May there be Peace It’s February 24th 2022, and I have been listening to the news, shocked and appalled as everyone is that war could have broken out in the heart of Europe. It’s the 21st century and we thought we had left such horrors behind us. There is grief and anger and fear. I…
At the heart of the Discipline of Authentic Movement is the cultivation of a loving, compassionate and accepting witness within. Essential to this process is the presence of another who has travelled the path before us, an external witness who can see us with clarity and compassion. Moving in her/his presence, over time we gradually…
Back in lockdown here in the UK, in the depths of winter, it is a hard time for many. While some continue with the impossible stress and trauma of frontline work, others are shut in at home, perhaps without a sense of purpose but with enormous amounts of uncertainty – how do we get through…
“Everything is Going to be All Right” These are not the words of wishful thinking that we have heard from some of our politicians over the last year, but the title of a beautiful poem by Irish poet Derek Mahon. When he died on October 1st this poem was widely circulated, and I feel moved…
The Touch of Attention Somatic practice in hard times We are now in the second national lockdown in the UK, and several other European countries too, and approaching the darkest days of winter. For much of this year we have being required NOT to meet and to touch each other in the ways we…
The Earth is burning. So are we. At the beginning of this year (2020) I had been making plans to offer a new workshop, an exploration of personal symptoms of ill-health in relation to the crises in the world and of the Earth that touch each of us most deeply and intimately. Then the pandemic…
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