Jul 13, 2009
#1 July 13, 2009 The first Tenacity Notes, excerpted from The Breath and Water Club Newsletter #60. I became curious about how we come to be embodied. How do we move from non-physical to physical? I have an image of that, but the image requires an assumption —...
Jul 21, 2009
#2 July 21, 2009 I like the idea that expansion is our natural state. Flow happens. We just have to recognize the ways we block it. There is a certain feeling in your body when you are resisting your expansion, a certain vibration, a certain tone, maybe even a...
Jul 28, 2009
#3 July 28, 2009 I heard an interview with Stanley Drucker, the recently retired principle clarinetist for the NY Philharmonic Orchestra. He performed with the orchestra for 60 years. He said that there are two essential elements to any performance — joy and...
Aug 3, 2009
#4 August 3, 2009 Expansion is your natural state. Flow happens. Joy and passion are essential qualities. But what about when flow isn’t happening, when joy and passion have gone missing? What then? Then, look to ways you block the flow, ways you limit your...
Aug 11, 2009
#5 August 11, 2009 Expansion is your natural state. One way to allow your expansion is to notice the ways you block it. Catch yourself blocking your expansion, and release the block. Catch and release. Take our example from last week — expectation, particularly...
Aug 18, 2009
#6 August 18, 2009 Remember last week? Practice catch and release? There’s a third step: celebrate. Practice catch and release. Then celebrate. Every time you catch yourself blocking your expansion, don’t be mad at yourself, be glad. Exclaim “Good...