AIDS | Sheila Collins

Dancing On Behalf of Our Grieving Selves

by Sheila Collins | Nov 9, 2023 | Art & Life, Community, Dances, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, History, Improvisation, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized

I spent the weekend in Oakland CA at InterPlayce, the home of the art-based improvisational system InterPlay, (an active creative approach to unlocking the wisdom of the body.) I’ve been a proponent, participant, practitioner, performer, teacher and altogether...

Why Pride Parades are Good for Our Communities’ Mental Health

by Sheila Collins | May 31, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, History, Our Children, Personal Stories

On a return flight to Pittsburgh earlier this week I listened again to the audio version of my now 10-year-old memoir, Warrior Mother, Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss, and Rituals that Heal. This refreshed my memory of what a struggle my youngest son Ken had with...

From Embodiment to Ensoulment

by Sheila Collins | Dec 15, 2022 | Art & Life, book promotion, Dances, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Stillpoint, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine

I have journeyed with and ecstatically followed Cynthia Winton-Henry for over 30 years. It was an image of Cynthia on a poster designed by her graphic artist colleague Phil Porter that literally stopped me in my tracks. It was the spring of 1991, and I was in...

Gifts That Keep On Giving

by Sheila Collins | Jun 24, 2021 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Family, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care for Caregivers, Spirtuality, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Last week, on the first day of summer known as the summer solstice, thoughts and memories of my youngest son, Kenneth were close at hand. Friends and family members know this day as the anniversary of Kenneth’s death from complications of AIDS at age 31. They send...

Funerals and Bereavement at a Distance

by Sheila Collins | May 2, 2020 | Art & Life, Community, Grieving, Personal Stories, Resilience, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

I’m sure you thought that drive in theaters were a thing of the past. I’m pretty sure my grandchildren have never gone to one. When I was a kid we’d dress in our pajamas and my Dad would drive the whole family to the outdoor movies, just before nightfall. The little...

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