One of the challenges of stepping into body-based practices like massage, yoga and Feldenkrais, is what can get unleashed.  I can be absorbed in the practice and then whoa – I am back in a visceral physical memory as a young child.  Did I sign up for this? 

When starting a full time business, time flies by – the daily work in the business and on the business keeps my dance card pretty full – always hopping.

So this blog takes a self-indulgent and necessary pause to reflect on what Kind Power means to me after working on this vision for 2 years. 

I recently returned from a week long meditation retreat with Jon Bernie, described as a nondual spiritual teacher who is also a delightfully authentic human being. 

When was the last time you tried something new, something you didn’t quite know how to do?   I want to hone in on one form of self-limiting belief – not inner doubts, not anxieties about the unknown, not your inner critic. 

In a recent Feldenkrais training segment at the Feldenkrais Training Academy, I was grabbing a quick snack, having spent the break chatting with people. 

I have the pleasure of working with a coach around evolving my business.  He gave me a juicy new word – “Invisor” – the people in my life who invasively offer advice at times when I don’t want it, don’t feel I need it or when I feel just unable to receive it.

In setting an intention for the New Year, whether you call it a resolution or not, one of the biggest mistakes we make in striving towards a new normal, a new habit, a goal we have not achieved before is that we make it a performance game.

I have not had a solid history with making (or keeping) new year resolutions.  Living in a cold, dark winter climate, I definitely feel the pull towards the back half of winter, when it slowly starts to be lighter

Entering into winter solstice, I often find that the dark, cold and quiet on the outside opens a window into the dark space within.  This time of year calls for soul puttering –inner reflection. 

Knowing and respecting our limits is fairly straightforward.  At around 5 foot 7 inches, I am unlikely to be picked for a basketball team – I just don’t have the height to live that dream.

When was the last time you really felt off-balance? In the Canadian winter, this feeling can happen often – the sudden slip on an icy sidewalk when your legs vanish from underneath you.

My cat Abbie has a special gift, an intuition for when she seeks attention.  I have a little routine as I settle into my computer each day, sort of a digital putter, allowing a settling in to more focused work.  And as soon as I shift my intention to settle in to work, she jumps up and lays back into my arms, pushing her head under my chin in equally adorable and annoying ways.

I have been pondering over the concept of embodied awareness – shining my light into crannies and corners, crawling around to find my way in.   Today’s blog is the harvest of my curiosity.

First – some basics – what is it to have an experience?

Would you rather feel safe or be safe?  I want to be both.  What are the ways I go about my day feeling safe and acting in ways that leave me open to harm?

She attacked me.  I defended myself.  I attacked first, so they couldn’t hurt me.

We do all kinds of behaviors to create safety, protect ourselves, to feel safe when we are or believe we are threatened. Verbal, physical, what we think – all of these can be used to create a feeling of safety when we feel threatened.