The spider “tunes” its web. Could we tune our clients through their connective tissues? And how does this relate both to music and to medicine?
Read MoreWhen I first taught in England, I was a little taken aback that over there what we call a massage table here in the U.S., they call a “couch”. Over time, however, I am more and more intrigued by the couch, one reason is its early, crucial role in psychiatry.
Read MoreWhat happens when a massage “table” turns into an altar upon which the client rests.
Read MoreEvery morning first thing, I go outside and I look up at the sky. No matter what awfulness is being reported in the world, whatever challenges in my life, I look up and am grateful to see the sky.
Read MoreMay the warmth and relaxation of summer help gestate new origins.
Read MoreThe Fire Element, following the hopes, plans and work of spring, is rather that of the future becoming real, the stage of the cycle of creation which sees our hopes and dreams fulfilled.
Read MoreIn 1993 I read a brilliant article in Parabola Magazine. It was by Kat Duff and was an excerpt from her then forthcoming book, “The Alchemy of Illness”…
Read MoreThe idea that massage therapy can be effectively taught through pre-recorded lectures and hands-on work done at Massage Envy’s, etc. would result in an incredible dumbing down and de-professionalization of our profession!
Read More“…At the heart of the action is a mystery, which is gradually brought to light. But is there a greater mystery than the truth?”
Read MoreIt turns out evolution doesn’t happen only gradually. Various simultaneous evolutions happen at different tempi – just like many-voiced music can have one instrument playing slower chords while another simultaneously plays faster notes of a melody…
Read MoreHome is where the head is. Or is that how it goes? "I think, therefore, I am." To which I say, "Oh, yeah?" It seems to me unbelievable that Descartes, who uttered the above quote, was completely serious. For instance, I find the statement, "I feel, therefore, I am." much more appealing and just as true…
Read More“I have decided to include the ten oxherding pictures, a well-known Zen representation of training of the mind, so basic that it could be considered fundamental to all schools of Buddhism…” - Chögyam Trungpa
Read MoreThe only mind you can ordinarily read is your own.
Read MoreThe old testament is certainly wrong with its the contention that “In the beginning is the word.” Feet certainly are older than any words. So more accurately we could say, “In the beginning are the feet.”
Read MoreThe downside of the separation of church and state is the separation of spiritual integrity from political action. What is more important than regaining our integrity in body, mind and spirit?….
Read MoreI am continually exploring the notion and concept of zero and that of “being” present;, all my work has a common theme, that of letting go of all unnecessary tension so we can experience the power of just being, embodied and present…
Read MoreIn 1977, I attended a workshop led by the writer, Sam Keen. Halfway through the workshop, he had us all lie down. Then he asked us to visualize how we felt in our bodies from the inside – not how they looked - it opened up a new world for me….
Read MoreZero Balancing is a bodywork practice and theory grounded in Western anatomy and Eastern philosophy and therapeutics. It addresses the musculo-skeletal system and the whole person from the vantage point of the structure and energy of the bones underlying all we do.
Read MoreAs a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man…
Read MoreWe know that touch can be meaningful, just like music. Yet can we say we “understand” touch? - let’s explore that question.
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