From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
“To pay or not to pay, that is the question.” I was sure Shakespeare had created Hamlet. The dark Dane, the brooding Prince of existential angst seems quintessential Bard. Hamlet is the most translated, quoted and performed play in the history of the world. It’s...
The Web of Life
You are everything And everything is you The Stylistics A few years back, I went to the “Bodies” exhibit in New York. Some clever entrepreneur had used a proprietary freeze drying method to preserve cadavers in various postures; playing golf,...
Movement is Medicine
I saw this cartoon on the internet the other day. When I reposted it, it created a mini-storm of conflict between those who questioned our standard beliefs about prehistoric life spans, and those who felt early humans were punished for their carnivorous...
Food, Glorious Food
The other day I was talking to a friend about the latest trend in healthy eating. “None of it makes sense anymore,” she sighed. “My mother is 95, eats two eggs for breakfast every day and loves chocolate. How did she know they would end up on the good list?” Dan...
Freedom to Move, Freedom to Be: The Feldenkrais Method®
If you know what you are doing, you can do what you want Moshe Feldenkrais I was in my late 30’s, at the height of my performing career, but my body felt like I was ready for the junk...
The Fun Factor
When I was growing up, sometimes my sister and I would have laughing fits. It might have been triggered by my father “torturing” us with his smelly feet, or tickling us till we begged for relief. Sometimes it was the result of our own comedic efforts:...
