Through my practitioner eyes,
LENS has many times relieved the unexplainable and awakened the unexpected;
helping those who have lost hope or who have fallen through the cracks
in their paths of traditional medicine and healing.
It has quieted the walls in the homes of constant movement and anger;
it has lightened the darkness in lives slowed to a halt; softened the outburst;
it has lightened the darkness in lives slowed to a halt;
softened the blows of a world way too much for injured souls;
settled the pain of bodies on fire; given motion and balance to what was deemed gone;
and sharpened the view of minds untethered.
Many have said I am myself again, or even, I am myself for the first time.
On a personal level,
LENS came into my world at a time when my psychic skin was extremely porous, and nervous system volatile.
My sense of any skin or protection was all but gone, and the slightest bit of threat left me paralyzed and shaking.
Though I have undergone a multi-faceted healing journey,
LENS has been paramount in providing a warm and tender blanket over my physiological responses,
and in helping me make space inside for insight and strength.
I now am building a very robust skin whose remaining porousness allows in a rich life of work, social, spiritual
and arts related endeavors unthinkable a few years back.
Gretchen L. Morse