read time: ~4 minutes watch: therapeutic trapeze breakdown includes: free class + workshop details Last week I was down in Laguna Beach taking a Gyrotonic Level 2 course to fulfill my CEU’s. Which is slightly ironic, because as a former Master Trainer… these are courses I used to teach. And I’ll say this — I genuinely love the quality of movement the Gyrotonic method can evoke. But there’s a moment that happens in almost every system like this. Where the choreography starts to eclipse the...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, • 3 minute read — and a quick neck reset you can try today • a musing on agency, autonomy, and the machines we trust with our bodies • mini-workout:UnWreck Your Neck ( 9-minute reset with a band, chair & yoga block) • strength, mobility & decompression — trapeze workshop (online too) Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about agency and autonomy in our bodies. And I suspect many of us have been thinking about it too — especially lately, as a lot of long-standing assumptions start...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
For a while there it probably looked like I had vanished from your inbox. I promise I wasn’t hiding — Gmail just quietly decided my emails belonged in a different corner of the internet. (And if you feel like saying hello, hit reply and let me know how you’ve been. These are intense times, and I’d love to hear how you’ve been keeping yourself steady through it all.) Back in January I sent out a newsletter with one of my usual YouTube workout links and discovered the hard way that Gmail now...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
If March comes in like a lion, January feels more like a bear after hibernation… or maybe the crusty, mildly confused groundhog, blinking into the light and wondering what year it is. After the inevitably intense “end-of-year slide to the finish line,” many of us arrive here a little slower, a little creakier, and quietly eager to smooth out the internal — and sometimes external — lumps and bumps that keep us from feeling that “new year, new you” buoyancy in our step. Maybe by the time this...
3 months ago • 3 min read
My brother came down from Canada late Friday night with three young children in tow. After loading their suitcases, my two nieces and nephew slid into the back seat and the commentary started immediately. “This car is SUPER messy,” noted my six-year-old niece. “Totally,” I replied. “I’ve been doing a big art project for the past two months and haven’t had any time to clean it.” “I think the only person with a messier car than this is my Dad,” observed Zadie (with all the wisdom her twelve...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Hello friends, I made a short video tonight instead of writing ( because sewing won out) Two brief updates, and then the real reason for this message. First: Iluminado has been open just over a week, and a beautiful review came out in Monterey County Weekly. The piece reflects what we hoped the installation would do — invite people into an experience that’s participatory, immersive, and quietly transformational. If you’re local, I hope you’ll take some time to experience it at the Monterey...
4 months ago • 1 min read
It's Cathartic to Tell the Truth “ Your party sounds amazing. I wish I could attend but I’m overwhelmed with my life right now and don’t think I’d be a very good guest in my current state” ( instead of replying “ Yes” to an invite and then trying to find ways to squirm out of it) Saying “ I’m sorry I was an A$$shole” instead of investing hours in an explanation that tries to justify unacceptable behavior. And one of my very favorites “ I’m sorry it took me so long to reply to your email. I...
5 months ago • 2 min read
✦ Blood on the Runway.See Red Deluge → ✦ From Structure to Studio 2.0. The artist returns. ✦ Breathe, Balance, Body.Podcast with Angela Tait → When I think of true elders, one word rises up: Serenity. Not the absence of emotion, but the wisdom to pause. To regroup. To respond with restraint instead of reaction. That kind of presence isn’t born overnight — it’s forged through experience, risk, and trust in the unknown. The Leap In July, I gave myself permission to pause. To release this...
6 months ago • 2 min read
Some of our greatest strengths are also our most persistent saboteurs. Excitement and anxiety ride the same current. Care becomes control. And for me—being true to my word can sometimes harden into a dogged rigidity, an insistence on honoring commitments even when the circumstances have clearly shifted. Reader ,maybe you've felt that too. That’s the shadow side of commitment—and this moment craves more light. I started this newsletter in 2016, sending out enthusiastic emails on breathwork and...
9 months ago • 2 min read