Join me in-person for this four-week Nia session at the Westbrook Community Center (WCC) this Fall on Saturdays at 9am. Learn more, mark your calendar, and purchase all four classes to save!
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Join me for September’s First Friday performance by The Teller’s Garden at the Portland Media Center. Come to watch, come to share a story, come to enjoy the magic of improvisation that honors audience members' true stories. I take the stage with a fabulous ensemble for this public playback show at this downtown Portland location. Learn more…
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Playback theatre is improvisation that honors audience members’ true stories. Online solo playback with me is a heart-warming, insightful, creative experience from which participants leave feeling uplifted, inspired, thoughtful, and grounded in our common humanity. But don’t take my word for it… here are some recent testimonials from attendees:
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“I really appreciated the variety of stories and, as always, your gift and ability to convey them so truthfully, thoughtfully, and creatively. You are amazing.”—A recent Solar Playback attendee. I hope you’ll join me for the next online solo playback performance, Monday, August 19th 7-8:15pm ET. Our theme is “Closeness” in honor of the first Supermoon of the year in August…
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You’re invited to join me from 7:30-8:30am ET every Tuesday in August for an hour of mindful, fun, non-impact aerobic dance. We will be moving to classic Nia routines from across the decades, including recent gems! I am offering a special discount for the month of August only 4 classes (+ recordings) at $10/each for only $40!
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I just returned from the Portland Museum of Art’s current exhibit “Woven” … A must see! I am inspired by Jeremy Frey’s artistry to do more weaving of my own. I enjoy taking packaging destined for the trash and finding new life for it as a weaving. Here are a couple of examples…
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Join me in the outdoors for Nia this summer as I partner with Discover Downtown Westbrook (DDW) to offer FREE Nia classes in the Westbrook Common! Thanks to the support of DDW, I will be teaching on the Second Satruday of the month from 11am-noon in June, July, August and September…
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If you had asked me a decade ago what coaching was and whether I would one day become a coach, I would have looked askance at you and asked “you mean, like, a tennis coach?” Today, much of my purpose stems from the powerful, transformative coaching conversations I am lucky to have with my brilliant, creative, resourceful clients. I did not know a decade ago that my love of improvisation, of conscious movement, of personal stories would lead me to coaching, but now as I look back on my path, I wonder…
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I hope you’ll join me for the next online solo playback performance Sunday, July 21st 7-8:15pm ET. Our theme is “Growth” in honor of the Full Buck Moon on this day. “The full Moon in July is called the Buck Moon because the antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full-growth mode at this time. Bucks shed and regrow their antlers each year, producing…
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Did you know that there is a movement underway in Maine to reconcile this region’s past with injustices done to Black and Indigenous peoples? So often, as we continue to learn, the History taught in schools is not the story lived by the people. Several organizations are partnering to create community events around the state this summer and fall to educate and inspire each of us to learn and revise our history to more accurately…
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