Variance: Rhythm
Humans adapt. It is a power and occasionally an issue. We just want to return to a rhythm that feels normal. Which is tricky when uncertainty is one of the features of our existence. So today is just a temperature…
Variance: Hit The Floor
Your chair is not your friend. Sure, it has provided support in the past. It is a functional part of the spaces we embody. It is also, especially now, a trap of sorts. So today, I'm going to work from…
Variance: Loose Hips
In Boston, we are entering week five of working remotely. For many of us, the sitting time is now epic. That makes for really tight hips, enabled by equally tight hamstrings. Those two things have a direct line to inhibited…
Variance: Discovery
You now know some things that you didn't know five weeks ago. You know what you miss more than anything. And, what things you can really do without. If you have been hiding anything from yourself in busyness, it is…
Variance: Embrace the Yawn
We tend to apologize when we yawn, especially in front of others. But what if we welcomed it? What if, instead of seeing the yawn as a sign of boredom, we acknowledged how efficient it is? All of that oxygen…
Variance: Voice Creation
Voice is a creation. I know that definitely sounds a little woo-woo but bear with me. The vocal folds have 4-5 survival functions (depending on how you count them) before we attain sound. Critical stuff, such as: They are the…
Variance: Turn Towards Your Light
The Sun is out here in Boston. For the second day in a row, and after many days of grey. It is almost impossible not to turn towards it. It reminded me that we have to find our light even…
Variance: Smell That?
What is your favorite smell? It could be a type of flower, the smell of clean dirt, or leather, or bread. The point isn't to create decide if the smell you love is "normal." The point is to recall it.…
Variance: Make Like A Monkey
This is a quick exercise to release facial tension, open the hips, and move the voice. Stand with your feet flat on the ground and shoulder-width apart.Bend your knees and bend forward at the hip joint placing your abdomen as…
Variance: Get Up
Literally, get up. Stand (or sit up, or stretch out as you can), and move. Stretch your arms wide and let your spine articulate. Come back to your body. Breathe in and breathe out, noisily. Make sound and move. We…