Body-Centered Approach

“The symbols of the Self arise in the depths of the body.” — C.G. Jung
Marion Woodman wrote, “The body knows. It holds the wisdom we’re looking for.” This wisdom often emerges in metaphor: a frozen shoulder may carry grief, a tight throat may hold unspoken truth. These bodily metaphors are not obstacles but invitations—gateways to the Self.
Donald Kalsched sees the body as the battleground between trauma and imagination, noting that healing begins when we allow inner symbols to come alive in embodied form. James Hillman reminds us that psyche is image and soul is metaphor—by giving attention to the image in the body, we move toward soul-making.
D.W. Winnicott believed authenticity emerges through the felt sense of being real. When metaphor is lived and moved through the body, it grounds us—not in performance, but in truth.
This is the way of True North: not a fixed destination, but a somatically-guided return to the center of who we are.
