Circuitous Pathways

Dear Reader,

Someone asked for my bio recently. I gave them the short version, and then they asked for more detail. So, I was born in Germany, grew up in Baton Rouge, and have spent most of my adult life in the greater Houston area. I went to college, did a bit of grad school, learned to weave, spin and make felt, became a mediator, a personal coach and then a Feldenkrais practitioner. Along the way, I had three children (now adults), and now there are four grandchildren.

What’s perhaps more interesting than those details is the circuitous pathways from which my various interests and pursuits arose. I thought I’d be a psychotherapist, but that didn’t happen. I stayed home with my kids, found a weaving class, and then a spinning class, and later a felt making class. Somewhere along the way, I taught feltmaking, became a mediator, and a personal coach, and then a Feldenkrais practitioner.

The pathways among these interests remind me of a special kind of yarn called a cable yarn. Strands of fiber are twisted into a yarn, which is then plied with another yarn. Then two sets of those yarns are plied together to form a new yarn. If you get the tension just right, the new yarn twists in such a way that it looks like a braid. It’s a beautiful, interesting yarn, but from looking at it, you’d never guess all the twists and turns that went into the making of it.

The common thread along these circuitous pathways has been following my curiosity. That, and finding the most amazing, interesting people along the way. Individuals you’ve probably never heard of, but oh my, how much richer my life is because I’ve known them.

Where does your curiosity lead? What’s different in your life because you followed your curiosity? Have you found some truly interesting people along the way? If so, how has that changed your life?

If you’re curious about how your body moves, please join our Tuesday online Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement class.