{"id":220,"date":"2019-09-03T10:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T08:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verazerwas.de\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:47:23","slug":"at-first-there-was-survival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verazerwas.de\/en\/at-first-there-was-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"At first, there was survival."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Then I began searching.<br>For myself.<br>For a sense of connection, within and with the world around me.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way, I was deeply shaped by a three-year training in <strong>Hakomi<\/strong>\u00ae Therapy and by an intensive year, being trained in <strong>Compassionate Inquiry<\/strong>\u00ae, developed by Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There, I learned to listen to lived experience.<br>Not only to the stories we tell about ourselves, but also to what the body remembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To what could not be expressed for a long time. To what had to be protected in order to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, this is how I accompany others:<br><strong>with mindfulness, curiosity, inquiry, and acceptance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To me, healing is not a destination.<br>It is more of a movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often so subtle that we only recognize it later:<br>a brief moment.<br>A quiet sense of wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Oh. Look at that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And something that stays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then I began searching.For myself.For a sense of connection, within and with the world around me. Along the way, I was deeply shaped by a three-year training in Hakomi\u00ae Therapy and by an intensive year, being trained in Compassionate Inquiry\u00ae, developed by Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9. 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