Conscious Embodiment Trainings

17/05/2026

At the ‘Resonance and Connection in Body Psychotherapy’ congress in Salzburg. Thanks to Gesellschaft für Psychosomatik and ZePP for organising a beautiful congress. We contributed two workshops and a lecture to the even, which were very well received. It always brings great pleasure to meet with colleagues working in diverse fields and yet sharing deep understandings and commitment to human values.

10/05/2026

Last weekend, in a street in my neighbourhood, a young man walked into the house of his ex-girlfriend with a live gr***de. She had the foresight to send her child into the garden to play. As a result, the child only received minor injuries, whilst she and her ex-boyfriend were killed in the explosion.
There are deep wounds in our society, that continue to erupt in one way or another. The violence, hatred and despair that they grow out of and perpetuate are expressions not only of sick individuals, but of a sick society.
The roots of violence are embedded in early life experiences and watered by an uncomprehending culture. We need to invest our energies into cultivating a more fertile ground for life to take root and to water these with kindness and compassion, instead of the pressure to perform and produce.
A culture in which these are primary principles, will be a culture that thrives and grows towards the light, rather than plunging again and again into darkness.
Society is made up of people. We all play our part, even if that part is a minor role on a large stage. We do our best and that has to be enough, as it is all we have to offer. In our work with babies and children, we continually come into contact with an innate intelligence and depth of contact, which is a source of endless hope.
The question, then, is what happens to this that it becomes turned in on itself and away from its inherent life-positive orientation. It is not a simple question, but a vital one. When we listen to babies and children, and hold the space for them to express themselves, they reveal much about what it is to be a human being and what struggles we face to fully realise this. There is much to learn here. We just have to be open to it.

07/05/2026

Truly dystopian. Anyone who has any knowledge of pre and perinatal psychology or/and connection with their deep embodied intelligence will be horrified. It says something powerful about how cut off we can become as a species, when we do not know that prenates need loving human connection throughout their time in the womb, as much as they need food and oxygen. Without this they may survive physically, but not emotionally and psychologically.

This is one of those moments where science stops you in your tracks and makes you think about everything differently.
Japan has successfully created the world's first artificial womb. This means that for the very first time in human history, an embryo can grow and develop completely outside of a woman's body. No natural womb needed.
For many people this sounds like something straight out of a movie. But this is real. This is happening right now and it could change the future of pregnancy, medicine, and human life as we know it.
Think about the women who cannot carry a pregnancy due to medical conditions. Think about premature babies born too early with little chance of survival. Think about couples who have tried everything and still cannot have a child. This technology could be the answer so many people have been praying for.
The artificial womb works by recreating the exact environment of a natural womb. It controls temperature, nutrients, oxygen, and everything else a growing embryo needs to develop safely and healthily.
Of course this breakthrough also opens up big conversations around ethics, religion, and what it means to be human. Those are important conversations and the world needs to have them openly and honestly.
But at its core this is about giving life a chance where life was not possible before. That is a beautiful thing.
Japan continues to push the boundaries of what science can achieve and this time the entire world is paying attention.
The future of human life just changed forever.

14/04/2026

Matthew Appleton on 23rd of April, 7.30 pm CET
‘Every Baby Has a Story to Tell. An Introduction to Integrative Baby Therapy work’

We are delighted to announce the networking event with Matthew Appleton. He is a psychotherapist and craniosacral therapist.

Translated subtitels are available!
Registration here: https://isppm.ngo/?fluent-form=111

Matthew Appleton, 23. April, 19.30 Uhr MEZ
„Jedes Baby hat eine Geschichte zu erzählen. Eine Einführung in die integrative Babytherapie“

Wir freuen uns sehr, das Netzwerktreffen mit Matthew Appleton anzukündigen. Er ist Psychotherapeut und Cranio-Sacral-Therapeut.

Untertitel in verschiedenen Sprachen sind verfügbar!
Anmeldung hier: https://isppm.ngo/?fluent-form=111

13/04/2026

Today is a historical day. Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Hungary. The eyes of the world has been on your country and you have shown that votes count and democracy can bring about real change. It has been wonderful to see how the people - especially the young people - have mobilised to reclaim their country. ‘The people have the power, to redeem the world from fools, upon the meek the graces shower, it’s decreed the people rule.’ (Patti Smith). May your new prime minister serve you well and bring new hope and possibility to your country.

29/03/2026

Presenting at the Czech Craniosacral Therapy Association conference. Thank you to the organisers and to everyone who attended. The enthusiasm was very heart warming.

28/03/2026

Still in Prague - the first time we taught ‘The Ancestral Field’ workshop. Thank Prague for enabling us to explore this with you. It was a real joy.

26/03/2026

Last night in Prague - a talk on ‘Birth of a Child, Birth of a Family’. Deep appreciation to the organisers and all who attended.

23/03/2026

Module 1 of the first Integrative Baby Therapy training in Prague. Many thanks to the organisers and everyone who attended.

19/03/2026

Science is slowly catching up on what we have known from our work with clients for decades. They are still only scratching the surface.

The year 2025 has produced a cascade of neuroscientific revelations that collectively reshape what we believe about the human brain. Among them: the discovery that newborns retain implicit memories from the womb — sensory impressions of sound, rhythm, and maternal voice that persist in hippocampal circuitry and shape early social preferences. This challenges the previously dominant model of neonatal neural tabula rasa and suggests human memory architecture begins operating in the final trimester.

Complementing this, researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory discovered that the brain contains a dedicated "forgetting circuit" — a set of GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus whose primary function is selective erasure. Rather than being a passive failure of consolidation, forgetting is actively executed by specific neural machinery. This circuit, when dysfunctional, contributes to PTSD by preventing emotional memory extinction. Targeted modulation of this circuit using a newly developed drug compound produced 70% reduction in PTSD symptom severity in pilot trials.

A third discovery: the brain communicates with the gut not only through the vagus nerve (the known pathway) but through a previously uncharacterized electromagnetic signaling system involving glial cell networks in the enteric nervous system. This "second language" of gut-brain communication operates at frequencies distinct from neural action potentials and may explain why many psychiatric conditions have gastrointestinal correlates that the vagal model never fully accounted for. 🧬

2025 may be remembered as the year neuroscience leveled up — not with a single discovery, but with a simultaneous eruption of new frameworks for the most complex object in the known universe.

Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / MIT McGovern Institute, Cell, 2025