I love Donna J. Haraway. She uplifts me, from one part of myself into another, from inside of me out into the world and she inspires me to let the world in, as an act of reconciliation with existence. „To be one is always to become with many.“, writes Haraway. To evolve into the nature of things, being a body among other bodies. This is what breathing teaches us more than anything else: to become one with oneself is also to become with many. Read More
I love Donna J. Haraway. She uplifts me, from one part of myself into another, from inside of me out into the world and she inspires me to let the world in, as an act of reconciliation with existence. „To be one is always to become with many.“, writes Haraway. To evolve into the nature of things, being a body among other bodies. This is what breathing teaches us more than anything else: to become one with oneself is also to become with many. Read More
I love Donna J. Haraway. She uplifts me, from one part of myself into another, from inside of me out into the world and she inspires me to let the world in, as an act of reconciliation with existence. „To be one is always to become with many.“, writes Haraway. To evolve into the nature of things, being a body among other bodies. This is what breathing teaches us more than anything else: to become one with oneself is also to become with many. Read More
In New York, there is a unique place called „The Breathing Project“. The Breathing Project is committed to body, movement and breath experience and education, led by experts in the field, Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews. But it gets even better: they offer a free „Anatomy & Breath Clinic“. This is a session where renowned yoga teacher Leslie Kaminoff teaches „a non-standardized, adaptable, breath-centered approach to yoga“. How wonderful is that? So, if you‘re in New York….free Anatomy & Breath Clinic on Wednesdays, 4:15pm – 6:00pm.
A breath token is a breathing exploration that I develop for friends & clients and send out as a gift.
Centering with „S“
Exhaling with an „S“ sound has a strong centering effect. In any stretching motion like lifting the toes, bending to one side with the torso or extending the arms, for example, one can accompany the return back to centre with an exhaled „S“ sound to enhance both the outward motion as well as the return. Alternatively I can stay in the stretch for 3 breaths, exhaling with an „S“ sound and then release back to centre. Read More
I recently discovered the catalogue accompanying the artist Michael Müller’s solo exhibition at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, called “WER SPRICHT? WHO’S SPEAKING?”. I was startled by his lucid and visceral speech and couldn‘t stop contemplating it. Here‘s an excerpt:
„We are confronted with a map of the present and it frightens us into being, a cartography too real, because within its coordinates a photographic likeness of all our mistakes has been implanted Read More
Credit: Kirill Abdrakhmanov
In January I visited the international conference „Outcast Voices – reflections on the marginalized, the exiled and the secondary in classical and modern Arabic culture“ at Haifa University. In one of the lectures, Prof. Alexander Key quoted the Persian and Arabic wisdom „Put out your foot to the extent of your carpet“ or „Stretch out your legs to the extent of your robe“, in its different versions across time. Read More
