Dear Friends, Thirty years ago a young woman climbed on to my massage table with a nervous condition doctors were unable to name. My hands became quite warm and she became much better after recalling an earlier abduction, rape, and torture. That brief session 30 years ago was the beginning of a life’s work as […]
Dear Friends, I am still here, still on the road, still at work ? not brave so much as stubborn and happy for it all. I am seeking your support to stay at work. As many of you know, my life work has been to help heal trauma as a certified massage therapist and a […]
Dear Friends, There is a particular discipline that comes with my duel works of healing trauma and ending torture. It is a discipline of attending to the immediate particulars while keeping an eye on the far horizon. While attending to the moment of right now, I keep in mind the time to come and bridging […]
Dear Friends, I am back on the road after a year of sabbatical. In 2009, I’m teaching in some of my old favorite spots- Pendle Hill, Quaker Center, Powell House, and Friends General Conference. Plus new places- North Pacific Yearly Meeting, Colorado Regional Gathering of Friends, Wellness Works in CA. I return to work from […]
Dear Friends, Sabbatical is very wonderful and different. Each month I find a lower gear in resting from overwork. It began with a trip west to see Marshall’s family in Southern California- some time in the desert, some time at the coast, and the start of abandoning my desks, computers, emails, and phones. My sabbatical […]