My Cosmos

Thank you, thank you, Thank you! Each of you who have responded to me have woven a cosmic net of healing around me.  You have proved to me the bond of love and recognition that I have hoped is there in my cosmos.  Your words buoy me, encourage me and recognize me…as I recognize you. […]

Letting Go, Slowing Down, and Loving Life – A Visit From Friends

On Wednesday I received an immeasurable gift of healing: Sarah Beaman Jones and Diana Zeigler-Hayden arrived at my front door from St. Louis.  Deeply loved friends, like family who I have known for more than 40 years (SBJ) and 30 years (DZH), they had come to make sure I was okay and to help me […]

Healing, Patience, and Gratitude

I’m 20 days out from a craniotomy that has turned my life in a new direction. A young man on a skateboard plowed me down on a sidewalk but it took 12 days for the internal bleeding to show up.  Modern medicine, a great surgeon and super nurses have pulled me through.  Now I hurry […]

Create the Essence of Character

  When you play a character, who is interesting and entertaining because they are struggling with their own fears and desires, you might find yourself clenching and contracting, pulling in your shoulders.  It makes sense because you are connecting to their inner life, feeling their feelings as your own.  Your imagination takes your body on […]

More Space to Breathe

I had a great session working with Vicky Saye Henderson.  She was so clear when she said that she had more space to breathe because she was no longer doing all the physical stuff the character did.  She was still connected to the character but with lots more space. That’s what I’m looking for in […]

There must be an Easier Way

Here you have it: what I hope will be a solution to the stress and strain, struggle, and pain that most of us figure we’ll just have to live with. If you have ever thought, “There must be an easier way!” and if you are ready to give your body some well-deserved care and attention, you […]