Again and again the song takes over the body of the singer, and after a while the body of the circle of listeners…
Read More“The future’s always been envious of us. We get to exist. It has to live in the confusing world where every dream
comes true…”
40 years ago I worked at Lake Bluff Health Center in a Chicago suburb for a year. There I met the understated, surprising, and lovable character, Joe Vecchio.
Read MoreThe graphic forms of the circle and the letter “O” have remained fairly constant from Phoenician times until the present day. The name of the letter for “O” was ʿeyn, meaning "eye"; the letter (and possibly the shape of a circle and the numeral for Zero) - all may have originated as a drawings of a human eye….
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 MoreGrowing up in Chicago, my family early on was friends with the Sahlins – Bernie Sahlins, his wife, Fritzie and their daughter, Lee. Bernie Sahlins became well-known for being, with his wife and others, a founder of “The Second City,”
Read MoreMuch joy can be attributed to gastrocnemius and soleus, the primary muscles utilized in leaping up toward the sky and moving forward on the earth.
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 MoreWhere would be without the goodness, truth and beauty conveyed by books and music that we loved, that shaped and inspired our lives?
Read MoreWhat muscle has three O’s in it? Runs from the scapula to the front of the neck? Has a fascial “sling” halfway along its length?
Read MoreThe scalenes, according to some anatomy texts, are possibly the second most important muscles in respiration….
Read MoreIda Rolf noted that when flexors flex, extensors have to extend - that lets us know the idea of a single “prime mover” is a myth….
Read MoreDuring recent days, with mask-wearing and most of us living with a restricted ‘range of motion’ in our social lives, in our bodies, and a layer of anxiety this unusual time evokes, we often find ourselves not breathing fully. Here’s a technique that can help….the re-inspiration fulcrum.
Read MoreYears ago I had a series of conversations with Jon Zahourek, the creator of the Anatomy in Clay Learning System, here are some highlights!
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.
Read MoreThe pyramid meditation is one of the most effective ways I’ve found to become centered in body, mind and spirit - here is a text and video version of this meditation (which I learned within the Zero Balancing community).
Read MoreOne day in winter many years ago I was sitting, feeling depressed, on a cold rough step in front of the New York Public Library, when I had a memorable encounter….
Read MoreIf you hold anything for long, it will begin to speak to you. Every part of the body has a story to tell. You might think that toes, for instance, don’t have a lot to say, but you’d be wrong…
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