https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/july-2017-6fs4p-fat7e monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/867bf72a-7c46-4f7b-8956-5e4c422d4475/e32520dd-37a3-29f6-a4fe-00d1660d9509.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Awakening • Mar. 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Spring Awakening • Mar. 2026 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/b145d322-9db3-48ae-99fd-f0d87e77a9bb/0c83c534-43f7-f0dc-69c3-77d8f50eb0a0.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Awakening • Mar. 2026 - People in Los Angeles and other desert or tropical locales assume they can take a walk outside almost every day of the year. Fresh fruit and vegetables are available year-round in the local farmer’s markets. Clothing is light and dining al fresco is the norm. Those of us in the Northeast, however, must take into account the weather for several months out of the year. We don’t leave the house without boots, gloves, hats. We push ahead through the wind and rain. Shakespeare’s poem, “Winter,” from Love’s Labours Lost captures the winter’s power to challenge us: When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw I have been thinking about how the weather impacts us emotionally and physically and how we can make choices in responding to it. There is no perfect climate; Florida endures hurricanes, California, wildfires, New England, snow, and so forth. The one thing that I do appreciate about the Northeast is the variety of seasons and even the changes in weather from day to day! Each season has its beauty and the transitions from one season to another are truly special. In New England we have a saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute." It can change frequently! What about our moods? Can we say the same about those? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/e4905770-500a-499d-b368-a6d58a543279/ff1e384b-9b71-faf0-f678-2c1414b2fb39.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Awakening • Mar. 2026 - Along my front walk while the earth was still buried under two feet of snow, the snowbells were working their way through the soil beneath. When we had a few warm days, the snow melted and there they were! That is resilience and promise! During the coldest weather, the roots, grubs and worms are churning beneath the ground, awaiting the relief that warmer spring air brings to the environment. When we find ourselves “snowed in” within our own internal weather, we can hunker down and trust that under the surface growth and promise are present. Our breath flows, our heart beats, and sooner or later there will be a thaw and we will return to possibilities in our lives. When we are confronted by bad weather - whether literal or figurative – self-care is key to our capacity to function. Taking time out is valuable. Staying warm and sheltered is a part of self-care. And listening to our inner workings, we can trust that we will pull through to a brighter day. Happy Spring! https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/november-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/af81841b-060c-449b-9bb6-85443d86dde5/de34fe24-5e7b-f5a2-964f-2cc0de606619.jpg Browse Newsletters - Talking to Myself • Nov. 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Talking to Myself • Nov. 2025 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/b45334e2-e9e0-42cf-9ab4-6c72040a7b1d/5f34a98c-6e80-0b71-ae16-98fc5965f8a9.jpg Browse Newsletters - Talking to Myself • Nov. 2025 - Do you talk to yourself? I know I do. Have you ever considered how you talk to yourself? What is the tone of the messages you send to yourself? Do you berate yourself just for dropping your keys on the way out the door? Do you rush to get things done and mutter self-criticism under your breath? When we take time to sense ourselves and to notice how we are engaging with ourselves, we might realize that we have choices to make in the tone of our self-talk. Too much social media? Impatient sitting in traffic? Discouraged with how we performed on a task? These are unavoidable occurrences. What options do we have to regulate our reactions and judgments of ourselves in the face of daily challenges? I would like to share some ideas from the annual Alexander Technique International conference that I recently attended. It was a delight to be among 50 or so Alexander Technique teachers from around the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. I am mulling over two workshops in particular that touched on a similar idea: How we talk to ourselves can have an impact on our nervous systems for better or for worse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/85011a74-e51f-42bb-b737-0bc61811a968/15591575-29ce-4046-8c64-b20729a0909f.jpg Browse Newsletters - Talking to Myself • Nov. 2025 - In Imogen Ragone’s workshop on Trauma and the Regulation of the Nervous System we explored self-talk and how it can impact our nervous system. Negative self-talk, such as, “I have to do it well, I have to do it fast,” can increase heart rate and cause muscle tension. Try it! Say this phrase to yourself a few times as you walk about. Simply imagining a negative experience can affect our autonomic nervous system! Our brain’s survival mechanisms are pre-verbal. They are instinctive. This part of our brain is responsible for our survival; our fight or flight reactions that arise whether a threat is real or imagined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/53d842e2-65ad-48ad-b8ff-486514343fdd/b6f4b602-ecaf-a6fd-9ceb-41794c418b9d.jpg Browse Newsletters - Talking to Myself • Nov. 2025 - The greatest caring gift to ourselves is time. To allow moments of introspection and to invite outside awareness and to acknowledge support are habits that we can develop. Take a moment now to notice something in your current environment that brings you pleasure. It could be a color, a tree, or just the sense of support that you receive from the ground under your feet. That small act of noticing, repeated often, can support healing from stress and enhance caring for yourself. Make it a habit! