 May 1, 2015
HealingHeartPower Newsletter
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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 30 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 19-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.
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Upcoming Workshops:
Community As Healer
Workshop
Sunday, June 28
10 am - 1 pm
Newton, MA
Musical Performances:
Spring Into Song
Fundraiser for the City of Newton
May 3, 2015
4 pm
Newton, MA
An Evening of Cabaret
featuring Linda Marks, Bob DiCicco and Tracey O'Farrell
May 13
7 pm
Newton YMCA
Newton, MA
BACA Performer
Showcase
featuring Linda Marks
May 31
6 pm
Amazing Things
Arts Center
Framingham, MA
Heart to Heart
CD Release Concert
September 16
8 pm
Scullers Jazz Club
Boston, MA
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
May 2
Open mic with
Barbra Dale Solomon
at the Chickering
Potuck brunch
11 am - 2 pm
June 14
Songwriter Mary Crowe and an open mic with Bonnie MacLeod
Potluck brunch
11:30 am - 2:30 pm
November 8
Dale LePage and
Bonnie MacLeod
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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May is a music-rich month for me, and I am delighted to share some wonderful musical offerings.
Saturday, May 2 is an open mic potluck brunch
at the Music Salon in Waltham featuring Barbra Dale who played at the
Lenox Hotel piano bar during its prime. 11 am - 2 pm.
Sunday, May 3 is the "Spring into Song" Cabaret Fundraiser for the Newton Festival of the Arts at 4 pm at Newton City Hall War Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are $20 This event is a fundraiser for Newton's four food pantries and music, art and cultural programs in the City of Newton.
Wednesday, May 13 is an Evening of Cabaret
(with Bob DiCicco and Tracey O'Farrell joining me along with cabaret
singers from Newton North and South High Schools) at 7:30 pm sponsored
by the Newton YMCA, also at Newton City Hall War Memorial Auditorium.
And at Amazing Things Arts Center, on Sunday, May 31 at 6 pm, I
will be singing in a Boston Association for Cabaret Artists
Singers Showcase. Joining me will be Tom LaMark on piano, Greg Holt on
bass and Dave Birkin on guitar, sax and flute. Tickets are available through Amazing Things.
And please mark your calendar for the release concert for my new CD, Heart to Heart, at Scullers Jazz Club on Wednesday, September 16 at 8pm!
Scullers is my
VERY favorite venue for live music, so it is a true delight to be
playing there with Bonnie MacLeod (piano), Miki Matsuki (drums), Geoff
Wadsworth (saxophone), Dave Birkin (clarinet and more),Junko
Fujiwara (cello) and Greg Holt (bass).
Tickets will be available through the Scullers website in early June.
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Sunday, June 28, the Community As Healer group meets from 10 am - 1 pm in Newton. We are now running this group monthly.
This month featured article is: The Health Impact of Loneliness. Your comments and feedback are always welcome!
Heartfully Linda
"Never give up
no matter what is going on.
Never give up.
Develop the heart.
Too much energy in your country is spent developing the mind instead of the heart.
Develop the heart.
Be compassionate.
Not just to your friends, but to everyone.
Be compassionate.
Work for peace in your heart and in the world."
--the Dalai Lama
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The Health Impact of Loneliness
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Loneliness
hurts emotionally, but over time, it hurts us physically as well. An
article by Karen Weintraub in the Boston Globe on April 25 explored this
emotional-physical connection. Weintraub cites a study published in
March in the Journal Perspectives on Psychological Science: "Lonely
people over 65 run the same risk for early death as those who smoke or
are at least 100 pounds overweight."
Those
of us who work in mind-body medicine pay close attention to how our
mental and emotional state impact our physical health. A person who can
create and sustain a positive and relaxed state feels good not only in
mind, but also in body. The same applies for when we feel badly
emotionally and mentally, whether it is due to our life circumstances,
our state of mind or both.
Our
emotional state activates our physiological state. Bert Uchino, a
Psychology Professor at the University of Utah noted that "a lonely
person's blood pressure tends to be higher and change more as they
age." He also reflected that lonely people tend to have higher levels
of inflammation, and this lead to other health problems.
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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. I look forward to sharing my new Heart to Heart CD with
you at our release concert, Wednesday, September 16 at Scullers Jazz
Club in Boston!
My
May gigs are listed in the introductory notes of this newsletter. I
also participate in many of the wonderful open mics available to local
singers:
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 May 13 at 7 pm.
BACA
(Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) Open Mics in Watertown (next
one is Wednesday, May 27 at 7 pm at UU Church in Watertown) Arts at the Armory
Open mics are organized by Celia Slattery and take place the first
Thursday of the month in Somerville. This month: Thursday, May 6. Club Café in Boston has many open mics hosted by a wonderful variety of singers and pianists in its Napoleon Room. The Winiker Trio
plays from 6 - 8 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and from 10 am - 1
pm on Sundays at the Waltham Westin. Singers can most often sit in.
At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
May 2
Open mic for singers (and lovers of music)
with Barbra Dale Solomon at the piano
11 am - 2 pm
Potluck brunch
June 14
Songwriter Mary Crowe and open mic with Bonnie MacLeod
11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Potluck brunch
Requested donation $10
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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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