Unburdened Bodywork

At last, there is some scientific validation for the ability to remote-sense by touch. This goes a long way towards explaining why we as therapists can "touch the inside from the outside"

Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, a sense scientists call 'remote touch' Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. Scientists are calling this "remote touch."

Hello everyone --

I must say that the September class was truly outstanding as an example of the great possibilities that can occur when a class gels and the students are willing to do the work. It gave me hope when most of the other classes that I taught in 2025 did not.

I will be pulling back from teaching somewhat during 2026. Classroom rental and student issues, on top of the general zeitgeist, have been challenging. I am still considering if and how to change my classes, since the demand is not for weekend (or longer) immersions, but the short 4-, 6-, or 8- hour courses. My whole bodywork and life philosophy can be boiled down to "go slower, notice more", which does not exactly lend itself to a short-form class.

I will be taking the winter months to re-evaluate. Please contact me personally (NOT THROUGH FACEBOOK) if you want to participate in small-group/ non-CE study sessions for particular techniques, ethics round tables, or supervised work with a client.

Greetings to all of you faithful readers and students --

I say faithful, because I am afraid that my faith in humanity is in somewhat short supply right now. We are witnessing the pain of the destruction of the ways of life that we once took for granted, and even though I understand that Change Necessitates Destruction, and it is a normal and natural part of social evolution, it is not the sociological cycle that I was prepared for.

Among the casualties of social change has been people's attention spans. I recently attended a meditation retreat, and the guru who led it mentioned that the average attention span today is 30 seconds. A quick google query said it is actually only 8.25 seconds. My classes convey a method of accessing the body that requires stillness, patience, and listening. Here is the quandary: I must ask you to pay attention to your own attention span.

I am not teaching individual techniques as much as a method of accessing the body that requires stillness, patience, and listening. My approach is that, once a therapist learns to slow down enough, the client's body will express exactly what it needs. This approach to the body is meditative and can even be spiritual. It is not just a grab-bag of techniques that you can whip out of your back pocket as needed. It takes time to slow down, time to absorb, time to practice, time to resonate, not to mention time to downregulate your own nervous system. It is a rebellion against a world that insists we hurry up ever more just to go nowhere. It is a resistance to the addictive cycles of attention-grabbing advertising, news-based rage, and doom-scrolling. To do this work, we must choose to be centered, grounded, and at peace.

I hope you will choose to join me in this journey towards equanimity. My next class is a small-group in August in Tesuque (text or call me for details), and then a weekend in September for introductory visceral mobilization and ethics (see the Albuquerque School of Healing Arts website for registration.)

Announcing 3 opportunities to get all your CEUs at once, plus the usual last-weekend ethics class date. These classes will take place at the Albuquerque School of Healing Arts. There may be more opportunities for classes offered later but so far, here we go --

March 22-23, 2025 -- Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work + Developing Your Listening Hands, pt 1: Energy Body and Cranial Rhythms (16 hrs total)

June 6-8, 2025 -- Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work + Integrating Polarity Therapy into Your Bodywork Practice (24 hrs total)

September 13-14, 2025 -- Risky Business + Exploring the Inner Landscape (Fascia and Viscera) (16 hrs total)

October 25, 2025 -- The Gender-Expansive Body on the Table (4 ethics hrs)

All classes are NCBTMB approved. Links in the comment section.