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/ef3b7e59-3682-4077-ad65-54fa61ee7dbb/fde85c67-755f-4b38-9302-71c348607ab9.jpg Browse Newsletters - Talking to Myself • Nov. 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/july-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/b87d1f57-9b02-4e0b-98b6-7253a513cfd7/5942e091-8b96-d60d-84f7-ce0d23d1c20f.jpg Browse Newsletters - Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/ec7ebd58-495e-4cb5-bdbc-91c70023e110/39675e35-0436-2361-afd0-b75dbfd9cf90.jpg Browse Newsletters - Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025 - Summer can bring opportunities for relaxation, time with friends and recharging. This summer feels different to many of us. How can we enjoy ourselves in such a perilous time? We should enjoy ourselves because it is such a perilous time. We will be better equipped to respond to stress in the world around us from a place of calm and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/5ef08cf5-64c6-4335-ab9b-980ea2615550/84ec3a3d-f297-4f49-b13b-ef3184b4fb66.jpg Browse Newsletters - Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025 - We have tools. Now is the time to use them. Find your breath. Just as stress can cause your breathing to become shallow; slower, controlled breathing can transform your nervous system from panic towards peace. Find the earth. Walk in nature if you are able. See, hear, taste, smell and feel the world around you in the moment. Take time to notice goodness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/9c22d6f8-ba76-4a81-8626-cdfef0b877b2/d23656d9-d015-b81a-b695-edecefe00279.jpg Browse Newsletters - Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025 - F.M. Alexander (1869-1955) developed Alexander Technique that improves our "Use of the Self." The Technique explores the capacity of the individual to be guided by intelligence and awareness to inhibit harmful impulsive reactions. Alexander wrote that the human capacity to manage harmful impulses can have an effect on wider world relations. Sometimes it feels like the world is having a problem with its own "Use." This is an invitation to take care of ourselves and our communities, transmitting qualities of mindfulness that can resonate widely. Photo by Naomi Goldstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/126db859-f69c-42f8-b9f5-aff7844040ef/298396d0-e675-da8f-7ae5-6f2bab03b8c5.jpg Browse Newsletters - Choosing Goodness • Jul. 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/december-2024 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2024 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/2d942806-8717-4cf6-b215-615a23632735/854896d5-e524-131f-25eb-050b606c76aa.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2024 - As the events of the year seem to fling us out of our orbit, I turn to the dependable sights, sounds and smells of nature. Autumn's colors appeared on cue and seemed to say, "The world struggles. I am still here." I try to get through each day moment by moment, appreciating what and where I can. Friends. Family. Music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/f7230f11-44d3-4c83-94d0-703dc0f04559/IMG_3162.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2024 - Consider taking an Alexander Technique lesson, or a series of lessons, to reacquaint yourself with the inherent support and spaciousness within yourself. Find your center, free yourself of tension. Slow down and breathe. It's a great time to give yourself, your friends and family, the gift of ease. I have limited space in my voice studio. Please reach out if interested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/ae9c5ed1-8c55-4e7b-8d9e-1af3ca6f6e6e/fc9edef7-401c-e215-b2af-b013583e88ad.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2024 - I wish you many moments of grace and beauty in the year ahead! https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/august-2024 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/e76e77b2-6c63-4912-ba1c-b4d4c1d7bc70/c563e0f3-8ccd-b869-5ed2-064febdd6e6d.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2024 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/cc78fbb4-b7e1-4d15-bfba-335141474279/8b628be3-8658-0918-c3ae-789f7ecd3083.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2024 - The last time I wrote, it was to wish you a happy 2024. Here we are 8 months later cruising into the second half of August! Let’s pause. Just because. It’s always a good idea to pause, notice, collect oneself and continue on. If we don’t do that from time to time we can find that 8 months have passed and we have been too busy to notice the small shifts in our surroundings. Well, I have, anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/999ad894-04ba-4edd-825d-bee8faaf7d35/20fe4b92-5059-3b70-23f3-6bca81d037dc.