Psychologist, yogi, spiritual teacher Ram Dass’ devised a simple method for softening judgments of the people around us.
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Sandra Calder Davidson’s Brilliant Lesson in Self-Correction (+ Bo Diddley)
A big part of what Improvised Life does is challenge assumptions, whether it be how our space is supposed to look, or what we are supposed to be doing, or HOW WE ARE THINKING. So we love and appreciate Sandra Davidson’s Pink Fluff…
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Compassionate Self-Criticism, in the Third Person
When performance coach Kate Conklin was teaching me Alexander Technique via Skype a couple of weeks ago, she mentioned that she often critiqued herself in the third person when she was assessing her own actions or work. She said that it made her kinder to herself, as she is when she works with a student. I’ve been trying this…
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Yoko Ono’s Cleaning Piece May Change Your Life
We hadn’t realized that Yoko Ono published a sequel to her enduringly wonderful Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions, written in 1964. Acorn‘s conceptual “instructions” seem more overtly focused on healing and personal change. We are especially intrigued with Cleaning Piece III, wondering what it would be like to NOT say anything negative about anybody. Would…
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