Unexpected Endings

Unexpected Endings

Through the gates, past the scaffolding, anticipating at every step my favourite cafe and the pleasure of meeting a friend. No lights though and on the door a pitiful sign expressing regret about its closure. I know in the scheme of things, perhaps especially at this...
A different kind of pharmacy

A different kind of pharmacy

Recalling my teacher Richard Strozzi-Heckler’s sentiment from my somatic coach training, he said something like poetry is balm for the senses, although I haven’t got that quite right. He usually started and ended our sessions with a poem, and this is really when...
Speaking Virtues

Speaking Virtues

I’ve been to three funerals in as many months. Every time I am struck by how little I knew about someone until hearing their eulogy – it’s less about the dramatic and more about the everyday things like being the most amazing grandparent, or enduring endless...
Setting off as we mean to go on…

Setting off as we mean to go on…

New clients are often surprised at my request to meet weekly for the first four or five coaching sessions. Some traditional coaches start this way but will more likely, see their clients once a month or even once a quarter. Somatic coaching is different, we are paying...
Being a Wayfarer

Being a Wayfarer

Caminante no hay Camino Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más; Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace el camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante no hay camino sino estelas en...
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