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2024 - It is my joy to have a place to spend time in Western Massachusetts. I savor the concerts at Tanglewood, seeing friends and being in the quiet surroundings of the woods. On my walks I pick wildflowers; just a few and never the last of a cluster! I love how, week to week, the flowers change. I missed July which had mostly daisies. And now we are at early August. I can imagine that before there were calendars, people could gauge time by the blossoms that come up and changes from week to week throughout the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/3e04e90c-d434-470d-b945-9a5753a9a60f/af77bb82-1cff-a7e4-c140-01b43a99795d.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2024 - A moment to praise my daughter and husband who are the gardeners in my house. Summer harvest runs well into the early fall, so that's something to look forward to! The summer is going to come crashing to an end as the school year gets up and running. But I hope to live in each moment between now and then and look for the slower, smaller changes of flowers, daylight, temperature and time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/17f39a21-0d66-4b99-83cb-98c522c1dbf9/a05d8102-060c-f7be-4efe-3e2a805f6d74.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/december-2023 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/3630ba24-fa7f-4134-893a-d67d1d7846cb/04137612-fc50-b966-4c8c-a49d38ae07fa.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2023 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/0212ea55-b745-4352-9c0e-5e9f1fca6b50/748c9757-9797-a43f-22c6-0ce6d1551b97.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/76f04d9d-a5aa-4160-ae3b-ad8d9f0f290a/1f561084-b9e2-db4b-3171-99eb7a36196d.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/june-2023 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/b97cae3b-8f36-4c01-a88c-b2821c46bd93/c1669880-cab4-24b2-e50f-7395dc115de6.png Browse Newsletters - Music for All • Jun. 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Music for All • Jun. 2023 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/f1f83c4f-a083-49ee-beee-2cb3d85222bd/a1019abc-668b-5958-d2a0-6236b9ca9c29.jpg Browse Newsletters - Music for All • Jun. 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/d081a636-77d5-4844-baf5-c0acf97c6bf5/ab713431-334d-6a2d-cbe0-f88b6e985b66.jpg Browse Newsletters - Music for All • Jun. 2023 - Yes, I am a voice teacher who works with students studying classical voice; opera and art song. But I am at heart a Joni fan. There was a time when I was compelled to make a career choice; folk/blues or classical. I chose classical. A John Prine song will pierce me as much as a Verdi aria. I am an omnivore when it comes to music. I can’t wait to hear Alison Krause and Robert Plant next week at Tanglewood. But first, Emanual Ax and the Emerson String Quartet. I’ll get to bed earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/3c2cb970-854e-4723-90ff-45dc87e81bee/a940dd52-7518-4bc6-fa06-2c0a9dd8ac75.jpg Browse Newsletters - Music for All • Jun. 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/december-2022 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2022 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/a832e58e-c659-4cfb-9b57-d6e0ecbdba3b/f66fa67c-d692-e0f5-1c86-2785b81eb65b.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2022 - As the year approaches its end, we are all gearing up for the holidays, the end of the semester, the cold weather and whatever else December brings to you, especially celebration! Gift giving is paramount this time of year. Yet, we sometimes forget the small gifts we can give to those around us; a listening ear, a kind gesture, a word of thanks. There is an expression going around that, while a bit cliché, contains a lot of truth: Be kind. You never know what someone is going through. We are all traveling the same road, uphill at times, and downhill at others. Let's accompany one another and revel in companionship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/7f29ca8d-2cec-46f2-abd3-1b24746ed583/d5cc9265-3aae-6e8f-d5b5-28cd090e15ab.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2022 - Consider taking an Alexander Technique lesson, or a series of lessons, to reacquaint yourself with the inherent support and spaciousness within yourself. We have been reluctant to make physical contact with one another over the course of the pandemic. Now that it is safer, it's a great time to give yourself, your friends and family the gift of ease. We all have too much stuff, don't we? Experts tell us that having a meaningful experience is more rewarding than receiving tangible goods. (Yes, I've been shopping, too.) But self-care, freedom to move with balance and lightness, to breathe free, are invaluable gifts. See below to book a lesson or contact me for a gift certificate. 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We breathed! We had the good fortune to travel between pandemic surges. I enjoyed sharing the beauty of the Mexican sunsets with a wonderful group of yogis who had many interesting stories to tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/6225f3af-519d-496f-87db-eee96c8a507e/13630e04-956d-7e96-8fe5-fd27b2841cff.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2021 - I'm certainly not getting any younger. With the encouragement and guidance of Liz Owen, (lizowenyoga.com), our wonderful yoga teacher, and the inspiration of the other participants, I was able to see the world from a new vantage point! What fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/ee4be720-8995-45f4-8855-40e96e27a99e/9d7ae7e3-7f9a-d693-faf3-c0bb8bd64009.