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When Great Trees Fall

by Sheila Collins | Nov 3, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Family, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Last Friday shortly after noon eastern time, I got the news I was expecting, though no one ever can accurately predict the time of someone’s coming into this life or leaving it. I had lit a candle in my office a couple of days before when I heard that George was...

Anticipatory Grief and the need for Sanctuary and Belonging

by Sheila Collins | Aug 17, 2022 | Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, History, Our Children, Past Events, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

There is advice we give one another, in InterPlay classes and practices – “Never underestimate the body’s need for reassurance.” When I’m directing the physical warmup, I like to time this comment to accompany a movement we’re doing which I’d describe as a self-hug....

Art of Grieving – Love

by Sheila Collins | Jul 7, 2022 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Our Children, ReImagine, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

“What’s love got to do with it (grief)?” Tina Turner sang the answer to this question in this song from her 1984 album, “Private Dancer.” “Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?” It’s said that grief is the price we pay for love. Since we are destined to...

Grieving Personal Losses and Those in our Cultural Body

by Sheila Collins | Jun 30, 2022 | Community, Duality, Environment, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, History, Personal Stories, social justice, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

The 8 x 8 ft POD was dropped off in my Pittsburgh driveway early Friday morning. Filled to the brim with what I had deemed essential “treasures,” from the California house we were selling, I knew the drill. We had till Monday to empty the container and find a place...

The Art of Grieving: Illness and Disability Edition

by Sheila Collins | Jun 16, 2022 | Environment, Family, Health, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, Story-telling

I don’t do sick well. Or maybe there’s parts of it I don’t do well. I usually notice when illness strikes or when something’s wrong, having taught body awareness and embodiment practices for years. But the next step, figuring out the cause of what’s wrong, I’m not...

The Physicality of Grief: A Dancer’s Reflections on the Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Apr 21, 2022 | Art & Life, Dances, Duality, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

Grieving and dancing share a similar status in popular mass culture. They are both to be avoided so as to maintain one’s dignity and composure. The song, “I won’t dance, don’t ask me” expressed a theme that was prominent for my first husband, and common for white men...

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When Great Trees Fall

Anticipatory Grief and the need for Sanctuary and Belonging

Art of Grieving – Love

The Art of Grieving: Illness and Disability Edition

The Physicality of Grief: A Dancer’s Reflections on the Art of Grieving

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