Thank You! This month I have had an exceptional time teaching and learning from so many people. The Nomadic College at Earthdance was a tremendous joy to participate in. I had the opportunity to present a body of work around Fascial Intelligence that I have been stewing on for many months now.
Bay Area Bodywork Offerings I will be returning to the Bay Area October 16-23rd. I will be a part of hosting the annual BCC capoeira event and Batizado at the Casa de Cultura in Berkeley. This event is special to me, and I hope I will see some of you there. Also… I have
Falling Out of Summer I recently was blessed to watch a blue heron fishing in the coral blue light of a glacial lake sunrise. Most of the 'action' was waiting. I watched the bird as she transitioned her positions dramatically, all at a pace barely perceptible. Readying and then waiting, slowly transitioning
Summer updates Thank you to everyone who participated in the Bay Area Axis Syllabus Exchange at the end of June. I loved being, teaching, and dancing together with you. I learn so much from watching the beauty in the way we move through space together. Our community showcase was a blast. Thanks
Moving Underwater Grief is a river with a force that you cannot control. You can try to clamber out and get pummeled against the rocks, or surrender and let it take you into the unknown depths of loss. Traveling through time in all directions without a compass. With pain as the sun
The constant of change Time is passing and with it, so do I, pass through and into something else, someone else, somewhere else. On April 9th my mother died. The miracle of death was revealed to me. This great exhale, the letting go and falling apart that comes with grief. The cosmic coordinations that
BAASE registration is live, and a last call for Modes of Modulation It is time to plan the garden. The weather is warm, then cold. Rainy then snowy, then sunny. I have been pruning all of the fruit trees. A strangely aggressive yet collaborative act. The tulips are emerging, the garlic is growing and I am about to plant my first starts
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
Teaching and Learning This spring, I am traveling and teaching in Mexico and Brazil. I am hosting teachers at the Field Center and looking for a new place to call home. All of this is happening while I process the grief that comes from the war and violence that are still central to
Extended Stay Thank you to all of the participants of Pathways and Principles this past week in Berkeley. It was rewarding to teach with Marcus van Duren around the material of the Axis Syllabus and how it can be applied to Contact Improvisation. It was a pleasure to see some people I
Changing, asking, and offerings. My perception of time is ever changing. This year has felt so many different ways. Sometimes it has been like an army of hours waiting to be filled with the mundane tasks of life, each weighing more than a ton, while simultaneously it has been a blur that leaves me
End of the Year We have arrived at the last month of 2023. The land in Vermont is covered in snow and the Field Center is taking a much needed rest. I feel proud of our work this year supporting artists and I am growing as an artist myself through our programming, as both
Start of Winter Here in southern Vermont we’ve had our first frosts and snows. We have put the garden beds to rest with cover crop and compost. The days are short, and the brief windows of light are beautiful. I am taking this time of rest in the Field Center garden to
Bay Area bodywork availability next week, and Jogo de Cinturas As I write this I am in the midst of two weeks of teaching alongside Frey Faust and Claire Turner Reid at the Nomadic College at Earthdance in Western Mass. I feel the preciousness of this opportunity to teach and study the Axis Syllabus in an intensive residential format. There
Memory and Softening When we are born we are so soft. We fold and slip through a 10 cm tunnel. Although we enter the world with certain blueprints, it is an accumulation of memories that shapes our growth. We remember not just with our minds, but with our bodies. We record our experiences
All that you touch you Change All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change — Octavia Butler After 2.5 years since leaving the Bay Area to start the Field Center, this deep journey of learning and creating continues. I am often reminded of
Reflections, changes, Webs of Attention Visioning and birthing the Field Center has been a labor of love and a whirlwind of almost 3 years. In a time when arts funding is being cut, and dance and performance venues are closing in large numbers, we are creating a center that supports the development of contemporary dance
Bodywork and Teaching This spring I had a lovely time teaching in San Diego for the first time with Natalie Koskie-Karell and many others. We worked with understanding the mechanics of the hips and shoulders, listening with the body before using the eyes, and learning some fun and useful skills for going in
May offerings I have been spending time in Arizona with my mother. She is almost 90 and now meeting her first serious health crisis. Her mortality is plainly evident and I am experiencing the feelings of unraveling. Although we have existed as separate bodies for almost 50 years I feel how we
Openings in the Bay Area this week and upcoming teaching This springtime I am struck by the way in which death makes life possible. The continuity between the quiet cold stillness of winter and the loud bustling warmth of the spring. It is clear to me that one is needed to make the other possible. I feel very grateful to
Springtime After 13 years I have returned to Brazil. Feeling this warm soft air, eating manioca in all its forms, and moving sounds through my face in old familiar ways, all bring me into myself again. I have missed this sacred land of jungle and passion. My time here is full
Bodywork, Giving and the Field I will be returning to the Bay Area and still have availability December 18-22nd. Please book here. If you do not see the availability you need, please reach out and I might be able to help you. When I return to the Bay Area, I get to connect with my
Happy winter to you all! The air is crisp here in Vt. We have been hosting some excellent art making at the Field Center and in the midst of the creative, I feel truly at home. After a year and a half of going between California and Vermont every month, I have finally been spending
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
September visit and availability I will be returning to the Bay Area in September for a week and I still have some availabilities. Perhaps you do not know, but I offer sessions in alignment education, dance and movement rehabilitation, as well as Rolfing and other manual techniques. I help people work through instabilities, and