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2021 - I'm so proud of the creative and committed work of my Boston Conservatory at Berklee students. We were in person almost the entire semester. Everyone stayed healthy and it was splendid to work with three-dimensional humans and their unique voices! Thank you, vaccines and testing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/5d9a2696-82fe-40a4-8409-4d4eea2ab72d/67a68848-7483-c536-d334-f111e6be55a6.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2021 - I happened upon this print, Niño Girasol, by Alberto Cruz, shortly after my return from Mexico. I purchased it from the artist as a memento of my recent experience. The beautiful child is so grounded on the earth as the sunflower and the boy honor each other in a mutual bow. May we honor each other in good health and mutual support. I wish you many small moments of grace and beauty in the year ahead! https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/september-2021 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/82798283-268f-49f3-8d46-28f77421a1c0/110f476f-ea70-dd7e-7ecf-8a419e814753.png Browse Newsletters - Fall Update • Sept. 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Fall Update • Sept. 2021 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/9d3b45d6-1cd4-4143-b2db-ce60dddf13b7/fff70db6-61aa-324b-2e74-57bfe0d225a9.jpg Browse Newsletters - Fall Update • Sept. 2021 - I find myself in the same routine; updating syllabi, class lists, schedules. But it's different this year. It's a return to teaching in person, but nothing is the same. We will be covid tested, vaccinated and masked. We hope this will be successful! My first in-person teaching since the start of the pandemic was Alexander Technique classes for 52 high school students at Boston Conservatory's Vocal Choral Institute (VCI), all tested and vaccinated. Here was an array of young people who had been in school and out of school, zooming and isolating for over a year. The sense of joy was palpable as these kids were together in person for two weeks. Watching them shift from socially anxious to being good friends was delightful! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/affedff5-fc5d-4e1a-bab8-4d5da310dc81/c0b29b25-f0b6-e4c2-e114-532e440f696e.jpg Browse Newsletters - Fall Update • Sept. 2021 - August in the Berkshires brings a last gasp of summer wildflowers. The hummingbirds are doubling up on their visits to the feeder as they prepare to leave for the Gulf of Mexico, an astounding thought. Nothing is the same in our lives, and yet nature is oblivious to our Covid-19 travails. The Goldenrod and Queen Anne's Lace just appear, right on cue. It is very reassuring. My studio is open. If you are vaccinated, I welcome you into my well-ventilated space. I am allowing time between students, and I am remaining masked at all times. From my experience over the past 18 months, I am confident that Zoom lessons are also very effective and enjoyable. This is always an option. Hope to see you one way or the other. Wishing you all the best for the autumn months ahead! https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/june-2021 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/5bfdfc5d-9629-4e50-9437-d445ce4666d2/3367ed16-2ee1-8d70-2d45-788d4c4e2704.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2021 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/016d62af-e596-4f42-a83a-80b859aa6c50/92ed7135-cf6e-239c-9e90-36196cb0719c.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2021 - F. M. Alexander said, “Change involves carrying out an activity against the habit of life.” That makes sense if the habit is causing pain, or limiting you. But what if your habit is needed and actually, a precious thing? If your habit keeps you alive, connects you to those you love, brings you joy, then keep it. Celebrate it! The important thing is to recognize when a habit is not serving you, and those habits are many; how we sit at our computers, how we react to stressful situations and so forth. For now, I’d like to talk about how much there is to appreciate about the good habits. A few weeks ago, walking down the outside spiral staircase at home, I discovered that a bird’s nest was balanced on an old bicycle hanging against the house. On closer inspection, I noticed four beautiful robin’s eggs! The mother and father robin had been quietly living there, making a family, right under our noses. Soon after, two eggs hatched, and two days later, the other two. The newborn birds were nothing but open mouths, straining upward for the food that both the parent robins were regularly supplying. At night, the mother robin sat quietly on the nest, getting some sleep and keeping the newborns warm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/694bf181-3e57-48d4-aeab-d6da93b4b281/ee4c746d-4fc2-4313-2bc0-a7874ce94feb.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/903258b6-04b4-472c-b34b-1bf788219dc9/ba713b5f-6cba-0345-ea70-6cdc20100c37.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2021 - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/december-2020 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/8a9c65eb-d4ee-4ebb-a19b-aab99487836c/26e400dd-e6ce-4a0f-a5f7-b3b0f6b8341b.