The 39th Beethoven Letter Dear Friends, Thank you for your kind and generous support over the years. This keeps me going in all ways. Your good care via these pragmatic gifts are the bread and butter of my life and a delight to receive. Thank you for years of including me in your generosity. Writing […]
Dear Friends, I am turning 70 and celebrating 40 years in the work of helping people to heal from trauma. It’s humbling even to write this and even more humbling to know it’s all been possible due to your support. I am awash with gratitude. Thank you for this long ride together! My education began in the rape […]
Dear All, I’m probably not dying. Not right away, not anytime soon. It may be years. But I’ve been disabled to the point where I can no longer teach or use my healing touch. My healing gift has become greatly diminished. There is no consensus among my doctors. It’s mainly fatigue and shortness of breath […]
Dear Friends, Well, this has turned out to be a year of stunning revelations and struggles. I began with a writing retreat in Southern California that became a race across country as the pandemic set in. Home by end of March, Marshall and I quarantined and adjusted to the new norms – masked ventures to […]
Dear Friends, Looking back over 38 years of travel work, I’ve had few interruptions. Beginning with work in the rape crisis in 1982 and AIDS pandemic in 1983, I’ve been able to move and learn as necessity demanded and keep going. There has been a car emergency here and there, a few sick days, and […]
Dear Friends, When I began my work in 1982, I had some idea that I was entering a new life. It started with massage therapy for women rape survivors. Then I was nearly overwhelmed by demand for massage for people with AIDS. Then came work with inmates, tortured refugees, and war vets. Each group became part of my education. I […]
Dear Friends, Two more states this month and my work travels for 2018 are done. My calendar shows this has been a very busy year. There’s been lots of work and lots of Light- 18 trips in 11 states. I’ve been on the road for 36 years. There was a wide range of work also […]
Dear Friends, Thank you for all your help and support. This letter comes as I celebrate thirty-six years in the work. As you can see by my calendar, helping people to heal from trauma and mentoring healers has continued with many wonderful teaching opportunities. This is where most of my time and energy goes each […]
Dear Friends, There is a burden to compassionate work and it is simply this – it will break your heart and we must let this happen. We must surrender and melt until all boundaries are gone and we come to know that we really and truly are all part of one another. The pain and […]
Dear Friends, Good work continues and I am well used still, after all these years. I have just returned from work with tortured refugees in North Carolina, a stop in Texas for final edits on my 2nd book due out next month, and soon will teach near Boston. (new book – How Far Have You […]