Amy Ward Brimmer, MA, CTAT, RSME
“Move, and the way will open.” – Zen proverb
“Act in faith that Way will open.” — Quaker saying
“Every experience I've had in my life is a resource in my body.” -- Anna Halprin
Alexander Technique
Somatic Release Bodywork
Qigong
Meditation Instruction
Mindfulness Coaching
Compassionate Listening
Loving-Kindness Practice
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Online Group
Meet up online for health & wellness tips, mindful practices, and fun explorations to boost your awareness and revive your overall well-being. A nice midweek break that will give you tools you’ll return to over and over again. Free.
Online Discussion
This month we are reading "Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience" by Sharon Salzberg. Join us for a discussion of the book and just what "faith" means in your life.
Online Webinar
The holiday season is centered on gratitude and generosity: we say thanks and we give gifts. Gratitude and generosity are closely aligned; we are often moved to make a generous gesture because we feel grateful for something or someone.
In this webinar we will take a look at both giving and thanking, and how the intentions for both bring us pleasure and put us at ease.
Hybrid Workshop
It is so easy to get thrown off course, overwhelmed by this fast-paced culture. It can make you want to run away, shut down, numb out, or give up. You don’t have to do any of those things. Learn how to leverage these extraordinary times to change the way you relate to your circumstances — any circumstances.
Are you the owner of your body?
This is a fundamental question that reveals perspectives on the body and how yourelate to it. And depending on how you relate to your body, you will inevitably move according to the nature of that relationship. Along with your mind, this is your most intimate relationship. Yet attitudes about the physical self go largely unnoticed.
A 3-minute video about the 3 most common reasons people come for Alexander Technique lessons.
A recent interview with MysticMag - a fascinating webiste for all things holistic.
Ever wonder what “Way Opens” means? Hint: it points to “trusting in the natural unfolding of life.”
I learned a long time ago that I don't have to be afraid of fear. It's an energy, and a rather unpleasant one -- unless you're choosing a scary book or film as entertainment. It can be mild and continuous or sudden and strong, but as emotions go, it's one of the easiest to recognize. And one of the hardest to bear.
Abundance. Acceptance. Gratitude. We often talk about these qualities as something to cultivate, but the truth is, they are natural states of being. We don’t have to work hard to access them. It’s more like we need to remember them.
Weeding is just like living mindfully. The metaphor of gardening as cultivation of mindfulness is a classic and I didn’t suddenly invent it last week, but I deeply appreciate learning this dharma lesson through direct experience. There are many parallels. Here are some that I’m discovering.
Over the years I have heard statements that rang true and woke me up to reality. These are truths that seem obvious upon hearing, but also feel familiar because they are easily verifiable by direct investigation or experience. It leaves you wondering, “how could I have forgotten this?” or amazed that you’ve never thought of it in that way before. The truths that blow your mind.
The spring equinox brings an equal amount of daylight and darkness, and it’s a good time to explore balance. Learning to surf the waves of life requires a commitment to turn toward direct experience, to include whatever is arising with acceptance, to learn how to balance in the gap between stimulus and response. Equanimity develops as the other factors of awakening are cultivated, and mindfulness is the link between them all.
Two weeks into the new year, and many of us are already hitting trouble spots in sticking to our resolutions. That’s pretty typical, because deep and lasting change is not easy. The poet Rumi has some wise advice for how to stay awake and keep honoring those intentions.
From the moment you arise in the morning until you rest your head on the pillow at night, you probably do quite a lot. We do so much that we have to consciously choose "down time” to give ourselves rest.
But what about the time in between those daily tasks? The transitions from Point A to Point B go by unnoticed, because we are busy getting to whatever is next.