2024 begins

It is a restorative practice to reflect on the past year, especially at the transition into a new one, as it can feel so futile. 2023 brought so much change: A new tattoo! A new space for my practice in Foster-Powell! A big surgery, and recovery! A haircut; lobbing off 15 years of long hair! Travel around the Salish Sea!

2023 was also a year full of various creative endeavours: performing with Extradition for a festival and our quarterly showings, performing with Linda Austin in 3 miles of possible and improvising with a large-scale installation at Building 5, and designing/building a beautiful tool shed for my backyard.

I imagine 2024 will be more of the same; performing, building, and continuing our work together at my studio. At the end of this month I will begin a new course, Neural Manipulation, with the Barral Institute. I am especially excited for this work, as it integrates the nervous system and how our bodies hold and/or process trauma, with manual therapies to address whiplash injuries and chronic neck and spine discomfort. 

Opportunities:

For those of you interested in more somatic self-work, here are two offerings I would like to highlight happening in the greater somatic community:

• Contemporary Alexander teacher Robyn Avalon is offering her Living in a Body (online) course beginning this month. I did this course in 2020, and found it fascinating and very useful.
  
• Resilience Toolkit sessions and support with my multi-talented friend and neighbor, Vanessa Micale of Ponderosa Voz, to help cultivate in collaboration more tools to manage stress and burnout.

Winter Practice Notes:

As Covid19 cases are increasing, along with usual respiratory viruses, please remember to reschedule your appointment if you have any of the following symptoms: runny nose, cough, fever, nausea, etc. If you are feeling recovered, but have a lingering runny nose, cough or other symptoms, please wear a mask if you decide to come in for your appointment.

Looking forward to seeing you all sometime in this new year. I wish you all an abundance of joy, and skill at looking for the silver linings in these continually challenging times.