“It’s not happiness that makes us grateful but gratefulness that makes us happy.” – Br. David Steindl Rast
A note from Erin: (Click here if you’d like to listen to me read this newsletter to you.) Hello, friends! Happy almost Fall, Northern folks, and almost Spring, friends down south, and Shana Tova to our Jewish friends and those honoring Yom Kippur. In so many ways, a chance to begin again. Again. This morning,…
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A note from Carl: I’m wondering if as you are reading this, you could sense of the support of the ground. A direct, felt sense of “I’m here on this spot.” And then perhaps could you ask, “How is it in there?” And take a few moments to pause, and feel what is alive in…
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A note from Erin: These days can have us managing one global crisis after another, with skies so smoky due to wildfires both far and near that I haven’t gone on a walk in weeks, and of course personal life… A gorgeous new nephew just born! Our son starting 5th grade at home because…
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Embodied Beatitudes ( a work in progress ) Blessed are those whose bellies are free – swelling with every breath and posturing for no one; they shall know ease in their own skin and sense the truth of things, both of which shall remain hidden to those who perform and posture and shrink themselves to please others.…
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A note from Carl: Hello, friend, I hope this finds you well. I’m wondering as you are reading this if you might pause and open attention downward to include the felt connection with the ground underneath you. The direct sensations of your feet, your pelvis, maybe your back – wherever you are in…
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A work in progress by Erin Geesaman Rabke Blessed are those whose bellies are free – swelling with every breath and posturing for no one; they shall know ease in their own skin and sense the truth of things, both of which shall remain hidden from those who perform and posture to please others. Blessed…
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A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, It’s been a while since we’ve written! We hope this note finds you in awe and feeling grateful simply to be alive and breathing in this beautiful world on this fresh morning. I’m thinking of Wendell Berry’s line, “Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.” Why…
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The following is a list of contemplations and considerations on qualities we might experience in movement and embodied life in general. Whether you’re doing a Feldenkrais lesson or a yoga practice, engaging in anti-racist education and action, cooking a meal, diving into a creative project or anything at all, I hope these inquiries might support…
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A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful you, I’m sitting here on my red couch watching a gentle snowfall out the front window as well as some adorable little finches, sparrows, chickadees and juncos bouncing on the bare rosebush branches. And I’m sending you so much love. How are you faring? We’re still very much tucked in, grateful to be…
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Share Tweet Forward A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, a shot from the winter solstice at Great Salt Lake Wow. We find ourselves at the end of such an extraordinary year. I’m so grateful to be alive and healthy and able to write to you, and so glad you’re alive and well to receive these…
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A note from Erin Hello, beautiful human, I’m a lover of quotes. When I was young I imagined someday having a line of greeting cards – gorgeous images with wise words. While that vision never came to fruition, I still love to match images and wise words. Here’s one for you today. (Image description: A photo of…
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A note from Carl, Greetings Friends! I hope this finds you well. Inside of this liminal timelessness of pandemic, it is a glorious fall day here in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday, I gave my presentation at the online Embodiment Conference. The topic I presented on was “Embodiment and Animism, A Living Body, a Living World.”…
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A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human! Today I’m thinking about Basic Goodness, a phrase and perspective that fundamentally changed my life when I began to learn about it in my late teens – thanks to Pema Chodron and my many other teachers in the Buddhist tradition. It’s amazing to me, (perhaps tragic is a more accurate word),…
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A note from Erin: Hello, brilliant human, My favorite season is here and I find my whole system softening into the cooler temperatures, the longer nights, the numinous light, the beauty of impermanence in a glorious display. To be honest, some part of me wants to pull all my soft body parts into an imaginary turtle…
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A note from Erin: Hello, brilliant human, In a conversation with my friend Sunny Rose Healey for our podcast in which we talked all about the wisdom of Ayurveda (India’s ancient system of holistic healing), I was struck by Sunny’s reminder to put attention not only on how we’re digesting our food but also on how we…
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A note from Carl: Friends, We hope this note finds you well in this very interesting world of 2020. Before I get into this week’s writing, I want to mention some of our upcoming offerings that can be helpful for meeting these intensive times and digesting and integrating the ride we’ve all been on these last 6 months.…
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A note from Erin: Hi friends, How’s the strange new world going for you?? Personally, I’ve been feeling rather disoriented – not quite sure how to make plans when everything is so uncertain. Will my son go to school? Stay home for who-knows-how-long? How can I plan my work schedule not knowing what kind (or if…
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A note from Carl: Greetings dear friends, May this find you well. Before I dive into today’s writing, a few announcements: We have a new podcast with our friend, teacher, and binary-busting, amazing human being, Bayo Akomolafe. You can listen here. Today is the last day to join Erin’s Living The Questions online course. This Friday I begin my…
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Greetings, friends. I’d love to share a beloved poem to begin this week’s newsletter: A Thousand Years of Healing From whence my hope, I cannot say, except it grows in the cells of my skin, in my envelope of mysteries it hums. In this sheath so akin to the surface of the earth it whispers.…
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A note from Carl: Greetings friends, I hope you are well, healthy, and being generous with your care and compassion in these times. Before I get into today’s writing, I wanted to share that we have a beautiful new podcast with Francis Weller, “In the Absence Of the Ordinary” exploring themes from his latest collection of essays…
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A note from Erin: Greetings old and new friends! A warm welcome to the many folks who are newly joining our mailing list and community after the Move Better Feel Better summit. And warm hugs to the many of you who’ve been with us for years. We’re so grateful to be connected to such an…
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A note from Carl Dear Friends, We find ourselves in such unprecedented times. We dearly hope you are healthy and well as you read this note. I’ve got some reflections to share and want to let you know that you’ll find information further down on a few upcoming offerings, all free or by donation: On the…
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A note from Erin: Dear tenderhearted friends, Carl and I are sending so much love your way, and as we often say (because it’s true true true) we are so grateful to be in it together. We hope you’re staying safe and well during this wild time. We have a few humble offerings to share.…
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Hello, dear ones! We’d love to share some resources with you from our recent free/by-donation online classes we’ve hosted. They’ve been wonderful!!! In case you missed them live, here are recordings for your use at home. First – Embodied Support for Trying Times with Erin was recorded 3/15/20. You can access the recording here. …
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A note from Carl Greetings friends, First, I just want to say, we love you! Thank you for being a part of our lives. We are so grateful for community in these challenging times. For those of us living in Salt Lake City, Utah, today, we woke up to the rumbling shakiness of a 5.7 earthquake. Several hours and…
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A note from Erin Dear brilliant heart friends, I’m thinking of you all with each breath, sending love and care your way. Above is a photo of a little shrine I made with a stone representing each woman in my local group, Women Embodied. We’ve each made one in our own unique ways, holding each other…
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A note from Carl: Greetings Friends, I hope this note finds you well in the new year. As we can never be reminded too often, especially when we are looking at a phone or computer, could you feel the support of the Earth under your butt or under your feet at you read this? Is…
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A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, We’re on that slippery slope and sliding right into the new year AND a new decade! I wonder what this round of the Roaring Twenties will be like? When you consider 2020, is there a sacred something you’d like to put at the center? I’m contemplating this deep question…
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A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, 14 years ago, I flew home from our Feldenkrais training in Santa Fe to support a dear friend who was giving birth at home. The labor was more than 50 hours. She chose not to transfer to a hospital, bone-tired as she was. Along with her husband, I was honored to hold…
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A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, Have you ever played the game “Whack-a-Mole?” I loved it when I was a kid – to stand there with a giant mallet – every time a mechanical mole stuck its head out of a hole, the aim was to whack it down as quickly as possible.…
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