Heat People talk about love at first sight. I’ve never heard anyone else talk about love at first touch. When Dave Marcus and I met, we were at a weeklong gathering of dancers and musicians. I heard...

​Love Song to the Light I live in the woods, and despite the yearly similarity of seasons and weather, the daily view I see out my window or off my deck is never quite the same. On a rainy winter morning...

Letting Go When I look back on my life, it seems most of it has been a push and pull between what I really want – a meaningful career, a lasting relationship, true happiness, choices that feed my soul...

And I Was photo credit, Doug Plummer I live my life surrounded by music. I spend time doing it every single day. I play piano, I sing, I teach, I practice, I perform. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering...

Beholding I don’t put my hands on anyone as an Alexander Teacher without stopping to ask for permission first. In today’s world, it’s what you do. I’ve been doing it longer than that, however. There...

Warning Signs An overwhelming feel of existential dread grips me. I feel my body tightening, my feet leaving the ground, such that there is. I clutch the wheel tightly. I am on a bridge. A long bridge....

Strawberries “Not like that, like this.” The sickly-sweet smell of strawberries, grease and sugar perfume the air. Regina takes the tip of her little paring knife, a groove for her finger worn into...

Seeing Clearly ​When I trace in my body where my need for perfection lies, I realize it’s in my eyes. It’s always been in my eyes. I need to see clearly. Perfectly, even. As a little girl, when my...

Preoccupations of a Body Sleuth ​Back in 2023, I dedicated the bulk of a writing series, “Slow Forward,” to processing my total knee replacement. The story of my surgery and recovery is peppered throughout...

Body Sleuthing I have spent more than half my life learning to be a Body Sleuth. As a card carrying, fully adult, highly trained Body Detective, here is the most important thing I have learned in all...