From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Wherever You Go There You Are
I recently traveled to Vancouver with my sister Liz. As I was walking through Minneapolis St. Paul airport, I passed my old high school classmate, Mary. Except it wasn't really Mary. After all, this young woman was about 18 years old, and Mary, well, Mary had...
I Give and I Give and I Give
My husband Ron always complains about the English language. He was born in New Jersey, so maybe that complicated his relationship to language in general, since New Jersey’s favorite choices of adjectives in most conversations are not supposed to be part of polite...
Imagine That!
The other day in my Awareness Through Movement® class, I saw that some people were having difficulty with a particular movement. "Don't strain," I suggested. "Instead, take a moment and imagine the movement." One of the students started laughing. "I can't even...
The Precious Present
“We almost never think of the present, and when we do, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future.” Pascal When I lived in NJ, there was a new age gift store with a sign outside proclaiming, “Remember the precious present,” cleverly being...
Possibilites Unfolded!
Casperia, Italy offered the perfect backdrop for a week of learning and retreat. We were like time travelers dropped into a medieval village of quaint buildings and narrow cobblestone streets. No cars, church bells ringing, vistas of olive groves surrounding us. Yet a...
Chicken or Egg? Posture and Emotion
People often debate whether our emotions affect our body language, or our body language affects our emotions, an therefore our health. Is it possible that both are true?
