 September 1,, 2016
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 31 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 20-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 host a workshop.
Upcoming Workshops:
Community As Healer
Group
Sunday, September 25
10 am - 1 pm
Newton, MA
The Power of Voice
Natural Living Expo
Saturday, November 12
2:30 pm
Duchess Room
Marlboro, MA
Musical Performances:
Coming Full Circle
CD Release Concert
Thursday, September 1
Scullers Jazz Club
Boston, MA
8 pm
Grill 37
Guest Vocalist with
the Bobby Gadoury Trio
Sunday September18
4 - 8 pm
Pomfret, CT
Cafe L'Aroma
Jazz Brunch
Peforming on keyboard and vocals with guitarist Terry Smith
Saturday, October 1
11:30 am - 1 pm
16 Spencer St
West Newton, MA
Facing Cancer Together Fundraiser
Featured Performer
Thursday, October 27
6 pm
Waterstone
Wellesley, MA
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At The Music Salon
in Waltham, MA:
House Concert with
young singer Abigail Arndt
with John O'Leary, guitar and harmonies by Margaret Arndt
Saturday, October 1
6 pm Potluck
7 pm Concert
House Concert with
singer/songwriter Dean Stevens
Saturday, March 18
6 pm Potluck
7 pm Concert
If you would like to train in EKP, contact Linda
If you would like to sponsor a
Know Your Voice,
Know Your Power or
Healing the Traumatized Heart workshop, or a Community As Healer workshop,
contact LSMHEART@aol.com
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Tonight is the night for our fabulous Coming Full Circle show and album release at Scullers Jazz Club
Don't miss our show! Get your tickets now Tonight, September 1 at 8 pm
with a fantastic team of musicians: Doug Hammer on piano, Dave Landoni on bass, Dave Birkin on saxophone and flute, Miki Matsuki on drums and Junko Fujiwara (the cello diva) on cello and Terry Smith on guitar! 13-year old singer Claire McFarland will join me on duets for two original songs!
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| Full band rehearsal for Scullers show
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The album is be available through my website, through CDBaby, Amazon and iTunes.
On August 24, Claire McFarland, Terry Smith (on
guitar) and I had the chance to perform "Everybody's Got A Song To Sing"
at the BACA Open Mic. This is an original song I co-wrote with Lisa
Wexler that is on my new album and will be part of our show.
I am delighted to have three more performances coming up:
On Sunday, September 18, I will be singing with the fabulous Bobby Gadoury and his trio at Grill 37 in Pomfret, CT.
On Saturday, October 1, Terry Smith (guitar), Claire McFarland (vocals) and I (vocals and keyboard) will be doing a jazz brunch at one of my favorite spots, Cafe L'Aroma in West Newton at 11 am.
And on Thursday, October 27,
Dave Birkin (flute and sax), Terry Smith (guitar), Claire McFarland
(vocals) and I will be the featured performers at a fundraiser for Freeing Cancer Together in Wellesley beginning at 6 pm.
My
bandmates and I are available for hire at your private events, as well
as at clubs, restaurants and anywhere music is desired. I am grateful to
have a full band of wonderful musicians who can be hired in many
different combinations! Please contact me if you would like to arrange a
performance!
My article this month is: The Power of Love In Healing.
On Saturday, October 1, I am delighted to welcome young singer Abigail Arndt accompanied on guitar by veteran performer John O'Leary and back on harmonies by her mom, Margaret Arndt for a house concert, here in Waltham at the Music Salon!
Poet Beatriz Alba will read a poem during dinner.
Enjoying
their heartful and soulful music in an intimate setting is a very
special treat! We are having a potluck dinner at 6 pm and the music
starts at 7 pm. E-mail me at lsmheart@aol.com to make your reservation!
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| | John O'Leary, Abigail Arndt and Margaret Arndt |
You can order a copy of both Heart to Heart and Coming Full Circle on Amazon and on CD Baby. It is also on iTunes and Spotify.
If you would like to
experience the heart-centered body psychotherapy work I do, and be part
of a community of literal "helping hands," you can attend the monthly Community As Healer Group in Newton on Sunday, September 25 from 10 am -1 pm.
Your comments and feedback are always welcome!
Heartfully Linda
"Compassion is a spontaneous movement of wholeness.
It is not a studied decision to help
the poor, to be kind to the unfortunate. Compassion has a tremendous
momentum that naturally, choicelessly moves us to worthy action. It has
the force of intelligence, creativity and the strength of love."
--Vimala Thakar
"Only as high as I can reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I
go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be."
--Karen Ravn
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| When the Words Won't Come |
I
don't know about you, but for me, sometimes things happen that are just
too hard, shocking or painful to fully grasp. When that kind of event
happens, I am taken aback, left speechless, often stunned and just can't
wrap my heart or head around what has happened. Even if I try to
intellectually analyze the event or the circumstances leading to it, I
just can't put all the pieces together, and have to just sit with the
reality that what has happened is something that at the present time, I
just can't understand.
I may
feel sadness. I may feel scared. I may feel numb because it is all
too big. And I may feel overwhelmed, knowing this is too big for me
alone, and wishing there was someone I could turn to for connection or
understanding or perspective or comfort, or all of the above.
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Music Notes
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| Singing at Celia Slattery's open mic at Ryles
with Mark Shilansky and Greg Holt |
Music is such a
source of great joy, and is a universal language to connect people
heart-to-heart. In addition to my own musical gigs, I also participate in many of the wonderful open mics and other musical events 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 September 14 at 7 pm.
BACA
(Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) Open Mics in Watertown (next
one is Wednesday, September 28 at 7 pm at UU Church in Watertown)
Club Café in Boston has many open mics hosted by a wonderful variety of singers and pianists in its Napoleon Room.
The Winiker Band brings
their unique joyous musical flavor to Brothers Restaurant in Brookline,
MA on Saturday and Sunday nights. Singers are welcome.
And here in Waltham at my home, I host special house concerts through the Music Salon. I will be hosting young singer, Abigail Arndt accompanied by John O'Leary on guitar and Margaret Arndt on harmonies on October 1. And fabulous singer-songwriter Dean Stevens will join us on March 18.
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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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