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

May offerings

I have been spending time in Arizona with my mother. She is almost 90 and now meeting her first serious health crisis. Her mortality is plainly evident and I am experiencing the feelings of unraveling. Although we have existed as separate bodies for almost 50 years I feel how we

Openings in the Bay Area this week and upcoming teaching

This springtime I am struck by the way in which death makes life possible. The continuity between the quiet cold stillness of winter and the loud bustling warmth of the spring. It is clear to me that one is needed to make the other possible. I feel very grateful to

Springtime

After 13 years I have returned to Brazil. Feeling this warm soft air, eating manioca in all its forms, and moving sounds through my face in old familiar ways, all bring me into myself again. I have missed this sacred land of jungle and passion. My time here is full

Bodywork, Giving and the Field

I will be returning to the Bay Area and still have availability December 18-22nd. Please book here. If you do not see the availability you need, please reach out and I might be able to help you. When I return to the Bay Area,  I get to connect with my

Happy winter to you all!

The air is crisp here in Vt. We have been hosting some excellent art making at the Field Center and in the midst of the creative, I feel truly at home.  After a year and a half of going between California and Vermont every month, I have finally been spending

Falling falling fall

The season is Fall. A season of beauty in New England, and undeniably a time of loss. The leaves perform their brilliance before leaving behind a skeleton of support. This season reminds us that one cycle around the sun contains an ebb and flow. Growth and decay make up this

September visit and availability

I will be returning to the Bay Area in September for a week and I still have some availabilities. Perhaps you do not know, but I offer sessions in alignment education, dance and movement rehabilitation, as well as Rolfing and other manual techniques. I help people work through instabilities, and

Returning to the Bay

Hello to my global and Bay Area community. I hope this note finds you in good spirits. I am writing to share my schedule with those of you who wish to schedule one to one bodywork and movement sessions with me while I am in the Bay. This fall I

Summer 2022

This summer I had the pleasure of teaching Contact Improvisation in Oregon and acrobatics for dancers at Lake Studios in Berlin. it is an honor to be offered the trust and listening of the students who I work with. I look forward to returning to both places, and to continuing

Hello from Berlin

Twelve years ago I traveled to Berlin for the first time with my family. It was a true adventure. I fell in love with this city then, and still feel that love. I am inspired by the artists here, and the art they contribute that makes this city what it

Summer Season

This month we finished Axial Arcing, the third workshop module within a four part Axis Syllabus training series at the Field Center. This is my first year teaching 4 full days as a sole teacher-facilitator (of course with deep support from staff and students). I enjoy and believe in this

Landing into Spring

Have you ever held a calendula seed? The semi-spiral mulltirimmed horn like shape reminds me of a petrified miniature troll fingernail. Or perhaps it is more like a tiny unicorn horn? Either way, the magic of life is certainly visible within these seeds. Each seed contains the message that life

March Updates

The winter has been cold but fertile. The field center is thriving, and we are looking forward to our spring and summer sessions. We are currently inside of a short fundraising effort, and will appreciate anything you or your beloveds can contribute. Our goal is to provide more than %50

Winter Wondering

With snow and ice all around, the study of movement has been interesting. The winter light is short but strong when reflected by the snow. The cold brings quiet and stillness, but is also dangerous. Winter is full of pulling inward. It is a time of ossification; a kind of

The New Year is here.

I am excited to welcome in a new year. After so much change and so much upheaval I feel like this next chapter has the potential to be a time of growing and building again.  The Field Center is growing. In 2022 we will have several new programs including the

Giving Thanks While Grieving

It is that time of year when we are asked to look out at all that we have and all that has made us who we are, and give thanks. Hopefully the practice of appreciation and gratitude is not exlusive to this time of year, but that more than once

Fall Offerings: 2021

I will be returning to the Bay Area at the end of the month and I extended my stay a couple of days. My new dates are October 28-Nov 7.  I now have space for new bookings for bodywork, Rolfing and movement sessions. Please book now if you are interested.

The study of dynamic motion: An Axis Syllabus series in 4/4

This fall I will begin a 4 part modular program. During this program we are focusing on information from within the Axis Syllabus [http://axissyllabus.org/axis-syllabus] and other sources of research (Somatic Experiencing [https://traumahealing.org], and the field of Rolfing [https://www.rolf.org]). This program will offer

Returning to the Bay Area

I feel overwhelmed with the feelings that come with change.  Like the color of the river after a long downpour, my waters are muddied with feelings. It is a gift to be back in the Bay area for this week Sept 1-7. I still have a couple of slots available

The nights are getting colder here in Vermont.

We are about to start our final summer volunteer session here at the Field Center and it has been an extraordinary time of learning and sharing. I am grateful to all of the volunteers who helped us to build and repair, plant and harvest, and who shared their creativity with

New offerings and SF Bay Area dates

Today it is August 8th. We have already traveled through the heart of the summer and are entering into the autumn quarter of seasonal time (1/2 way between the summer solstice and the equinox). With each passing day we co-create and coexist within a complex network of moving masses.