Category: Healing

• On Longing to Heal the Fractures of Self and World

  The day is cool and breezy. Clear, blue skies hold the first flotations of autumn leaves. Nights have turned chilly, and the turning year leads us toward the resting time. I recently met with a young person who was suffering. That meeting left me thinking about how, when we are young, it is so easy…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 27, 2015

  Healing, Shamanism

  healing, Shamanism

• Holding a Good Dream for the World

  

  Last night we had brief squalls of driving rain, although not enough to challenge the growing dryness. Today is a prototypically perfect autumn day in New England. The last few days I’ve been deep in conversation with some folks who are determined to challenge the city’s development plans, plans that threaten to undermine the lives…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 20, 2015

  Climate Change, First Nations, Healing, Shamanism

  climate change, Dreaming, healing, Native American, Shamanism

• IPTN: Deep Conversations

  I have been writing about the conference from the position of one who, although having performed Playback for many years, has attended only two Playback conferences, this being the first truly international one. In contrast, many of those who attended had attended several conferences, and friendships among them may go back scores of years. In…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 27, 2015

  Arts, Healing, Social issues, Stories, Teaching

  Diversity, IPTN, sociall change

• IPTN: Conundrums and Burning Issues

  Montreal was hazy, a thin layer of smoke hung over the city. Tens of thousands of aces of forest were ablaze in northern  Canada, and the smoke from those fires rode the westerlies to Montreal. Some days were worse than others, resulting in hacking coughs and burning eyes. At the conference, this haze was a…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 21, 2015

  Healing, Social issues, Stories, Teaching

  IPTN, Playback Theatre, Social Change, stories, teaching