Self-Care | Sheila Collins

Eulogy for a Particularly Significant Teacher

by Sheila Collins | Mar 9, 2023 | Personal Stories, Self-Care, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

I met Ilana Rubenfeld in Nebraska in 1975 when she was one of the stars of a Human Potential Movement presentation that toured university campuses under the sponsorship of Esalen Institute. The most well-known member of the group of innovators was Warner Erhard, the...

Caring and Not Caring

by Sheila Collins | Jan 26, 2023 | Art & Life, Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, Women, Girls & the Feminine

In a note from Glenda Taylor, the leader of the woman’s retreat I will be attending this weekend in Texas, she did something she’s done every season in the 32 years that I’ve been attending. She shared the topic– Care, Self-Care, Care for Others, Compassion,...

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 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...

Rituals to Celebrate Birth Days

by Sheila Collins | Jul 14, 2022 | Celebrations, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Our Children, Personal Stories, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Today’s the day I’m supposed to celebrate my birth. This practice, this ritual, is not universal in all cultures, but in mine, it’s consistent from the first icing-covered baby face toddler sitting in a highchair, to the swimming pool and bounce room back yard...

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...

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Eulogy for a Particularly Significant Teacher

Caring and Not Caring

Anticipatory Grief and the need for Sanctuary and Belonging

Rituals to Celebrate Birth Days

The Art of Grieving: Illness and Disability Edition

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