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Axis Syllabus

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BAASE Early Bird Registration!

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

Modes of Modulation and BAASE 2024

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

Falling falling fall

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

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

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

Winter Wondering

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.

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

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

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

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