From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Artificial vs. Movement Intelligence
About 15 years ago, I was out to dinner with a friend at a trendy nouvelle cuisine restaurant. There was a dish boasting dasheen wraps. I asked the waiter what that was. “That’s what they make the tortilla from,” was his answer. In other words, he was clueless. But...
Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd
I never thought I’d live to see this again. No. Not the Grand Canyon. Not the Aurora Borealis. Shoulder pads. They’re back. Everywhere all at once - from Balenciaga to H&M - as if we’ve been dropped into an alternate reality channeling the 80’s. The biologist...
My Not So Secret Garden
I’m glad I don’t have to live on my garden harvest. Each year I double dig and hack away at black walnut roots that are snaking their poisonous way in.
Yup, I Did That!
I recently stumbled across a song from the great musician, Sun Ra called Make a Mistake. The lyric is simply, You made a mistake, you did something wrong You made another mistake, you did something right. The recent...
Sticking My Neck Out and Other Life Lessons
In my mind, it was not a neck lesson. However, it included a short sequence where I invited the class to interlace their fingers, fold their elbows close to the face, and gently raise the head. “Don’t use your neck. Let your hands support you. Make sure you keep...
December Sale 2022
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