Surrender
I’ve been leading groups for almost thirty years, and being part of them for longer. Watching how they move has been the focus of my working life. More recently, like …
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What are You Here to Do?
Every living thing on this planet is a gift, enriching the whole organism that is earth. Every plant, insect, animal, and every human. We all came here with something to …
Spiritual Practice, Healing, and Art
During my work, stuff comes up. There’s often a strong sense of moving through it in a way that feels like healing, to use the original meaning of the word …
Grieving is Medicine
Everything seems normal here. I can hear the guy who lives across the street fixing up the garden shed he’s been working on for months. The sparrows are a riot …
Movement Practice in Focus
Sometimes it’s great to just dance. Never mind trying to get anywhere or achieve anything. Just dance. Often however, I need to take a step within myself. I want to achieve something, …
Movement, home, alone?
The land for miles around where we live is littered with my graves. The tree I danced underneath last year, showered with blossom; the hill where I sang to the …
Men, Violence and Evolution
A white man in his fifties . . . For many people, I am automatically and understandably representative of ‘the problem’. It’s easy for me to see that point of …
What? How? When?
What? How? When? WHAT are you struggling with? HOW can movement help? WHEN is the right time for something other than movement? This is the recording from the recent Q&A session on movement practice. Some interesting themes came out…
Valentine’s? For Real . . .
Valentine’s? For Real . . . I like the idea of a day to celebrate loving, despite the commercial hype. But the reality is, many of us are alone right …
Lights, Shadows, and Loving Wisely
“Energy flows where attention goes” is a profound piece of wisdom, handed down from the Hawaiian Kahuna lineage. But understanding what to do with that is subtle. A blunt reading of it would conclude that the best course of action is then to pay attention to everything that is ‘positive’ and healthy, and what we desire to experience. The light.