Practitioner Focus: Coquelicot Gilland, Bodynamic Analyst and Pastoral Counselor
Every once in a great while a practitioner comes along who is so uniquely gifted that one must share with others information about that individual. Such a gifted practitioner is Coquelicot Gilland. For more than two decades Coquelicot (coke-lee-co) has been actively practicing in the field of spiritually based, body-oriented, developmental counseling and restorative touch […]
Conscious Connection, The Ego & Embodied Presence: A Tribute for Elena Avila, Curandera
A while ago I had an interesting conversation with David Rickey over at www.SoulsCode.com. You can read our conversation about “A History of Consciousness, and How to Live in Presence” here. The next day, as I was riding my bike immersed in the beauty of the intense yellow, wild, blooming mustard juxtaposed against the spring […]
Freedom from twister cables as I stretch my body and soul
In reconstructing the timeline for this article I discovered I wore the twister cables for 15 to 18 months. I was still wearing the cables when I entered kindergarten in the fall of 1972. (In the photo to the left I’m the blonde beside the teacher).Until that time I had been relatively sheltered at home […]
Sullenberger’s “Highest Duty” To Maintain Ego Capacity in High Intensity Emergency Landing
Just as US Airways Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III skillfully landed his jet in the Hudson River on January 15th, 2009, there is an art to landing from peak experiences. Everyone on board the jet that day survived, so everyone is OK, right? Well, maybe. Everyone on board the jet that day experienced a high […]
5Rhythms® Movement Practice Helps Me Get My Flow On
I went to a Sweat Your Prayers: Silent Practice last Sunday hosted by The Moving Center School. I had not been to a Sweat Your Prayers in quite some time and the practice got me back in touch with a profound quality of being I have been wanting to write about for many months now. […]
Pilates, Structural Integration and Resource Oriented Skill Training
February and March have been incredibly busy for me as well as incredibly productive. The first full weekend in February I started the ITT Pilates Mat Training. I’ve previously written about my history with Pilates and my current renewed interest in this body of work here. The third weekend in February I flew to Los […]
How I Became a Certified Rolfer™ Part 3 (After The Braces Came Off)
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this 4 part series. In reconstructing the timeline for this article I discovered I wore the twister cables for 15 to 18 months. I was still wearing the cables when I entered kindergarten in the fall of 1972. Until that time I had been relatively sheltered at home […]