Improvisation | 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...

It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

by Sheila Collins | Jun 29, 2023 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Dances, Family, Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Improvisation, Personal Stories, Play, Story-telling

Last week was the first in person Leaders’ Gathering for the InterPlay organization I have been a member of for over 30 years. Nearly 50 people from across the country, and a few from across the world, (Africa and Australia) met in a conference center in Greensboro...

Art As Medicine – Consider Poetry

by Sheila Collins | Aug 11, 2022 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, Duality, Family, Good Will Come, Grieving, Improvisation, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, The Art of Grieving

I’m not a poet though I’ve often wished I were one. To say profound things succinctly, to be able to express the musicality of images, to highlight the rhythm and tone of words. And now as I’m learning, to be able to create what J. S. Mill claimed of Wordsworth’s...

Adventure As Good Medicine

by Sheila Collins | Dec 2, 2021 | Art & Life, Environment, Family, Health and Wellness, Improvisation, Personal Stories, Self-Care

My husband and I have just returned from 10 days away from our regular life. We took what began as a COVID pastime fascination with a television program showing people selecting RVs and turned it into educating ourselves about motor homes and travel trailers at the...

Family Thanksgiving Holidays

by Sheila Collins | Nov 18, 2021 | Environment, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Health, Improvisation, Personal Stories, ReImagine, Resilience, Story-telling

For many of us, last year’s covid lockdowns interrupted our usual family holiday traditions and routines. Those images of smiling multi-generational family members gathered in the same room around a bountiful feasting table had to be reconstructed from memories of...

Mask On, Mask Off

by Sheila Collins | Jul 29, 2021 | Celebrations, Community, Duality, Environment, Gatherings, Health, Health and Wellness, Improvisation, Olympics, Personal Stories

During the pandemic, when I didn’t dare venture very far from home, I took to visiting a small gift shop in my neighborhood. Whenever I friend or family member had an occasion that needed celebrating, I would purchase a small item to mail to them so they would know I...

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