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2020 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/450bbb98-150c-4fc5-beab-1aa4e77a4a75/617dfe0c-d1ab-493c-9077-03d8a0364cce.jpg Browse Newsletters - Holiday Greetings • Dec. 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/august-2020 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/8c0aa2ef-12af-406d-a880-09837fab9562/87679b6e-7a51-4039-8b46-b0b131160653.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2020 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/099e4fa8-a9ea-4aa5-a954-40352b921d1d/1adf792d-f273-46c2-9b7a-4d0004951e4c.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2020 - When an Alexander Technique teacher puts hands on a person it is an invitation to come into the present moment. It allows one to pause, or inhibit, their habitual ways of being, and to consider their choices. Lately, many of us have been exploring Alexander Technique without hands-on contact due to the pandemic. I have discovered a new Alexander teacher! On my deck there is a hummingbird feeder. Every time the remarkable little bird comes to the feeder, I pause and watch it. In that moment I stop what I am doing, notice my breath and the possibilities of the moment, brought to me by the hummingbird. It has become something of a ritual that I find very useful. We can all look for cues in our lives that bring our attention to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/8a9b3a3e-5d85-4685-9508-f6e283bf722a/ed96768e-6178-48cc-b0b9-62292bd42dbc.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/5ef08cf5-64c6-4335-ab9b-980ea2615550/84ec3a3d-f297-4f49-b13b-ef3184b4fb66.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2020 - Who has not enjoyed being barefoot, shuffling about in slippers all day, and still being able to do their job? Our feet each have 28 bones and over 7,000 nerve endings. We get so much kinesthetic information from them! It will be a tall order to instruct my feet to conform to the unyielding limits of shoe-wearing once we can return to in-person work and socializing. To those whose feet are currently in the workplace, Thank You! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c21bebe1-11e6-4372-bcbf-09bb7d9adcca/9efe1561-59dd-4027-8810-9ec3c941b3b9.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Aug. 2020 - Let's stay in touch and let me know if you want to explore online Alexander lessons or if you would like to organize a virtual group workshop, large or small. I wish you safe and pleasant summer days. Sara https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/may-2020 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692986439089-PXPTJK5NLO1A7DQ36R1W/photo-8.jpg Browse Newsletters - The Breadth of Breath • May 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - The Breadth of Breath • May 2020 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c04f9fc8-39b8-424a-8dcb-25a11dcd418a/1c39ccf4-5537-4b75-b5ed-97e22c47d3eb.jpg Browse Newsletters - The Breadth of Breath • May 2020 - It is ironic that the last time I wrote, it was about the importance of touch. You can read that newsletter here. Now, we are discouraged from touching, yet who has not been touched by the outpourings of strength and resolve in our communities? Zoom meetings are an amazing way to connect with people in palpable ways. We are picking up the phone to call people. We are touching others in any way we can; smiling with our eyes, gesturing, and bowing to greet others are among the newly acquired behaviors of the times. We are gaining first-hand understanding of how our habits can change, and how flexible we can be in our capacity to adapt and change moment to moment (washes hands). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/85011a74-e51f-42bb-b737-0bc61811a968/15591575-29ce-4046-8c64-b20729a0909f.jpg Browse Newsletters - The Breadth of Breath • May 2020 - We are grateful for our health and our capacity to breathe easily. If we, or someone we know, have been sick, we are even more conscious of the comfort of breathing freely. We are always breathing. We are always being breathed. How can breathing be a tool for managing anxiety? How can breathing be a teacher for better living in our bodies? On my daily walks around my neighborhood, social distancing as I go, I catch myself holding my breath if I pass a person who is too close, or not wearing a mask. How many other times do we notice ourselves holding our breath? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/67fe4a12-c109-4be6-985d-c9cb37d58549/6928d169-4b01-4c1f-84b3-e3dbdb5e86b7.jpg Browse Newsletters - The Breadth of Breath • May 2020 - Alexander taught an exercise called, “the whispered AH.” Try it! Sit comfortably, feet on the floor, in a quiet place. Exhale gently to begin the cycle. With your lips gently closed, draw the breath in through your nose while thinking a pleasant or amusing thought (this will enliven the zygomatic muscles, bringing lift to your system). Allow your jaw to drop passively and let the breath out on a whispered "AH" sound. Close your lips and repeat steps 3 - 5. Notice what this experience brings to your mood and any physical sensations that come with it. Perhaps you feel a bit lighter, more expansive, grounded. This is a nice way to take a break from screen time and quiet your mind. Think of it as an organized sigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/294c0c7c-7657-42fe-9151-8df409f62f79/6f3ae3d1-7222-46f9-a53e-0178299f8d09.png Browse Newsletters - The Breadth of Breath • May 2020 - I have been so moved by the experience of teaching online over the past two months! The directness of the face-to-face communication can be very powerful. Watching students discover things without hands-on guidance is wonderful. They are processing things using their own thinking and awareness and big changes can happen. I have also had a great time teaching workshops in this format. