Did you know that not all that long ago, you (yes, you!) had a tail?
I’m not talking about evolution; I’m talking your very own embryonic history. At about four and half weeks’ gestation, when you still didn’t know air and lived like a fish inside the liquid medium within your mother’s amniotic sac, you had a large, tadpolelike head and a tail and resembled “a prehistoric animal” (Nilsson 1990, 80).
So let me ask you: how does this bit of embryonic trivia change your sense of humanity, if at all?
Time for a mindful tail wag, human fish!
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Pavel Somov, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the author of "Eating the Moment" (New Harbinger, 2008), "Present Perfect" (NH, 2010), "The Lotus Effect" (NH, 2010), "Smoke Free Smoke Break" (2011), and "Reinventing the Meal" (2012). He is in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. His book website is www.eatingthemoment.com
Marla Somova, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice and an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the co-author of "Smoke Free Smoke Break" (2011).
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Last reviewed: 23 May 2012
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Somov, P. (2012). Time for a Tail Wag, Fish!. Psych Central.
Retrieved on May 25, 2013, from http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2012/05/time-for-a-tail-wag-fish/
