 January 1, 2015
HealingHeartPower Newsletter
Reclaiming the Power of the Heart |
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About Linda
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Linda
Marks, MSM, is pioneer in body psychotherapy who has developed, taught
and practiced Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy (EKP) for 29 years.
She is also a singer/songwriter, and loves the way music can speak heart
to heart.Author of LIVING WITH VISION and HEALING THE WAR BETWEEN THE GENDERS,
she co-founded the Massachusetts Association of Body Psychotherapists
and Counseling Bodyworkers and is the founder of the Boston Area
Sexuality and Spirituality Network. She holds degrees from Yale and MIT,
and has a vital 18-year-old son.
To find out more about Linda . . .
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HealingHeartPower Calendar
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You
can: organize a workshop, sponsor a "Community As Healer"
experience or join with others who might want to learn too.
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Community As Healer
Workshop
Saturday, January 10
11 am - 2 pm
Newton, MA
The Power of Voice
Workshop at
First Event
January 24, 2015
Waltham, MA
Integration
An evening talk
at the home of
Margaret Arndt and David Sneickus
February 6, 2015
7 pm
Newton, MA
Spring Into Song
Fundraiser for the City of Newton
May 3, 2015
4 pm
Newton, MA
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
January 11
Evolving the Human Race Game
with Cuf Ferguson
5 pm
February 1
An evening of music with
Jack and Jesse Gauthier
and visual art
by Rowan Wielblad
5 pm
February 7
Vocal coaching workshop
with Sandi Hammond
2 - 5 pm
If you would like to train in EKP, contact Linda
If you would like to sponsor a
Healing the Traumatized Heart workshop, or a Community As Healer workshop,
contact LSMHEART@aol.com
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Wishing
you a fertile beginning to your new year. Each New Year we have a
chance to set our intentions and explore what we would like to create in
the upcoming days!
The Music Salon
enjoyed hosting the Boston Association for Cabaret Artists (BACA)
Holiday Party on December 7. A great song-filled community time was had
by all! And it was equally delightful leading a workshop on the Power of Voice at the home of Margaret Arndt and David Sneickus. A particularly musical gathering of folks attended.
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Upcoming Music Salon events, a special author's reception with Cuf Ferguson, where he will discuss his new book Evolving the Human Race Game on January 11, and an evening of music with delightful father-son duo Jack and Jesse Gauthier on February 1. Work by visual artist Rowan Wielblad will be on display at the February 1 event.
And February 7 delightful singer and vocal coach Sandi Hammond will be doing a special workshop. More on that soon!
January 10, I am leading a Community As Healer workshop from 11 am - 2 pm in Newton.
This month I wanted to share two beautiful pieces by colleagues of mine: The Six Ways of Compassionate Living (from Pema Chodron) summarized by my colleague Brock Davis, and a piece on Emotional Healing and Love by Jeff Brown. Your comments and feedback are always welcome!
Heartfully Linda
"Be patient with sadness
Let it come closer, let it engulf you if it must.
Until there is no division between 'self' and 'sadness.'
Until you cannot call it 'sadness' at all.
Until there is only intimacy.
Sadness keeps you soft and flexible.
It reminds you, when you have forgotten,
of all the beautiful fragility underneath all things.
In the softness of the heart lies its capacity to love.
Sadness is not the opposite of joy, but its gateway."
--Jeff Foster
"Never
ignore a person who loves you, cares for you and misses you. Because
one day you might wake up and realize you lost the moon while chasing
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The Six Ways of Compassionate Living
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These
points are from Pema Chodron, as summarized by my colleague Brock
Davis. They offer a wonderful context within which to begin the new
year.
1. Generosity: Giving as a path of learning to let go.
2. Discipline: Training in not causing harm in a way that is daring and flexible.
3. Patience:
Training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting
things evolve at their own speed. If waking up takes forever, still we
go moment by moment, giving up all hope of fruition and enjoying the
process.
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Jeff
Brown is a wonderful writer who posts many of his reflective pieces on
his Facebook page. I thought this piece on Emotional Healing and Love
was very well said.
"One
thing that is clear to me is the value of emotional healing work both
in our efforts to prepare for love and in our efforts to sustain it.
This is not to say that love cannot enter our lives when we are
emotionally unhealthy, but it is helpful if we can do some work to clear
our debris in advance."
"When we don't do it, it becomes difficult to recognize love, to attune to love, to hold love safe."
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Music Notes
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Music is such a source of great joy, and is a universal language to connect people heart-to-heart. In the spirit, I am working on recording a new CD, "Heart-to-Heart," working with the extraordinarily talented Doug Hammer at his Dreamworld Studio in Lynn, MA.
Friends
ask where they can see me sing. Some of the places I sing regularly
are listed below. I guarantee you will have a fun time at all of them!
Amazing Things Arts Center organized by Leslie Holmes
Many
BACA (Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) singers perform in a
monthly open mic. This month, it is January 14 at 7 pm.
BACA
(Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) Open Mics in Watertown (next
one is Wednesday, January 28 at 7 pm at UU Church in Watertown)
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
January 11
Evolving the Human Race Game
with Cuf Ferguson
5 pm
February 1
An evening of music with Jack and Jesse Gauthier
5 pm
February 7
Vocal coaching workshop with Sandi Hammond
2 - 5 pm with potluck to follow
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What is EKP?
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is Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy, a heart-centered, body-centered
psychotherapy method Linda Marks developed and has taught and practiced
for nearly twenty years. Working with the heart, touch with permission,
the wisdom of the body and the intuitive guidance of the spirit, EKP
creates a special sense of intimacy that deeply touches and transforms
most all who participate.
Participants can be "client," witness
or helper as an individual group member has a "turn" to do deeper
heart-centered, body-centered psychospiritual work in the center. Since
the electromagnetic field of the heart extends out 10 - 12 feet from our
bodies, as we go deeper and open our hearts, we are all touched.
EKP
helps restore our capacity as organs of perception. The skin is our
largest organ, and a source of soul deep knowing, perception and
expression. When our hearts and hands can work as one, we move beyond
defenses safely and respectfully and find freedom, connection and
expression. 
Emotional
safety is the foundation of EKP. When we are emotionally safe, we are
more aware of feelings, sensations and deeper thoughts in our bodies and
hearts. You will have a chance to listen to and care for your heart as
you help create and hold a safe healing space for everyone's heart.
Experience what we mean when we say that in EKP, "when anyone has a turn, everyone has a turn."
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