The blues are a direct form of emotion turned into poetry and song. Most poetry comes from the same place as the blues, it’s a condition of being human, all-to-human in this glorious and troubling world.
Read More“Many hands make light work.” - John Heywood. May we all join our hands in the important work ahead - to nourish each other and our precious planet.
Read MoreHuman Potential is not a movement; it is an evolutionary obligation. We are the only animal that can evolve itself in one lifetime.
Read MoreThe hand is not only the organ of labour, it is also the product of labour. Only by labour, by adaptation to ever new operations, through the inheritance of muscles, ligaments, and, over longer periods of time, bones that had undergone special development and the ever-renewed employment of this inherited finesse in new, more and more complicated operations, have given the human hand the high degree of perfection required to conjure into being the pictures of a Raphael, the music of a Paganini.
Read MoreThe line, “That phraseless Melody—The Wind does—working like a Hand,” inspired this August newsletter. How can our hands doing bodywork, playing instruments, touching loved ones, in all our gestures embody the graceful spirit that Emily Dickinson evokes here?
Read MoreThe pelvis is the very center of balance, the central inner city of our body, through which our energy flows. Arguably the pelvis is the sexiest place in the body.
Read MoreSo much time is experienced kind of “chronologically” with one day succeeding another, one hour another hour. But in a sustained context of exploring new existential territory, time changes.
Read MoreGOD DOESN’T MESS UP!
Read MoreEvery great class is an experience of oneness that becomes a transformational fulcrum in our lives.
Read MoreThe ribs take their long and winding roads around our hearts and lungs. In 24 ways, they embrace the history of our loves, our griefs, joys, our furies and so much more. The history of the human heart is the emotional history of each one and every one of us.
Read More“.Love is the medicine for the sickness of the world” – Karl Menninger
Read MorePianos strings are “mis-tuned” slightly - on purpose! Why?
Read MoreBone flutes are among the oldest known artifacts of human technological ingenuity.
Read MoreEvery part of your physical body contributes to the biochemistry of your emotional body.
Read MoreExploring our inner world, our soft spots, our presence in teaching capacities, and facing the challEnges of opening our mindsets to more inclusive, sensitive, and equitable ways of relating is the goal we hope we have shared with you. - Misty Rhoads and Mary Murphy , ZB Faculty
Read More“I’ve been reading your philosophical missives with interest but I have a little problem with the last one. “ - Allan Davidson on the key to Ida Rolf’s work.
Read MoreYears ago I saw a colorfully painted wooden sculpture that struck and delighted me. The vision and memory of the sculpture has become indelible over the years. It was sculpture of two great figures: Muddy Waters and Georges Balanchine.
Read MoreIn a world dominated by virtual reality there are two competing hungers. One is for more and more virtual reality - ultimately an unfulfilling inner momentum for escape. The other is the hunger for more and more actual reality. As a massage therapist, everyday I see and help fulfill the hunger for actual reality.
Read MoreEarly reviews of “The Deep Massage Book” convey a sense of the uniqueness of what one learns by studying Deep Massage: The Lauterstein Method.
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