He wasn't it in the modern sense, and certainly without glitz, Instagram, or performative somatic release exercises. But what he taught is closer to reality than most people think.   Especially after sitting 90 hours of Vipassana meditation in 10 days, something became very clear to me: What Siddhartha Gautama taught was radically embodied. Observe sensation. Notice craving. Notice aversion.Train yourself to not react automatically. Again and again.   Long before we had words like “trauma,”...

A somatic understanding of life as a human being In the Beginning there is Existence In the End there is Existence What lies in between is a movement, a temporary expression   To experience itself Existence — call it God, Nature, or the “Big S” Self — takes on form. It seems to split  into countless points of perception. These points of perception seem like separate beings, an individual consciousness . Truth is: This movement does not break unity. It expresses it. Imagine Existence as an...

Fasting has a millennia-old tradition and is intended to cleanse your body, mind and soul. Therapeutic fasting is used by healthy people to start losing weight and for treating certain diseases. Fasting not only works on a medical level, but also on a psychological and spiritual level. These 3 dimensions together form an inseparable unit. Therefore, we can also speak of it as a "diet of the soul". The fasting person should devote themself to beautiful things such as music, books, nature and...