From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Listen To the Hand
Whether you were taught to fold your hands on your lap, hold your hands behind your back, or shove them in your pockets, you won’t be able to avoid the fact that your hands are communicating all the time. After many years of debate, researchers have finally agreed...
Stopping Time
Einstein once said: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity." Everyone is moaning that time is speeding up, that we have less time to think, plan,...
Effortless Running
I couldn't say it better myself. This article by Edward Yu, a Feldenkrais practitioner and tai chi teacher reminds us that it's not how hard you work, but how smart. Check it out as well as his newbook, The Art of Slowing Down.
Embracing Change, Bracing for Change
Due to the vagaries of circumstance and fortune, I spent a period of my adult life reading Tarot cards at parties as Madame Lavinia. I look back on that time and wonder if that was yet another unplanned detour from my still mysterious life purpose, or part of the big...
New Beginnings
January 1 is an arbitrary date, decided by a pope or an emperor somewhere in the mists of time. There are many cultures around the world that celebrate a different New Year. Yet they’ve all come to agree that for practical purposes, we all start anew on January 1. In...
Shiny, Happy People
I was teasing my husband the other day about his attraction to shiny objects: the chrome of a motorcycle fender, the glimmer of a diamond earring, the reflection of light in the bottom of a pot he’s cleaning, Ron is always chasing the light. We’re all in love with...
