Description
Beneath all the strivings for recognition, power, money, and things, what human beings really want is a total, permanent experience of love.... But what keeps us from feeling it? The reason is this.... The love and positive energy that is generated between two people brings problems...stemming from past experiences...to the surface, and we either deal with what comes up in a way that lets more love in or shuts it out. We retreat from the other person and blame the problems on a lack of love in the relationship.... There are myriad ways of shutting out love. There are only a few ways of letting more love in.... These few secrets are so powerful that we really do not need more. All we need to do is learn what they are and how to use them properly.... -abridged from the text-
Psychologists Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks believe that the key to more love lies in overcoming our twin fears of closeness and aloneness. Now, in this clearly written book, they impart wisdom and provide techniques that will let the two of you become totally comfortable with yourselves and totally comfortable with each other.
Centering and the Art of Intimacy explains new ways of relating that transform an "entanglement" into an "enlightening relationship." It shows how behavior such as telling the truth, taking space for yourself, and touching can help you recognize and actually dissolve the unconscious attitudes that stand in the way of spirit-soaring intimacy.
Best of all, by practicing special exercises the Hen drickses have developed in workshops and in their own marriage, you can develop the communication skills, greater self-acceptance, and mind/body awareness that allow you to be centered-fully capable of letting in love.
ISBN:9780671762131
