Serena Joy grips my hands as if it is she, not I, who's being fucked, as ifshe finds it either pleasurable or painful
Emotional pain/pleasure. Shows the true connection between the body and the soul. Too often, Offred is fucked by the Commander and feels nothing, while Serena Joy is affected, instead, emotionally.
Therewere limits, but my body was nevertheless lithe, single, solid, one with me.
Dissociation of mind and body -- what does this mean?
It is through afield of such valid objects that I must pick my way, every day and in everyway. I put a lot of effort into making such distinctions I need to make them. Ineed to be very clear, in my own mind
And yet, these associations are true. But her sanity won't take it. It also connects to the separation of mind and body that happens. It becomes less a part of her.
what we have found quite remarkably is that when a person trains their mind their well-being improves and their brain changes uh and not just the brain but many other things in their mind and body also change
for - meditation - training the mind - scientific measurable effects on wellbeing - brain and body functions - Youtube - Tukdam talk - An Overview Of CHM’s Work On “Well-Being And Tukdam” - Prof. Richard J. Davidson
when I've worked with pre and perinal psychology people think oh well this is psychology this is mental health but really it's not it's more than that it's a holistic Body Mind practice where implicit somatic memory is alive and active and actually informing how we behave and choices that we make in the present
for - prenatal and perinatal psychology - is not just mental health - it's holistic mind body practice - somatic memories are alive in our body right now - Youtube - Prenatal and Perinatal Healing Happens in Layers - Kate White
As Peter Brown states, the active physical body became not merely an instrument to be tolerated and efficiently used as in the ancient ascetic separation of spirit, but rather a “field to cultivate” holistically for a unified material and spiritual transformation.
for - nondual approach - uniting and reconciling mind and body - in Medieval Christian monasticism - Peter Brown
These are the kinds of litanies I use, to compose myself
She periodically brings herself back from the past to regain and maintain her sanity, her composure, her intellect. She tries yet again to separate mind and body when she is treated only as a vessel.
It's as if he'ssomewhere else, waiting for himself to come, drumming his fingers on thetable while he waits. There's an impatience in his rhythm now.
Disassociation in the mind and body is both for the man and the woman. Both Offred and the commander.
The great resemblance between mental and bodily taste will easily teach us to apply this story.
The mind and body rejoined: Cartesian dualism bypassed?