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/january-2020 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692986439089-PXPTJK5NLO1A7DQ36R1W/photo-8.jpg Browse Newsletters - Greetings in the New Year • Jan. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Greetings in the New Year • Jan. 2020 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/deef9f88-f9b6-4870-a16f-8ebb8dfbb55b/%2C.jpeg Browse Newsletters - Greetings in the New Year • Jan. 2020 - In December I finished a semester of teaching my class at the conservatory. The Alexander Technique is often taught with hands-on. It is an honor to work in this way with students in class, in my voice studio, and in my Alexander studio. It's a quiet thing. A moment of listening to the student, the student to themself, and my hands supporting the student in that moment of sensing and learning. The issue of touch has taken on new meaning in a time where we are asked to include wording about the conservatory's harassment policy in our syllabi. What does that mean for an Alexander Technique teacher? First, It means there has to be a conversation about consent. The environment of my class is a good place to have this conversation. Students are learning to tune in to sensations and reactions and to put these into words. And this conversation needs to happen, and to be revisited periodically during the semester. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/5f37c2f5-7089-455a-8511-65b1df812293/6508de32-6bed-4562-812e-b0aa41754231.jpg Browse Newsletters - Greetings in the New Year • Jan. 2020 - Alexander Technique teacher training is a three-year process. And in my teaching association, Alexander Technique International (ATI), at the end of the third year, trainees are observed teaching and asked to respond to questions by three qualified sponsoring teachers before they can be certified. The responsibility of the teacher to their students is not taken lightly. When I first became interested in teaching AT, I wanted to learn how to use my hands in that uniquely expansive way that was difficult to put into words. When I began training I understood that it is not the hands. It is how the teacher is using themself that makes the teaching meaningful and effective. The first rule in AT hands-on teaching is for the teacher be in a non-reactive, self-aware state before and during a lesson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/0ca310ac-18a9-436a-ae23-97f49b72b6f7/fa3d3199-ce07-42d5-95d3-0fbe4a7154f7.jpg Browse Newsletters - Greetings in the New Year • Jan. 2020 - In the new year, give some thought to when and why and how you touch or are touched by others. What is being expressed? Can you touch with authenticity? Can you touch when you might not normally do so? I've read recently about how deprived of touch the elderly are in our culture. Can you bring the beauty of touch to someone who might need it? Can you also sense when it might not be appropriate to touch another person even though you might not have realized it before? Best wishes for you to touch and be touched by your experiences in the year ahead! https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/august-2019 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692996203065-M5KQ6DBIUAFK2J145R4T/4c681d88-b26e-4304-8e01-86dff3299b78.jpg Browse Newsletters - August Musings • Aug. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - August Musings • Aug. 2019 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/ba0db88d-f238-48b5-b451-da57090fee03/ea3af83e-aab6-4e27-ac72-39d6a544ea76.jpeg Browse Newsletters - August Musings • Aug. 2019 - I had this experience a few weeks ago in Boston.I'm sitting in the grimy waiting room of the Midas shop. It's pouring rain outside. There's a TV news show on and a woman's cell phone is periodically spewing shrill noises. What an opportunity! Opportunity? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/26dc0613-252f-4827-849e-4f0a748978fd/45bb8a29-ae63-4489-af60-85941d37a0ff.jpeg Browse Newsletters - August Musings • Aug. 2019 - While riding the train into town for an appointment I noticed my phone battery was running low. Since I expected to wait to be seen (it's a take-a-number kind of office) I was worried I would not be able to use my phone much longer. Why didn't I bring a charger? Why didn't I bring a book? I ended up being one of the few people on the train who was not looking at a phone. I felt somehow exposed without a screen to interact with. It felt awkward just to be looking around, taking in the people and scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/78b68130-d600-4a6d-ac0b-e3bdf5efa96e/3f556614-3091-4a6f-8b34-32880c61f3ce.jpg Browse Newsletters - August Musings • Aug. 2019 - Wherever we find ourselves, the Alexander Technique teaches us to be present. We can use this awareness to make choices about how we wish to respond to any given situation. Sometimes moments of stress invite the greatest possibilities. How we use ourselves can determine the quality of our lives from day to day. What do you notice? https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/december-2018 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692986439089-PXPTJK5NLO1A7DQ36R1W/photo-8.jpg Browse Newsletters - Winter Update • Dec. