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Return to the Body By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post The first step on a spiritual path today is a return to a sense of one's own body. — Martha Heyneman
Bathing the Body By Frederic Brussat Blog Post There is a long and rich tradition of spiritual bathing in all the world's wisdom traditions. Bathing becomes a devotional act when we combine water, prayer, and ritual with the intention of sheddin…
Body Scars By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The poet and singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen has written: "Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh." From the top…
This Blog on Body Spirituality By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The world's religions encourage us to view the body as a reliable companion, as a capable mediator of our experience in the world, as a wise teacher, as a vehicle for transformation, and as a temple…
I Am a Body of Water By Frederic Brussat Blog Post We first experience water in the undulating sea of our mother's womb as we are floating in the dark and warm current of amniotic fluid. No wonder we closely identify with the many creations myths th…
Lungs and Breath as Spiritual Teachers By Frederic Brussat Blog Post "Experiencing my body, I breathe in. Smiling to my body. I breathe out. Calming my body, I breathe in. Smiling to my body. I breathe out." Thich Nhat Hanh has taught me more about my body than…
The Ritualized Life By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Catholic Wisdom The rosary is a bodily prayer, a prayer of touch. Our hands touch God when our fingers touch the beads. — Christine Lore Weber in Praying the Body and Soul by Jane Vennard
The Spiritual Significance of Tattoos By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post There was a time when most people thought that tattoos were just embraced by merchant marines, bikers, and goths garbed in black. But now they are part of mainstream cultures around the world. Body …
My Eyes Behold the Wonders By Frederic Brussat Blog Post I spent most of my childhood in my bedroom comfortably hidden away from the tensions and anxieties of the 1950s. I loved to read and my eyes became very familiar with the rhythms of long hours of my…
Holy Knees By Frederic Brussat Blog Post I remember in kindergarten singing and stretching to the rollicking song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." What a lark it was to sense my body's amazing flexibility. At that early age there were i…

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