Eve Bernfeld
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
“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, 2020
- 2 min
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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Eve Bernfeld
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
We Teach What We Need to Learn
Last week I made myself sick. Well, me and some streptococcus bacteria. First I feared COVID. Egads. But one swab up my nose and one down...
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Eve Bernfeld
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Is NO a Four-Letter Word?
Part 3: “Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.” I spent the better part of a recent Friday trying to get ahold of Oregon...
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