Latin com “with, together.” Maxence riding his bike and me out for a run literally happened...
Lately, I have often found myself feeling unusually tired. Initially, my response was to fight back against it. “You just need to let go and enjoy the moment,” I would tell myself. However, my inner thoughts would revolve around how the next weeks and months...
We are all aware of our need to breathe, sleep, eat and drink. On the other hand, we can so easily overlook our need to touch and be touched. The importance of touch is one of the first things I teach students in our training...
Our bodies are the place or space in which we experience ourselves and the world around us. They are the home to our emotions, our thinking and our imagination. Our bodies have the ability to expand beyond their physical boundaries defined by skin and are...
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...
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...