 December 1, 2014
HealingHeartPower Newsletter
Reclaiming the Power of the Heart |
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About Linda
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Linda
Marks, MSM, is pioneer in body psychotherapy who has developed, taught
and practiced Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy (EKP) for 29 years.
She is also a singer/songwriter, and loves the way music can speak heart
to heart.Author of LIVING WITH VISION and HEALING THE WAR BETWEEN THE GENDERS,
she co-founded the Massachusetts Association of Body Psychotherapists
and Counseling Bodyworkers and is the founder of the Boston Area
Sexuality and Spirituality Network. She holds degrees from Yale and MIT,
and has a vital 18-year-old son.
To find out more about Linda . . .
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HealingHeartPower Calendar
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You
can: organize a workshop, sponsor a "Community As Healer"
experience or join with others who might want to learn too.
 | | Linda Marks and Bonnie MacLeod |
The Power of Voice
Workshop
at the home of
Margaret Arndt and David Sneickus
Friday, December 5
Dinner at 7 pm
Workshop at 8:30 pm
Newton, MA
Boston Association of Cabaret Artists (BACA) Holiday Party
Sunday, December 7
5 pm
at the Music Salon
Waltham, MA
Amazing Things Open Mic
I will be singing
a couple songs
Wednesday, December 10
Amazing Things
Arts Center
7 pm
Framingham, MA
Community As Healer
Workshop
Saturday, December 13
1-4 pm
Newton, MA
The Power of Voice
Workshop at
First Event
January 2015
Spring Into Song
Fundraiser for the City of Newton
May 3, 2015
4 pm
Newton, MA
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
December 7
Boston Association for Cabaret Artists
Holiday Party
5 - 10 pm
January 11
Evolving the Human Race Game
with Cuf Ferguson
5 pm
If you would like to train in EKP, contact Linda
If you would like to sponsor a
Healing the Traumatized Heart workshop, or a Community As Healer workshop,
contact LSMHEART@aol.com
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The
Natural Living Expo was a fun weekend of connecting with old friends
and new friends. I was delighted that my friend and colleague of many
years, Cuf Ferguson, spent some time at the HealingHeartPower booth
introducing his new book Evolving the Human Race Game. And it
was wonderful for Patricia Andrews, one of my early apprentices and
staff members at the Institute for EKP, to spend some time at the booth
on Sunday morning.
 | | Cuf Ferguson, me and Patricia Andrews at the Natural Living Expo |
Upcoming Music Salon events, include the Boston Association for Cabaret Artists (BACA) Holiday Party on December 7, a special author's reception with Cuf Ferguson on January 11, and an evening of music with Bill and Bo Winiker in February. Work by visual artists will also be on display at Music Salon events.
December 13, I am leading a Community As Healer workshop from 1 - 4 pm in Newton.
This month's articles are: The Roots of Male Violence, and Being a Lighthouse. Your comments and feedback are always welcome!
Heartfully Linda
"Love
meets in many places-some form, others formless. I have tried both
meeting points. Like many young male baboons, I began my intimacy
journey with form- fleshy, juicy, tangible form, often confusing lust
with love, orgasm with ourgasm, intensity with divinity. But that got
boring fast. And then I swung to the formless, the mystical, the
transcendent, the kind of love that meets in the subtleties, above the
fray. But that became unreal, with no form to embody it. I found my
peace in an integration of form and formless, that point of contact
where mysticism meets embodiment meets God. The wholly holy. What is
love without form? And what is form without love?"
--Jeff Brown
"Love
is rarely killed in one fell swoop. Its death is usually the result of
tens or hundreds of slights, ignores, denials and less respect and
honor than it is due. Doing everything for love requires more courage
than any other journey you will ever embark upon. Doing everything for
love means you don't hold back any part of you to keep it safe. You
don't hedge your bets. You throw everything into the fire." --Kim Anami |
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| The Roots of Male Violence | |
My colleague, Jed Diamond, an expert on male psychology and male
health, wrote a very timely article, "The 5 Hidden Reasons Men Become
Violent and What We Can Do About It to Make the World Safer." In the
wake of the Ferguson situation, this subject is particularly relevant.
While
violence is perpetrated by both men and women, and clearly both men and
woman are impacted by violence (and contribute to a culture of
violence), more men perpetrate violence and are the victims of violence
than women.
Jed defines violence using the World Health Organization's definition:
There are three kinds of violence, all inter-related:
1. Self-directed violence (including suicidal behavior and self-harm)
2. Interpersonal violence involving family and/or an intimate partner
3. Interpersonal violence involving the larger community (individuals involved may be unrelated)
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| Being A Lighthouse |
As I have been leading workshops on the Power of Voice, a helpful image that
I've
found myself using frequently is that of the lighthouse. Voice is more
than the ability to speak or sing. Voice is actually a sense of who we
are at the deepest level: spirit, heart and soul.
Finding
one's voice is another way of saying, discovering and knowing who you
really are. As you connect inside with your heart, soul and deepest
knowing, your sense of self will seek forms of expression. And the
pathways of expression, be they speaking, singing, drawing, dancing,
writing, inventing....or anything else...are your unique gifts or your
unique frequency that you project out into the world.
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Music Notes
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Music is such a source of great joy, and is a universal language to connect people heart-to-heart. In the spirit, I am working on recording a new CD, "Heart-to-Heart," working with the extraordinarily talented Doug Hammer at his Dreamworld Studio in Lynn, MA.
Friends
ask where they can see me sing. Some of the places I sing regularly
are listed below. I guarantee you will have a fun time at all of them!
Amazing Things Arts Center organized by Leslie Holmes
Many
BACA (Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) singers perform in a
monthly open mic. This month, it is December 10 at 7 pm.
BACA
(Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) Open Mics in Watertown (next
one is Wednesday, December 17 at 7 pm at UU Church in Watertown)
TCAN (The Center for the Arts in Natick) Open Mics in Natick
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
December 7
Boston Association for Cabaret Artists
Holiday Party
5 - 10 pm
January 11
Evolving the Human Race Game
with Cuf Ferguson
5 pm
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What is EKP?
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is Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy, a heart-centered, body-centered
psychotherapy method Linda Marks developed and has taught and practiced
for nearly twenty years. Working with the heart, touch with permission,
the wisdom of the body and the intuitive guidance of the spirit, EKP
creates a special sense of intimacy that deeply touches and transforms
most all who participate.
Participants can be "client," witness
or helper as an individual group member has a "turn" to do deeper
heart-centered, body-centered psychospiritual work in the center. Since
the electromagnetic field of the heart extends out 10 - 12 feet from our
bodies, as we go deeper and open our hearts, we are all touched.
EKP
helps restore our capacity as organs of perception. The skin is our
largest organ, and a source of soul deep knowing, perception and
expression. When our hearts and hands can work as one, we move beyond
defenses safely and respectfully and find freedom, connection and
expression. 
Emotional
safety is the foundation of EKP. When we are emotionally safe, we are
more aware of feelings, sensations and deeper thoughts in our bodies and
hearts. You will have a chance to listen to and care for your heart as
you help create and hold a safe healing space for everyone's heart.
Experience what we mean when we say that in EKP, "when anyone has a turn, everyone has a turn."
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I welcome dialogue and comments on my articles through my blog: HealingHeartPower.blogspot.com It is user friendly, and even something you can subscribe to.
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