Eve Bernfeld
Humility (Conservation of Energy, Part 3)
I learned the climbers rest step early in my life, growing up at high altitude, the child of mountaineers. Step, breathe, step, breathe,...
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Eve Bernfeld
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Sick Kid
It was weird how easily I was able to shift gears this morning from ready to teach to home with a sick kid. Am I finally becoming...
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Eve Bernfeld
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Nothing Leads to Everything
In our ongoing exploration of Alexander Technique and non-doing, last week I had my college students read and discuss Ross Gay’s essay...
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Eve Bernfeld
Jun 3, 20222 min read
Resistance
The first time I recall feeling anxious before travel I was 29 years old. My dad was driving me to the airport for the trip of a...
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Eve Bernfeld
May 15, 20222 min read
There's No Such Thing as an Ant
I watched a sugar ant walk across my kitchen counter, knowing that a string of ants wouldn’t be far behind. And I found myself engaged...
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Eve Bernfeld
Mar 16, 20222 min read
I'd Rather Be Here Now
The other day I was walking at Smith and Bybee Lakes next to my son. It was a gorgeous day—warm enough for a thick hoodie and scarf,...
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Eve Bernfeld
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Waste Not...
I was commiserating with a student yesterday about how hard it is to find time to dedicate to the Alexander Technique practice of lying...
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Eve Bernfeld
Dec 14, 20213 min read
Joyful Roundup
We’re deep into the season when we are supposed to be joyful. Whether we like it or not. And coming to the end of yet another year of...
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Eve Bernfeld
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Portrait of a Mother in Repose
Saturday is the one day I dispense with my morning routine. No scraping myself out of bed before my family to sweep, write and walk...
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Eve Bernfeld
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Hit the Deck
I guess people perceive me as the Posture Police, because they are often saying things to me like: “At the end of the day/at the end of a...
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Eve Bernfeld
Sep 12, 20212 min read
Shaking the Snow Globe
It’s 7:42 am and we’re driving to the pediatrician’s office for an annual check-up. I’m seething with anger because I wanted to leave 10...
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Eve Bernfeld
Sep 1, 20212 min read
Five Things I’m Saying NO to So That I Can Say YES to What I Want
Lately, after a year and a half of dormancy, opportunities have started coming my way—things that elicit, as my friend Melissa would say,...
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Eve Bernfeld
Jul 20, 20213 min read
What If Judgment...*
1. What if judging myself (and the ensuing shame spiral) is just another habit that is not currently serving me? Could I approach my...
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Eve Bernfeld
Jul 8, 20213 min read
While I Eat
It is entirely possible (if inadvisable) for me to eat a meal while careening down the freeway at 65 miles per hour and simultaneously...
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Eve Bernfeld
May 3, 20213 min read
Self-Permission
Expressing ourselves through words or images or movement is not about “talent” or being “good enough” to be a professional
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Eve Bernfeld
Mar 3, 20212 min read
The Middle of the Story
I’m in the middle of creating my MFA thesis right now. I say “creating” instead of “writing” because I haven’t gotten to the words to...
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Eve Bernfeld
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Things I Don't Regret
Sometimes on rainy, interminable, nearly-a-year-into-a-pandemic days I look around in a fog: What the heck should I be doing right now?...
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Eve Bernfeld
Dec 29, 20205 min read
“Here I Am, Deal With It.”
“Not only did [Alexander Technique] … calm me down, but it … brought me back to myself … and less into anxiety brain of like, ‘you're...
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Eve Bernfeld
Dec 28, 20202 min read
Good Story
There is an old fable. I’m not sure of its origins, though I’m sure one could find out with a little internet digging. It’s the plot of...
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