{"id":28853,"date":"2024-06-27T14:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/outcomes-on-grieving-death-restoring-embodiment-well-being-reflexive-dialogue\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:41:49","slug":"outcomes-on-grieving-death-restoring-embodiment-well-being-reflexive-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/outcomes-on-grieving-death-restoring-embodiment-well-being-reflexive-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Outcomes \/On Grieving, Death, Restoring Embodiment \/ Well-Being \/ Reflexive Dialogue:"},"content":{"rendered":"

A-Two Individuals, Two
\nOutcomes<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Please imagine two different
\npeople who have both lived through similar major traumatic experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then,
\nimagine that one of the individuals has done personal extensive work to heal
\nthe ways in which their trauma was locked or frozen in the body (through their
\nown study, self-work, and receiving professional intervention), while the other
\nperson has not had the privilege to have received much of any kind of help with
\ntheirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

1-Describe your sense of how each
\nindividual would experience their physical body, their psyche, and their
\ngeneral feeling of well-being. <\/span><\/p>\n

2-Describe as well how they take
\ncare of themselves and the degree to which they have control of their mental
\nfaculties (affective states, feelings, cognition).<\/span><\/p>\n

*****Cameo portraits of each
\nperson that are filled with ‘thick description’ (richly told story) however
\nbrief, are what we are seeking here. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

B-<\/span><\/b> On Grieving, Death, Death Awareness, and Restoring Embodiment<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

A key
\nassumption in existential psychology is that a major source of psychological
\nsuffering and psychopathology is the denial of death. Stemming from this is the
\nidea that this could be a kind of ultimate answer as to the reason for
\ndisembodiment: That disembodiment – numbness, not being “in one’s
\nbody,” dissociation from the body – is in fact a survival mechanism, a
\ndefense against the awareness that this very body of one’s own self, will
\nindeed die. <\/span><\/p>\n

We might consider that those of us who
\nroutinely see death in their work have an advantage here, as would be for those
\nof us who are over a certain chronological age where health issues are now more
\nprevalent – perhaps even routine – as the body grows older. <\/span><\/p>\n

And then where does grieving come in? Well, in
\nthis respect grieving would be the antidote to disembodiment; the assumption is
\nthat those who can grieve the loss of others and their own eventual demise
\nbecome less and less avoidant of the fact that they, too, will die. This kind
\nof grieving can lead to persons becoming death
\nresilient<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

1-Please offer your reflections on these ideas
\nrelative to the question of disembodiment. <\/span><\/p>\n

C-<\/span><\/b> Embodiment, Presence, and Well-Being<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

As Wendy
\nPalmer writes in her article directly (Attached)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Everyone
\nis a leader, everyone has an opportunity to inspire others and effect their
\nsituation in a positive way. Wise leaders manifest three embodied leadership
\ncompetencies, they are: being inclusive, being able to listen for the whole,
\nand speaking up clearly without aggression or collapsing. The potential
\ncontribution of Aikido and mindfulness Using principles from the traditions of
\nboth Aikido, a non-aggressive martial art, and mindfulness practice, we can
\nfind simple yet deep techniques that help leaders recognize how the mind and
\nbody habitually react to pressure, and to access more skillful and unified
\nresponses. The reason that this is so important is that the body always wins.
\nWe know perfectly well that we should be calm and relaxed but often in
\nstressful situations our body constricts and instead of being calm we become
\nagitated.”<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Consider that
\nthe reference to “Leadership” can be considered from the point of
\nview of being present and being “large” in one’s presence and
\nclarity, both with one’s self and others. 

\n

\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1-Please offer your reflections on the major
\npoints made, relative to the question of embodiment practices and well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

D-<\/span><\/b> Reflexive Dialogue: On Being at Home in One’s Body <\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Please
\nengage in dialogic practice by developing a written dialogue between a specific
\ninner group of figures, or subjectivities, related to topical focus of Embodying<\/b>.
\nDo this by working through the Seven Levels of Reflexive Participation<\/i>
\n(Attached)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

***This
\n <\/span>dialogue will again take place
\nbetween you<\/i> (as you see yourself currently), the you from
\nanother time in your life where you were either less or more active,
\nintentional,  and\/or creative about the current week’s topical
\nfocus, and the Friend (which you have likely now been introduced to in the
\n“Introduction to Transformative Learning” course). <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

****For
\nthis week, have the dialogue be in Level Three<\/u> of the Seven
\nLevels of Reflexive Participation relative to your own
\nembodiment. The practice of Level Three should be applied to the topic
\nof challenges you experience with embodiment and their relationship to
\nyour own well-being<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n



\n1-<\/span><\/b>As mentioned, the document you create will resemble a film
\nscript or a play, and should be roughly one page (the lines of each figure are
\nsingle-spaced, and are separated via double spacing). <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n



\n

\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2-Once
\nyou feel a natural pause in the dialogue, share a few sentences of reflection
\non the process, i.e., what you are struck by, anything you learned about
\nyourself in the process, etc. Please make sure to end this and subsequent
\ndialogues (called “Reflexive Dialogue”) in the voice of the Friend<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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