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Winter Update • Dec. 2018 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/0ca310ac-18a9-436a-ae23-97f49b72b6f7/fa3d3199-ce07-42d5-95d3-0fbe4a7154f7.jpg Browse Newsletters - Winter Update • Dec. 2018 - I asked the students in my Alexander Technique for Singers class to write about a time when they felt “absence of fear” as discussed in Ron Murdock’s lovely book, Born to Sing. Many of the students wrote about people in their lives with whom they feel a sense of ease and safety. It is often through our relationships with others that we feel safe and supported. We know from neuroscientists that one way our fight-or-flight reaction can be mitigated is through social engagement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/788a9e0d-2eec-45a0-9fd5-911acce70feb/60e9b8fb-f68a-4615-981c-407c509fe444.jpg Browse Newsletters - Winter Update • Dec. 2018 - Have you noticed what you do automatically when you walk outside on a cold day? Do you find yourself bracing against the cold by raising your shoulders, tensing your face, hurrying to get where you’re going? What would it be like if we experienced the cold weather with a sense of curiosity? What does the cold air smell like when you inhale? What does the texture of the ground feel like when it is frozen? How does the light appear coming through bare branches? What does the world sound like under falling snow? It goes without saying that if you dress warmly enough you can tolerate being outside for a period of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/8a9c65eb-d4ee-4ebb-a19b-aab99487836c/26e400dd-e6ce-4a0f-a5f7-b3b0f6b8341b.jpg Browse Newsletters - Winter Update • Dec. 2018 - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/june-2018 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692986439089-PXPTJK5NLO1A7DQ36R1W/photo-8.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2018 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1389073d-41a0-4b70-92ee-340464187aea/fde85c67-755f-4b38-9302-71c348607ab9.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2018 - Many discoveries come with my morning walks. The route I take most often is easy and beautiful for the first 20 minutes or so. Then comes the first big hill. When do I start thinking about that hill? Quite far in advance! Instead of enjoying each moment of this beautiful walk, I disconnect from where I am in the moment and instead, focus on the upcoming hill. When I reach the hill, I am looking to the top of it, anticipating reaching that spot. The fact is, I can climb this hill with a little more effort than the flatter parts of the walk, and even while climbing it, if I refrain from habitual judgments, it's pleasurable! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/ab80749e-716d-421b-a8e7-1947530a70c6/c4232e43-69e4-4b2a-8017-918373f2f132.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2018 - When the mosquitos are biting I get irritated, and start slapping and scratching and flailing to keep them at bay. When the bites itch, everyplace else seems to itch, too! But if I pause and focus on one bite only, it is indeed itching, but remarkably, the rest of my nervous system is able to quiet down and that small annoyance is back in perspective with the rest of my mostly comfortable self. When we pause to notice our reactions, we can choose how to respond to small annoyances as well as large challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c885a44d-af1c-414c-9228-f5568f70fb8d/61ad526a-8436-48ec-a11b-728b6745f5c4.jpg Browse Newsletters - Summer Update • Jun. 2018 - We can relate these experiences to what happens to singers in performance. The hill ahead can be a difficult passage on the next page, or a high note at the end of an aria. Instead of fully experiencing ourselves in the moment of performance (sensing tone, poetry, acoustics, breath, and being), we are somewhere out ahead worrying about that hill we haven't yet reached. As it approaches we are already dreading it, and have lost touch with the pleasurable and meaningful sensations of singing. Of course we won't forget that there is a hill (high note). We have climbed it (practiced) many times. We may have a technical solution for landing that challenging note. But if we stay present throughout the performance, we will not suffer from the stress caused by endgaining--focusing on a future goal, while disregarding the pleasure of getting there https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/may-2017 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692986439089-PXPTJK5NLO1A7DQ36R1W/photo-8.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Update • May 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - Spring Update • May 2018 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/0e06661f-6bf6-4095-a2d4-676b85dc7f4c/ef5212a1-9b80-4a42-9edd-b4b9fa3e2d83.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Update • May 2018 - How do we take care of ourselves? This is a key question that comes up in my work with Alexander Technique and Voice students. A student may come to a lesson to work on a new aria, and walk out feeling more prepared to manage stress, commitments and daily living. This can be a result of learning to let go of a habit that is causing discomfort, freeing the breath or even taking the opportunity to renegotiate a trauma that has been hindering progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/5a754860-39eb-43ff-8717-aee221635502/f129ef37-2c42-4307-94dc-6bea4d3cc847.