deepen into the actual practice of what we are inhabiting

English translation: go deeper into the practice in which we are absorbed

17:56 Mar 17, 2024

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English term or phrase: deepen into the actual practice of what we are inhabiting

Dear colleagues,
I find it difficult to understand the phrase “deepen into the actual practice of what we are inhabiting”, followed by “or perhaps more accurately, what is inhabiting us “, taken from the passage below about therapeutic presence in the counseling room. The author has been describing what she has learnt from an approach called interpersonal neurobiology and also from other theoretical frameworks.
I’ve also seen a previous kudoz https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english/other/6330559-inhabit.htm... which is very interesting, but I’m not sure I can use “immerse” in this case... also the syntax is a bit strange, isnt'it?
Thank you so much for your help!

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At some point along the way, as we began to selectively bathe in more theories and accept our human condition with humility, we were also becoming aware that the integration of any new body of learning and experience is a multiyear process. Perhaps it is even a never-ending process, as we continue to *** deepen into the actual practice of what we are inhabiting *** – or perhaps more accurately, what is inhabiting us. This process changes us, shifts our perceptions, our beliefs, our behaviors, and, most importantly, our way of relating. We were becoming a different presence in the counseling room and the world. What was initially a trait was gradually becoming a neurally anchored state change.

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Selected answer:go deeper into the practice in which we are absorbed

Explanation:
It's all about going deeper into the practice /routine/drill/exercise or whatever synonym you are using
Delve/dive in/go deeper relates to the "bathe in more theories [...]", so yes "be immersed" in the practice=inhabit.

and "becoming aware that the integration of any new body of learning and experience is a multiyear process".

Theory becomes practice and this new body of learning needs to be integrated over years

So, the more you learn about the theories and then actually put them into practice and try integrating them into your life, the more you realise it is "a never-ending process".

The deeper you go, exploring or experiencing more and integrating theory "into the actual practice" in which we are involved and in which we are completely absorbed or enveloped/immersed (what we are inhabiting/what is inhabiting us) the more we realise that
"This process changes us, shifts our perceptions, our beliefs, our behaviors, and, most importantly, our way of relating"

By integrating the theory into actual practice and continuing to go deeper the more we can increase our understanding

It's badly written.

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Note added at 4 days (2024-03-22 01:42:33 GMT)
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synonyms for "inhabit" here can also include the more usual "dwell", "reside" but I think you need to have the feeling of being completely absorbed by the practice so immersed in it

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Note added at 5 days (2024-03-22 22:56:56 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 15:03

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Thank you so much, Yvonne, for your precious help! Many many thanks also to all other colleagues for their contribution.
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4 +1

deeply understanding the present situation, environment and the community

Tewelde Gebremicheal

go deeper into the practice in which we are absorbed

Yvonne Gallagher

understanding more by means of the real practice what we are coexisting with

Susana E. Cano Méndez

Discussion entries: 10

haribert

ASKER

Dear colleagues, I really would like to thank you

20:30 Mar 22

all for your help! Although I can choose only one answer, all your contributions have been useful to me. Without you, this sentence would still be "inhabiting" me!!
Have a nice weekend!

haribert

ASKER

Dear Phil, thank you for your opinion!!

14:13 Mar 18

have a nice week!

philgoddard

United States

12:49 Mar 18

This is psychobabble, so it can mean whatever you want it to mean. But I think 'immerse yourself', as in the other question you cite, covers the odd use of 'deepen'. 'The actual practice of what we are inhabiting' is nonsense.

haribert

ASKER

Dear colleagues, thank you so much for your

12:04 Mar 18

contribution! Your remarks have made me think of a possible interpretation.
I’ve found that the author has used “inhabit” also in another passage, and she seems to have a peculiar way of using this term, maybe a poetic one:
“Over the years, we had become more aware of *** the neural pathways inhabiting our bodies ***: the brain in our belly signaling us about safety, the one in our heart speaking to us about connection (...)” Here I understand that “inhabit” can have the meaning of “be present in our bodies.” or maybe also “pervading our bodies”-
I’m wondering, though, whether "inhabit" in the other passages may also have two slightly different meanings:
- in the first occurrence: "as we continue to deepen into the actual practice of what we are inhabiting" might mean "being immersed in the actual practice of what we are experiencing in our study, in theory”, (so here, "inhabit" in the sense of "being at home/familiar with a particular subject" )
- in the second occurrence:"what is inhabiting us": what she has learned and practiced “inhabits her”, in the sense that has become part of her , .

Might this be a possible interpretation?
Thank you so much for your attention!

Mark Robertson

Experience/experiment

07:26 Mar 18

Experiment and experience cannot be synonyms in English, although the Portuguese verb experimentar does carry that double meaning. Deepen into means close examination. We are inhabiting / inhabiting us expresses externality/internality, i.e. theory as against practice, action as against thought, ideas as against acts, feelings as against manifestations.

philgoddard

United States

Clauwolf

05:28 Mar 18

You're confusing experience and experiment, so your two suggestions don't make sense.

haribert

ASKER

Dear Clauwolf, your suggestion has made me

20:21 Mar 17

think of a possible solution in Italian: we have the word "occupare" (literally occupy) which means both "live" but also "deal with", "engage"... in a sense also "experience" and "experiment"...
Thank you again!

haribert

ASKER

Dear Clauwolf, thank you so much!

20:05 Mar 17

Maybe you can post an answer...

Clauwolf

haribert

19:35 Mar 17

"Experimenting" can be used i for the two phrases: "what we are experimenting”, followed by "or perhaps more accurately, what is experimenting us":)

haribert

ASKER

Clauwolf, thank you for your suggestion!

19:11 Mar 17

I'm not sure how I can use "experience" in both sentences... " what we are inhabiting”, followed by “or perhaps more accurately, what is inhabiting us"...

Answers

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

deeply understanding the present situation, environment and the community

Explanation:
The current treats or problems could be improved by studying the situation, deeply understanding the environment and society where we live and also by seeing or placing ourselves in place of the victims with humility and being optimistic.

Tewelde Gebremicheal
Ethiopia
Local time: 17:03
Native speaker of:

Tigrinya

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you so much for your contribution!

4 days confidence:

understanding more by means of the real practice what we are coexisting with

Explanation:
Hi, just in case it helps.
That's what I understand.
But I agree with Phil --the sentence is unintelligible.

Susana E. Cano Méndez
Spain
Local time: 16:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you very much, Susana, for your contribution!

4 days confidence:

go deeper into the practice in which we are absorbed

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 15:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 659

Grading comment

Thank you so much, Yvonne, for your precious help! Many many thanks also to all other colleagues for their contribution.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you so much, Yvonne, for your really useful explanation!

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