No. Is the short answer. The dictionary definition is
impersonal: having no personal preference; “impersonal criticism”; “a neutral observer”
inert: having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; “inert matter”; “an indifferent chemical in a reaction”
not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
achromatic: having no hue; “neutral colors like black or white”
one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
having no net electric charge
Reference:
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Which is not what we offer in biodynamic touch. It’s much more interactive. It’s an intimate and heightened experience for both client and practitioner that involves interaction and communication. It’s not a neutral experience at all nor is there a neutral within it. Yes there is awareness of your own living system and an appreciation of separateness but also a recognition of the interwoven nature of touch through synchrony, empathy, and resonance. We touch and we join to a degree. That’s the power of relational touch to bring reflection through experience of another. We bring a new reality of connectedness to body tissues, fluids and potency when we touch our clients and it’s this reference that inspires the body to reorganise, transform and to connect with its biodynamic health.
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January 18, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Rach
A few of us who do cranio have talked about this so many times. It’s impossible to be neutral. We’ve found that having unconditional love for both the client and ourselves (the practitioner) during a cranio session really helps facilitate whatever healing that needs to happen and helps us to trust in the process.
January 19, 2011 at 12:26 pm
gabriela molero
I’m from a so called neutral country and when I’m with friends in Turkey, we laugh a lot about this…
However during a cranio session I truly trie to be neutral. Which means to me, trying not to judge the person laying on the massage table and concentrate to whats coming to me from the body. Sometimes people talks and talks, wow. So I hear them talking and at the same time the body talks a different language.
Somewhere in between I try to be neutral- try to find a state of truth and just take the things that jump to me from the body, without putting to much attention to what the person says – which is not neutral again…
Neutral as a state of air-free-non- judgeable zone? Maybe….
Scientists have found that a “neutral field” or empty space in the Univers can create materia.
So neutral is probably impossible.