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Update • May 2018 - How can my work in the area of healing Trauma help my students? Everybody has experienced trauma. Anything from a sudden fall, to a difficult breakup can impede our progress in life. Trauma is caused when the fight or flight response in our nervous system becomes overwhelmed and stays frozen in the body. At times, the gentle hands-on work that I do, or even singing, can unlock strong feelings. When this arises, I have the tools to support my student’s healing process, and I have the training to help them resolve issues that may arise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c885a44d-af1c-414c-9228-f5568f70fb8d/61ad526a-8436-48ec-a11b-728b6745f5c4.jpg Browse Newsletters - Spring Update • May 2018 - This summer I look forward to teaching workshops at Boston Conservatory and in the Berkshires. I am teaching at my Brookline studio two days a week through the summer. Photo with my student, Amy Onyonyi. Photo by Dave Green. Copyright 2018 Boston Conservatory at Berklee https://www.saragoldsteingall.com/browse-newsletters/december-2017 monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/1692986439089-PXPTJK5NLO1A7DQ36R1W/photo-8.jpg Browse Newsletters - December Update • Dec. 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/c8c44602-1cb2-4d91-a705-5b02e597634e/line.png Browse Newsletters - December Update • Dec. 2017 - Make it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/450bbb98-150c-4fc5-beab-1aa4e77a4a75/617dfe0c-d1ab-493c-9077-03d8a0364cce.jpg Browse Newsletters - December Update • Dec. 2017 - Have you ever noticed how a child moves? Everything is of interest, and she is always in tune to her environment; dipping down to pick something up one moment and singing a tune into the air, the next. The whole body is at her service as she moves joyfully about. Over time we lose some of that freedom. Our lives become more complicated, and our bodies are shaped by the ways in which we use them. Computers, crowded subways, traffic, deadlines, trauma and conflict can all contribute to tightening and habitual strains in our bodies. Alexander Technique is an ideal response. The capacity to let go of these patterns lies within you. Alexander lessons help you unlock and reconnect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/b4b32e10-770c-4fd2-a6d4-2baf33b1dd3d/827a5649-81e1-473d-8a80-e450de218f16.jpg Browse Newsletters - December Update • Dec. 2017 - Who was Alexander? Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) was an Australian actor who, early in his career, developed problems with his voice and his breathing. Unable to solve his problem through medical inquiries, he decided to figure it out on his own. After several years of intense self-observation and experimentation, he discovered that his difficulties had to do specifically with a habitual compression of the head, neck and spine which limited his breathing, voice production, and overall mobility. Most significantly, he developed a way of engaging the mind in order to make choices outside of established patterns that interfered with the freedom he sought. His ideas caught on and he began to teach. He taught in London, New York and Boston and wrote several fascinating books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/deef9f88-f9b6-4870-a16f-8ebb8dfbb55b/%2C.jpeg Browse Newsletters - December Update • Dec. 2017 - This is the best part! In my studio, we sit and chat for a few minutes about how things are going, and any areas that you wish to address. We might begin with a quiet sensing exercise to settle into the moment. 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For some, the glare of the headlights of oncoming cars can be annoying and sometimes stressful. My first reaction is to stare at the oncoming headlights in frustration. This just intensifies the effect. I have noticed that if I soften my gaze and expand my visual field, that the headlights become less disruptive to my vision. I can include them in a broader sense of my surroundings and I don’t tense up as much. I might notice myself take a breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64a57fca6df74476a20d3a2a/0cae7876-383b-47ab-b05f-74c23bbed41d/d46b79b0-da97-41a8-b3d0-7a471f882287.jpg Browse Newsletters - Fall Update • Oct. 2017 - On the first of September, a gorgeous late summer day, as I was making some preparations to go back to work, I noticed a crick in my neck. Right on cue, my neck told me that it was September; time to tense up! Does it have to be so? What choices do we have when we are faced with an occasional ache or pain? Certainly, if we react in anger and frustration, wishing it weren’t there, we just contribute to the aggravation. Try including the pain in your experience, and acknowledge its existence with curiosity. Of course, if you think it’s something serious, consult a doctor! But everyday aches and pains come and go. And by noticing them in a less reactive way we may discover that our body is sending a message. Having the patience to take time, and observe these things lessens their power over us. LIke the headlights of the oncoming cars, the aches and pains are just a part of a wider landscape. It’s a week later now, and my neck feels fine. 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