Email: The Examined Life [SD]

I am glad your counselor understands the inner child thing. I really do think it is all related. Relaxation techniques can help you "center yourself" and release your "energy flow." That kind of language still sounds foreign or New Age to me, but I believe it makes sense [largely because of] a local website about such techniques for public speakers and actors called The Self-Expression Center. [When we experience emotional stress, this expresses itself in physical tension and stiffness. Awareness and motion that releases this tension arises from connecting with our spiritual, emotional and physical center. It really, truly works--because this is how we were made to be.]