Chupan Atashi

investigates thresholds of BDSM practices and various forms of self-denial of voluntary suffering practiced in many religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam in Sufism, and Shi'a, as vehicles to the divine or Healing. BDSM practices and sacred rituals can lead to an altered state of consciousness, where time becomes distorted, the body becomes unlimited, and pain is a stimulus to a state of mind associated with intensity, tension, and the deepening of direct experience in both mind and body. How can pain potentially be a tool for transformation and overcoming trauma? The most crucial fact of pain is its presence, compelling vibrancy, and certainty. Pain is associated with suffering, but that pain also has the potential tlead to altering the space where recovery can take place. Healing cannot happen if the trauma remains in its original state of pain. It must be touched. My interest is the therapeutic function of touching the wound to heal.