What is resilience?
To be able to withstand, to be in deep contact with complex tasks, without being exposed to the threat of losing a part of self or losing individual integrity as a whole. The ability to be close to loved ones not only in their wonderful moments of happiness, but also in their harder times, and to be able to support them with your presence. How can we develop the quality of resilience?
We are stable not when we are tense, but in those mental and physical states when we are in good contact with ourselves and others. When we are resilient, we are able to form the space, a container inside ourselves, which will serve as a holding capacity for everything that comes to us from the world and can affect our feelings, emotions, attract our attention or get involved in our process of doing something.
There is something besides physical, bodily aspects of stability. In some of those around us, or sometimes in ourselves, we notice qualities that allow to be in touch with what is considered to be difficult, and at the same time to remain in a calm, balanced state of mind. We say that resilience is not only physical, but also there is a clear and visible quality of internal resilience in people. It is not directly related to physical abilities such as endurance, flexibility or mobility.
This quality of resilience can be developed, and it can be in the focus of therapeutic process. Both individual work that I provide and some of my workshops are directly or indirectly influencing and forming it.
The therapeutic work of Denis Petrov is like a mixed-media artwork. A variety of means are employed to reach the individual psyche as part of the collective psyche. Breathwork and bodywork are effectively combined with mindful listening, piercing questions and appropriate questioning. Denis Petrov guides the individual into a self-healing journey from a place of presence, professionalism and insight.
Eleftheria Kamilali, Thai Yoga Massage instructor, Music Teacher. Athens, Grece