(Composed 9 Oct 2021)On the metaphor of the Unconscious as an iceberg, I notice: The huge mass under-the-surface “holds up”, supports, provides the float, for the small part that rises above the water line. The smallest part is the most...
(Composed 21 April 2020)Inhibition.It’s our superpower.It comes on with lightning speed. It’s more powerful than a speeding bullet: Contraction.It’s our first reflex. The first and primary action we can perform. Through the action of contraction, we assert our agency of...
(Composed 19 July 2019)What does it mean to change “from the bottom up”?I believe that the way we experience being alive starts at the cellular level and moves up through successive levels of higher organization – cells organized into tissues;...
(Composed 22 June 2021)Taking my own medicine, I am s-l-o-w-i-n-g d-o-w-n. I feel a deep need for more capacity to show up in each moment, to have the bandwidth, of time and attention, to create, to grow, to breathe. Therefore,...
(Composed 24 June 2019)“Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.” Lawrence WeschlerMy Feldenkrais® teacher, Dennis Leri, used to talk of our work as holding the potential of getting underneath the self-concept, to a more fundamental, primitive, realm...
(Composed 7 July 2019)“Motivated,” you ask? What does that mean?“Motivated” means ‘a commitment to moving into wholeness so strong as to be willing to endure, brave, the release of internal bracing that has been active for so long it has...
This post is an invitation to anyone who has worked with me to share their experiences so other people may know what to expect, from me and from her work. Within the limits of your comfort level, feel free to...
Welcome to Hopefullness, my blog about Moving Into Comfort. I’ve long wanted to share my musings and insights, questions and experiences. I’m a life-long learner with a boat-load of curiosity. I think my greatest interest is in the experience of...