The Power of Play

A lot of what I do is to encourage adults to engage in their innate skill of play. Too often, our playful selves get shuffled under our need to be professional, or to be acceptable, or to simply be safe. Despite the fact that we as humans are known to

Growth || Summer Offerings

I was helping my son clean out his house and I found a bag of potatoes, bursting with life, reaching out and up into the sky with the energy sourced from the material below. This material is what we cultivate. It is what we are given and what we do

Are we the Champions?

A few hundred years after the first colonizers arrived to this land, most of the old trees that once lived here, are no longer alive. There are a few remaining however. They are called "champion trees". The Pacific northwest is a home for such beings, as well as

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BAASE Early Bird Registration!

Registration is open now for BAASE 2025! BAASE returns to the Bay Area, June 24-29, 2025. Registration information and link to purchase an Early Bird All-Access Full Event Ticket can be found here. I invite you to register now and take advantage of the discount offered through early registration through

En Route

It is February. I find myself surrounded by more loss and more change. The death of a dear friend to suicide and a Capoeira mentor to cancer has brought me to my knees, in inquiry and prayer. Pertinent questions arise: How can I face the magnitude of the loss without

Happy New Year!

This new moon, new year, is a beautiful time for beginnings. As the year 2025 begins, I am thinking only about endings. Is it the end of American democracy? The end of peace? The end of my mothers life and my dearest friendship? I do not have confidence that everything

A Blink

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye. It is the winter solstice. Just as we dive into the heart of winter, by some generosity of design, we will simultaneously begin to see and feel more daylight. Perhaps this pattern is something we can identify in life: a

Thank You!

This month I have had an exceptional time teaching and learning from so many people. The Nomadic College at Earthdance was a tremendous joy to participate in. I had the opportunity to present a body of work around Fascial Intelligence that I have been stewing on for many months now.

Bay Area Bodywork Offerings

I will be returning to the Bay Area October 16-23rd. I will be a part of hosting the annual BCC capoeira event and Batizado at the Casa de Cultura in Berkeley. This event is special to me, and I hope I will see some of you there. Also… I have

Falling Out of Summer

I recently was blessed to watch a blue heron fishing in the coral blue light of a glacial lake sunrise. Most of the 'action' was waiting. I watched the bird as she transitioned her positions dramatically, all at a pace barely perceptible. Readying and then waiting, slowly transitioning

Summer updates

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Bay Area Axis Syllabus Exchange at the end of June. I loved being, teaching, and dancing together with you. I learn so much from watching the beauty in the way we move through space together. Our community showcase was a blast. Thanks

Moving Underwater

Grief is a river with a force that you cannot control. You can try to clamber out and get pummeled against the rocks, or surrender and let it take you into the unknown depths of loss. Traveling through time in all directions without a compass. With pain as the sun

The constant of change

Time is passing and with it, so do I, pass through and into something else, someone else, somewhere else. On April 9th my mother died. The miracle of death was revealed to me. This great exhale, the letting go and falling apart that comes with grief. The cosmic coordinations that

BAASE registration is live, and a last call for Modes of Modulation

It is time to plan the garden. The weather is warm, then cold. Rainy then snowy, then sunny. I have been pruning all of the fruit trees. A strangely aggressive yet collaborative act. The tulips are emerging, the garlic is growing and I am about to plant my first starts

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Modes of Modulation and BAASE 2024

I have just returned to the Field Center from Brazil, where I had a strong experience teaching in Serra Grande. It was my first time teaching in Portuguese. I worked with concepts revolving around tensegrity and the role of fascia in communication and support. These workshops were powerful and they

Teaching and Learning

This spring, I am traveling and teaching in Mexico and Brazil. I am hosting teachers at the Field Center and looking for a new place to call home. All of this is happening while I process the grief that comes from the war and violence that are still central to

Extended Stay

Thank you to all of the participants of Pathways and Principles this past week in Berkeley. It was rewarding to teach with Marcus van Duren around the material of the Axis Syllabus and how it can be applied to Contact Improvisation. It was a pleasure to see some people I

Changing, asking, and offerings.

My perception of time is ever changing. This year has felt so many different ways. Sometimes it has been like an army of hours waiting to be filled with the mundane tasks of life, each weighing more than a ton, while simultaneously it has been a blur that leaves me

End of the Year

We have arrived at the last month of 2023. The land in Vermont is covered in snow and the Field Center is taking a much needed rest. I feel proud of our work this year supporting artists and I am growing as an artist myself through our programming, as both

Start of Winter

Here in southern Vermont we’ve had our first frosts and snows. We have put the garden beds to rest with cover crop and compost. The days are short, and the brief windows of light are beautiful. I am taking this time of rest in the Field Center garden to

Bay Area bodywork availability next week, and Jogo de Cinturas

As I write this I am in the midst of two weeks of teaching alongside Frey Faust and Claire Turner Reid at the Nomadic College at Earthdance in Western Mass. I feel the preciousness of this opportunity to teach and study the Axis Syllabus in an intensive residential format. There

Memory and Softening

When we are born we are so soft. We fold and slip through a 10 cm tunnel. Although we enter the world with certain blueprints, it is an accumulation of memories that shapes our growth. We remember not just with our minds, but with our bodies. We record our experiences

All that you touch you Change

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change — Octavia Butler After 2.5 years since leaving the Bay Area to start the Field Center, this deep journey of learning and creating continues. I am often reminded of

Reflections, changes, Webs of Attention

Visioning and birthing the Field Center has been a labor of love and a whirlwind of almost 3 years. In a time when arts funding is being cut, and dance and performance venues are closing in large numbers, we are creating a center that supports the development of contemporary dance

Bodywork and Teaching

This spring I had a lovely time teaching in San Diego for the first time with Natalie Koskie-Karell and many others. We worked with understanding the mechanics of the hips and shoulders, listening with the body before using the eyes, and learning some fun and useful skills for going in