 May 1,, 2017
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 32 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.
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 host a workshop.
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Marks of Spring,
painted by virtual artist
Cindy Cole while listening to Linda's albums
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Upcoming Workshops:
Community As Healer
Group
Sunday, May 21
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Newton, MA
Integrated Mind-Body
Decision Making Workshop
Thursday May 18
Cambridge/Somerville Heart Beat Salon
7 pm
Listening To The Body...
Following Your Heart
(Introductory Workshop)
Saturday, June 10
1 - 3:30 pm
Newton, MA
Community As Healer
Group
Sunday, June 25
1 - 4 pm
Newton, MA
Nurturing Your Heart's Vision
July 28 - 30, 2017
Lenox, MA
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| | "Love And Time" by Linda Marks from Scullers show 9/1/16 |
Musical Performances:
Cabaret Evening
for the Newton Festival of the Arts
was a great success on
Friday, April 28!
Saturday, May 13
Linda Marks and Terry Smith
open at the Music Salon
Waltham, MA
7 pm
Saturday, May 20
Performance with Terry Smith
at the Newton Centre Artful Piano
Newton Centre, MA
6 - 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 3
Linda Marks and Terry Smith
Jazz Brunch at
L'Aroma Cafe
Spencer St West Newton
11:30 am - 1 pm
Saturday, June 24
Performance with Terry Smith
Waltham Farmers Market
Waltham, MA
11 am
Saturday, July 29 Eastover Conference Center with Terry Smith Lenox, MA Evening concert on the Terrace
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|  | Linda sings "Autumn Leaves" at Scullers
with Terry Smith on guitar
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| | Singing "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" at the Newton Festival of the Arts |
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
House Concert with
Anita Coelho
with Nando Michelin and Ebinho Cardoso
Emmanelle LeGal, featured visual artist
Saturday, May 13
6 pm Potluck
6:30 pm Visual Art Presentation
7 pm Concert
If you would like to train in EKP, contact Linda
If you would like to sponsor a
Listening to Your Body....Following Your Heart,
Healing the Traumatized Heart workshop, or a Community As Healer workshop,
contact LSMHEART@aol.com
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I
realize that some of you know me from my 32 years as a body
psychotherapist, and others of you know me as a
singer/songwriter/musician. And some of you know me through both of my
life passions.
And
over the past several years, as these newsletters have included BOTH
music and mind-body events, articles and news, some people have felt
confused.
Truly, both sides of my life and work come from the same place: the heart. And whether the form of my heart's expression is healing/psychotherapy/coaching
or music (or writing or photography or....), at the source, they are truly interconnected.
More on that in this month's featured article: "The Many Expressions of the Heart."
On Saturday, May 13, I am delighted to welcome Brazilian vocalist Anita Coelho to the Music Salon, joined by Ebinho Cardoso and Nando Michelin.
Emmanuelle LeGal will be our featured visual artist.
6pm Potluck. 6:30 pm Visual Art presentation. 7 pm Music begins. $20 suggested donation. RSVP to (617)913-0683
In 2017, I am releasing two albums: Say Yes To Love (on 9/1) and Singer/Songwriter(on 11/25), which contains ONLY original songs. If you would like to get a pre-release copy of either or both albums, contact me at lsmheart@aol.com or (617)913-0683.
If you would like an introductory experience of EKP, this June 10 workshop is perfect for you!
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Upcoming performances coming up in 2017 include:
Linda Marks and Terry Smith at
the Music Salon, Saturday, May 13 at 7 pm
Linda Marks and Terry Smith at the Newton Center Artful Piano
Saturday, May 20 at 6 pm
Linda Marks and Terry Smith return to the wonderful L'Aroma Cafe in West Newton
Saturday June 3 from 11:30 am - 1 pm.
Linda Marks and Terry Smith at the Waltham Farmers Market Saturday, June 4, 11 am.
An exciting special concert at Eastover Conference Center in Lenox, MA on Saturday, July 29, where I will also be leading a weekend workshop.
If you would like to
experience the heart-centered body psychotherapy work I do, and be part
of a community of literal "helping hands," you can attend the monthly Community As Healer Group in Newton on Sunday, May 21 from 2:30 - 5:30 pm or Sunday, June 25 from 1 - 4 pm.
Your comments and feedback are always welcome!
Heartfully Linda
""Each artist needs an inspiration;
Neither degree nor type matter.
An outside, moving motivation
That gives you strength to make things better.
A poet's pen will flow with ease
When thoughts of love
run through his mind;
However, when such feelings cease,
The ink will fade; the well will dry."
--From my journals when I was 17 years old
"A thin line stands
between dream and reality.
And only the heart knows
the characteristics
that correspond to
either side. "
--From my journals when I was 16 years old
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| The Many Expressions of the Heart | |
In
1983, I founded a group called the Boston Arts Roundtable. I was a
singer/songwriter seeking community. And I realized that to have an
artist's soul, meant that there was a core sensibility that was deeper
than any one genre of expression. While people can get pigeon-holed as
singers or pianists or watercolor artists or photographers or writers, I
found that many artists were actually multi-genred. And that
expressive arts and the healing arts are interconnected as well.
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Music Notes
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| Playing piano at
Amazing Things Arts Center |
Music is such a
source of great joy, and is a universal language to connect people
heart-to-heart. In addition to my own musical gigs, I also participate in many of the wonderful open mics and other musical events available to local singers:
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 May 10 at 7 pm.
BACA
(Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) Open Mics in Watertown (next
one is Wednesday, May 24 at 7 pm at UU Church in Watertown)
Club Café in Boston has many open mics hosted by a wonderful variety of singers and pianists in its Napoleon Room.
The Winiker Band brings
their unique joyous musical flavor to Brothers Restaurant in Brookline,
MA on Saturday and Sunday nights. Singers are welcome.
And here in Waltham at my home, I host special house concerts through the Music Salon. Brazilian singer Anita Coelho will join us on May 13.
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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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| Albums by Linda Marks | 
Linda has two new albums for 2017. Say Yes to Love will be released 9/1/17, but physical CD's are available for purchase already. Singer/Songwriter will be released 11/25/17, and will contain ONLY Linda's original songs.
To get your pre-release copy, contact lsmheart@aol.com or (617)913-0683 Coming Full Circle and Heart To Heart
are available for purchase on CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon (or through
me directly). Are you can hear my songs on Spotify and YouTube as well. |
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I welcome dialogue and comments on my articles through my blog: HealingHeartPower.blogspot.com It is user friendly, and even something you can subscribe to.
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