Hello, my dear, What’s it like being you today? I wonder if it feels different these days than, say, a year ago today. Here in the States, tomorrow is a big holiday, one in which many people often travel long ways to be with family, whether family by birth, by circumstance, or by choice. And… [Continue Reading]
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Care for Nervous Systems: Part 1. The Pause & Notice
Are you feeling at the mercy of your nervous system these days? I understand. And don’t feel bad. Many people are. In everyday language you probably refer to it as “being stressed out.” If you’d like help not feeling at the mercy of a nervous system run amok, read on. I’m going to start real… [Continue Reading]
A special invitation for you
Metaphors aside, The Pause is a body-oriented meditation class I am offering every weekday. (Drop-in, Covid-safe, 45 minutes.) A sense of grounding and calm –even (and especially) in these challenging times we are living– are a few of the things that dropping in at The Pause can help you experience. Clarity and right action can arise naturally where reaction used to take place automatically.
A letter to my clients…
It’s been too long: too long since I’ve greeted you at my office and asked what it’s like being you these days… too long since I’ve worked with your body… too long since we’ve scheduled your time to come back… too long. I miss you! As much as I wish we could work together in person,… [Continue Reading]
An Open Letter to Jim Braude & Margery Egan of Boston Public Radio Voicing Concerns Over Re-Opening Massage Therapy During Phase 2/Part 2 in Massachusetts
Special thank you for contributions byEllen Mossman, Beth Baron, and Francesca Genco Dear Jim and Margery, I love you guys. Huge fan! Listen whenever I can, live, and also subscribe to your show on Stitcher so that I can hear it when I miss it live. By listening to you I get to keep my… [Continue Reading]
Too long since your last professional massage? Let me help tide you over until your next one.
It’s been several months since my last professional therapeutic massage and do I ever miss it. Luckily, a few evenings ago Mr. Heidi’s Table gave me a shoulder and back rub. He is not a professional massage therapist –he’d probably add “by any means!”– but the intention of his touch was therapeutic: kind, listening (yes,… [Continue Reading]
Time Sensitive: This Saturday (18 April) 1 – 3 PM EDT (10 – 12 PDT)
The International Focusing Institute has invited me to teach a class: At Home in Your Body: Focusing-Oriented Meditation. It’s pay-what-you-can. Saturday, 18 April 2020. Learn more and register HERE! In addition to teaching you ways to feel more at home and at ease within yourself (especially during these anxious-making times), I will be giving a… [Continue Reading]
You are warmly invited! “At Home in Your Body: Focusing-Oriented Meditation” Classes (COVID-safe, virtual, drop-in)
Dear clients, dear friends, dear visitors of Heidi’s Table, On March 18 I closed my office for in-person therapeutic massage work. (This is temporary, my part in minimizing the spread of COVID-19). It’s been an adjustment! (I miss you.) I, like probably you, am physically/socially distancing and going through quite the range of emotions: fear,… [Continue Reading]