The theme of the next SWZ newsletter is “Zen and therapy: different, the same or both?”. Here we have the first piece on the subject from long-time sangha member and therapist Jutta Keijo Pieper. Looking at the similarities and differences between psychotherapy and meditation, my focus will be on the Gestalt Psychotherapy approach which I […]
Read more…The StoneWater Zen Sangha has a WhatsApp sitting group. Anyone who has WhatsApp on their phone can join in and let others know via a written message when and for how long they are going to sit (for example Sangha members at home). If you get lucky you will get a reply from another person […]
Read more…The paradoxical theory of change by Jutta Pieper It has been on my mind for a while to write something about what Zen and Gestalt Therapy have in common. I often tell people that they have but what exactly is it I mean by that? In the mid nineties I wasn’t well. I was suffering […]
Read more…Let us strive to awaken, awaken, take heed… It happens frequently to me that when somebody asks me why I practice Zen or why I became a Gestalt Psychotherapist I am not able to answer immediately. There is a place within myself that can answer these questions but it seems not to be approachable ad […]
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