From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Let The Sock Go!
For twenty five years, at least twice a week, I put on white face as a professional mime, and then “set” the make-up by smacking myself all over the face with a sock filled with cornstarch. It gave my whiteface a kind of china doll look, smooth, porcelain like, no pores, no greasy dribble. Whiteface was a love/hate relationship: there was romance and fantasy upon donning the white mask, as well as an embarrassing corniness in the cliché of the white faced mime. I stopped performing regularly in 1999, and almost all concerts after that did not involve whiteface And yet, I held on to the sock.
Improving My Aim
At the beginning of a year, most of us want to look ahead, resolutions, wishes and a bit of trepidation. Will I move into the unknown, or repeat myself, stuck in a loop? I have often found a good way to move forward is to actually go backward. Several spiritual...
Coincidence? You Decide.
So after years of teaching, practicing, writing, and researching, I finally have put together a page dedicated to one of my favorite subjects: Falling. And getting up. You'll find statistics, stories, products, my Ted Talk and more. And just when I finally figured out...
If At First You Don’t Succeed…
If At First You Don't Succeed... "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp Or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning How can I realize my dreams without trying? Feldenkrais often exhorted his students, "Try not to try!" This paradox, that we can get what we want...
Perception is in the Eye of the Beholder
As I was taking a morning walk, in the distance I spied a mangled bird in the road. As I approached, my mind spun: scenarios of its demise, righteous indignation at the callousness of humans, anticipatory anxiety about my potential responsibility for removing it from...
Movement and Learning
Moshe Feldenkrais said, "I don't teach movement, I teach learning." His classes are called Awareness Through Movement. Not "of movement", not "movement awareness." I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Stephen Opper, a force of nature and a passionate...
