You are warmly invited to join me via Zoom this coming Friday, 26 November at 12 PM Eastern | 9 AM Pacific US/Canada time for “Ready, Set, PAUSE,” a body-oriented meditation class. Also? It’s on me! You can register to attend for free by using coupon code “free!” at checkout. (You will still need to… [Continue Reading]
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What’s it like to be you in the world?
“What’s it like to be you in the world?” I ask this of people who come to Heidi’s Table for the first time. Probably, they and I have just met. They have made an appointment so I know their name and phone number and email address, and by now they’ve taken off their shoes and… [Continue Reading]
Muscle tension (it’s not all bad!)
Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings. Rumi Muscle tension gets a bad rap. But it’s not a bad thing…. [Continue Reading]
The Art and Act of Listening (to your body!)
“Take your broken heart, make it into art.” Carrie Fisher said that. And my friend Leah Piken Kolidas painted that gorgeous image of woman cradling the world in her arms. And I just love it! The act of making art or in some way giving expression to heartbreak means that the whole thing about that ache… [Continue Reading]
Calming the **** down! (13 Steps for when everything feels like too much)
Sometimes it all seems like too much. Whether this happens to you once in a while or almost every day at some point, it can be very helpful to have some ways to calm yourself down. Here are some suggestions… 1. Take 10 slow, deep breaths. Allow those breaths to reach all the way down… [Continue Reading]
Relax (pretty much ANYWHERE)
“How would you like to feel when you leave here today?” Over the years I’ve heard my question answered in many ways but there is one intention that is, by far, the one that clients say the most: Relaxed What a worthy intention! When we are relaxed, hard things somehow become softer, easier. Tight places… [Continue Reading]
I Spy, I Spy (with my little massage therapist’s eye)
My clients amaze me. They learn to drive in their 30’s. They date again after years of being alone. They join a chorus. They learn a new dance and perform it! They quit jobs. They have babies. They have babies in their 40’s. Sometimes the baby thing doesn’t work out after a long time of… [Continue Reading]
Same place, new look. Heidi’s Table 2015.
Happy New Year, my people! On January 1 I took over the lease for my office. Even though this did not come as a surprise, a few days before the actual date when my dear office mate of the last year would be moving out, I found myself feeling quite anxious. After waking up really… [Continue Reading]