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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,...
Eve Bernfeld
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Oct 25, 20222 min read
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Red Light
I hit every red light on the way to work the other day. And I wasn’t exactly running early. But eventually, after about the fourth red...
Eve Bernfeld
Sep 12, 20221 min read
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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,...
Eve Bernfeld
Mar 16, 20222 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Oct 19, 20212 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Sep 14, 20212 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Jul 20, 20213 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Jul 8, 20213 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Mar 3, 20212 min read
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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?...
Eve Bernfeld
Feb 2, 20212 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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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...
Eve Bernfeld
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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Is NO a Four-Letter Word?
Part 2: Without No, there can be no Yes.
Eve Bernfeld
Jul 21, 20203 min read
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Creating a Daily Alexander Technique Practice
As we strive to change the world, is it selfish to work on ourselves? Or is it the only way?
Eve Bernfeld
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Tangled
I propose we spend a few minutes every day taking some time to PAUSE. Taking some time to reorganize ourselves.
Eve Bernfeld
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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It's the HOW
My ability to manage the HOW I do things is the difference between feeling steamrolled by my life and feeling like I can (just) manage it.
Eve Bernfeld
Jan 8, 20202 min read
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Stormy Weather
Changing my position, giving myself, quite literally, a different perspective, tends to rattle something free in my brain.
Eve Bernfeld
Dec 2, 20192 min read
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Self-Portrait
What if we were to expand our idea of ourselves to include the WHOLE THING?
Eve Bernfeld
Nov 12, 20192 min read
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My Self-Care Today
To do one thing at a time is so unusual in our culture that we may feel sheepish doing it. It’s downright counter-cultural. It’s radical.
Eve Bernfeld
Oct 31, 20192 min read
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Pause Now, Thank Me Later
I kept catching myself lifting my shoulders, hunching toward my paper and holding my breath. Old habits die hard.
Eve Bernfeld
Sep 11, 20192 min read
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