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Writes and teaches about what it means to be ill and healthy on a path.

Brooklyn, New York
Joined June 2014
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Leaving Brooklyn. - mailchi.mp/5dabbb94ab64/leav… About two months ago, my family and I drove her car out of Brooklyn, trailed by 26 foot moving truck which was packed to the gills with our belongings. We moved upriver, where the houses are aging, and the yard is wild.
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"The river itself sets the tone: utterly relaxed, completely at ease, it fulfills its mighty purpose without aim or effort." Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire I aspire to have the same intelligence as a river.… instagram.com/p/Bz8s5zbBV14/… – at New York, USA
"I have exchanged a great and unbounded world for a small, comparatively meager one." Edward Abbey from Desert Solitaire. He wrote this about turning on his flashlight during a walk at night through the desert. He… instagram.com/p/BzoZkwJlWiC/… – at Myrtle Beach, SC
Occasionally, even the most earnest of Buddhist meditation or Alexander Technique teachers will reach a point in preparing for their upcoming workshop where thinking is no longer productive and they must submit to… instagram.com/p/BzBrrdaFdSW/… – at Brooklyn, NY
I must be tripping because my story on microdosing psychedelics just came out alongside great writers and teachers like @ethannichtern, hello_specialkate, and @Enahm_hof in the second issue of @humanshiftpaper! Big… instagram.com/p/ByqX1u3lIY9/… – at Brooklyn, NY
This is how I balanced change from the #Alexandertechnique with the inner healing from #meditation.
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Today @prospect_park splash pad, I overheard a mother say to her child a plea that captures the challenge of parenthood. "I just don't want to get splashed!" We are tired of being uncomfortable, and it seems like… instagram.com/p/Bygtk3Ol56Y/… – at Brooklyn, NY
"How Uncertainty Can Heal the Body." A public talk at Integral Yoga, near Union Square, on Tuesday, June 11 at 7 PM
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Create a culture of life around technology (I mean this in the least controversial way possible). buff.ly/2EVobed
The speed at which I change. #meditation #alexandertechnique @ Holy Cross Monastery instagram.com/p/ByOizewFRj2/… – at New York, USA
Morning on the Hudson River at #holycrossmonastery. The bells for morning service range at 6:50 am as they they have for over a hundred years. It's easy to be carried in this atmosphere of quiet, contemplation, and… instagram.com/p/ByKyJ1elEHb/… – at New York, USA
Working on Saturday talk for this weekend's Unconditional Healing retreat up at #holycrossmonastery in Hudson Valley. Another way of talking about the #alexandertechnique is that we become open to the possibility… instagram.com/p/ByDZRYPJBVc/…
My new favorite medical waiting room sign. Let's be real. This is going to take a while. @ Bay Ridge, Brooklyn instagram.com/p/Bx0Gb2-Fs6X/… – at Brooklyn, NY
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A forest yogi I stumbled across in Easthampton, Massachusetts
"Stress Fracture." Good title for a novel about divorce, annoying diagnosis for your foot. Thinking my #alexandertechnique thoughts of whole torso and spine lengthening as I slowly proceed down the sidewalk. I let the boot be low and I stay high.
See this Instagram photo by @beherenownetwork instagram.com/p/BxKvqqKA0VG/…
A quick reminder that I will be at Integral Yoga Institute tonight from 7:00 - 9:00pm Join me to discuss Kindness As Insight: An Embodiment Practice for Feeling Stuck buff.ly/2HMAeN6