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    The therapist will see you now — on a hike or a surfboard

    LOS ANGELES -- On a Wednesday morning, nearly a dozen women gathered on Santa Monica beach. Their routine was consistent: They’d do a grounding exercise and focus on the present moment before pulling on their wetsuits and grabbing surfboards, heading into the water to face whatever the ocean brought them that day. “The water is different every week and you’re different every week,” said ...
    by Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times Nov 11, 2022 4 minutes
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    LOS ANGELES -- On a Wednesday morning, nearly a dozen women gathered on Santa Monica beach.

    Their routine was consistent: They’d do a grounding exercise and focus on the present moment before pulling on their wetsuits and grabbing surfboards, heading into the water to face whatever the ocean brought them that day.

    “The water is different every week and you’re different every week,” said Elizabeth Sale, one of the participants in Surf Sister Sessions, a surf therapy program run by Groundswell Community Project. “No matter what was going on in my work, I could show up, I could share and feel the sort of communal connective tissue.”

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