Buddhist Practice as Existential Therapy
Buddhism as an existential Practice What if Buddhism could be seen as, essentially, an existential practice? In other words, it asks questions like: “what is this thing that I am?”, …
“Stories have to repair the damage that illness has done to the ill person’s sense of where she is in life, and where she may be going. Stories are a way of redrawing maps and finding new destinations.”
― Arthur W. Frank
“Love, after all, requires a person to be open and vulnerable, able to tolerate and enjoy the crossing of ego boundaries that occurs naturally under the spell of passion.”
― Mark Epstein
We offer monthly brief intensive retreats that explore the therapeutic value of secular Buddhist practices.
We believe in the therapeutic value of being in our bodies through movement. We offer yoga, tai chi and other mixed movement modalities.
Regular gatherings that explore the meeting place between secular Buddhism, existential philosophy and postmodern psychotherapy.
In the spirit of embracing life, we host several events throughout the year. From live music to Japanese rope bondage workshops.
Untwisted is dedicated to a pragmatic and secular approach to life, its pleasures and its struggles. We have no interest in pathologizing the human experience. We are devoted to enduring, embracing and making the most of this incomprehensible existence.
Therapy is aimed at mapping out where we are in our lives. The past we have come from, the present we are living and a potential future. It is a place for insight into who and why we are; as well as an editing suit for what we wish to become.
Determined to make the most of our rotations around the sun, we wish to live as consciously and purposeful as possible. We believe in the therapeutic value of conversation; in the joy of movement; the freedom of sexuality and the privilege of human consciousness. We have established The Centre for Purposeful Living as homage to this.
Buddhism as an existential Practice What if Buddhism could be seen as, essentially, an existential practice? In other words, it asks questions like: “what is this thing that I am?”, …
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Therapeutic and emotional support in times of quarantine.
Trauma . Illness . Sex Therapy . Addiction . Couple’s Counselling,
Consults available on Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp & other online platforms.
Contact us on:
Fiona Brittion
Practice/Retreat Manager
fiona@untwisted.co.za
061 497 3551
Jason Ross
Psychologist
jasonross@untwisted.co.za
082 448 2698