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“We can change our experience by having support for our felt sense and the ability to make new choices. If there’s one thing many of us can agree on, it’s that we could all develop greater resilience. To do that we have to become aware of the interpretations of life that currently inform us. And […]
Not too long ago I received a call that a friend’s spine was collapsing from advanced osteoporosis. I arrived at the hospital the next day, when she and her doctor were consulting on a procedure that injects cement into the vertebrae, to rebuild the structure. Her blue eyes loomed large in the bed when she […]
“That’s not normal….do you do yoga or something?!” Once, while at a sporting goods store looking at a floor to ceiling wall of shoe inserts, I squatted down to get out of the way of others and get a better look at the merchandise. As a stood up I heard a voice behind me: “That […]
“Oh! Is there something inside my body I should be paying attention to?!” Someone asked me that in a movement class once. Their question was funny and honest. In “The Psychophysiology of Movement: The Lost Art of Sensing the Body” Dr. Alan Fogel begins: “Only human beings have come to a point where they no […]
(This post was written in response to political events in the US as of September 2018, when Christine Blasey Ford was called to testify in Congress to protest the selection of Judicial nominee Brett Kavanaugh.) Yes–You can trust the truth of your experience. Until those of us who have endured physical/ sexual assault or emotional […]
An audio version of this blog post can be heard here. Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” […]
“The world is as beautiful as it ever was. It is changing, but then it always has. This is a good time to change and remain beautiful with it.” This quote from Alice Walker has been lying on my desk for about a week. Reading her book “We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting […]
These are challenging times and here’s the test of these times: Do we allow our contentment, our joy, to be determined by outer circumstances only? On a recent trip which took me through Los Angeles International Airport, the Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy” played while I was at the boarding gate. It is a contagious piece […]
It’s the beginning of a new year, at least according to the Gregorian calendar and with that comes an almost compulsive need to make “resolutions”. I do not engage in resolutions nor do I work with the usual intention setting, mind maps, vision boards, or other similar processes because they interfere with the natural flow […]
Times of transition are upon us and they will be for some time to come. Times of transition such as we are experiencing are not meant to be comfortable; they are chaotic, dangerous and workable. These times are workable. What do I mean by that? I used to think “workable” meant a happy ending, everyone […]