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- The Perfect Circle – A Lesson from Art History to Apply to Riding
- Disillusionment and Creativity
- Spaced Out!
- In Our Hands
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- Enjoy A Breather
- To Earth We Return
- Messages from Trees
- Is Your Head Screwed On Right?
- Once Upon a Time …
- You’ve Got It Already!
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- On Being Wiggly – part 2
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Tag Archives: Kirsten Harris Art
Injury, The Pentagram and The Alexander Technique
Points of Balance by Kirsten Harris Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease – W – Z
And lastly, W,X,Y,Z – and you may be asking why? I’m asking myself that too. Why have I spent two weeks writing an Encyclopaedia of Ease? I don’t really know, apart from the fact that I’ve enjoyed it and it’s … Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease T-V
T Trees, Trees Trees Trees Trees – Tree planting is a no brainer way to ease ourselves out of the mess we have got the planet into. We need to plant millions of them! They are the guardians. I am … Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease – R
The Encyclopaedia of Ease – finding ease in everyday words. Ease that you probably didn’t know was there. And now r… Roll your Rrrrrr’s in speech and movement. R R – or ah, or argh! Variations of Alexander Technique ‘whispered … Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease P-Q
The Encylopeadia of Ease – Messing about with words to find new ease meanings in everyday things, because ease is easier and who doesn’t want an easier life!? Today we are minding our P’s ‘n’ Q’s. There are all sorts … Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease – N-O
The Encyclopaedia of Ease – finding ease in existing words ‘psoas’ not to get bored! So now these two letters – N and O, very useful when used together for creating claritiease and boundarease. No is a small word, easy … Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease – L
The Encyclopaedia of Ease by Kirsten Harris – making up easy meanings for old words, because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Hope you enjoy my romp through the English language looking for ease….. Part 4 Welcome … Continue reading
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The Encylopaedia of Ease I – K
I Idiocease – ‘Aha’ moments, when you realise you’ve been making things hard for yourself. Often accompanied by insights which cause the hand to be held to the forehead and the making of strange noises such as ‘Doh!’ Ignoramusease – … Continue reading
The Encyclopaedia of Ease A – E
Do you know your a, b, c’ease? Welcome to the Encyclopaedia of Ease… A Anatomease – An easier way to live in your body by knowing the bones and joints and having a clear understanding of how you co-ordinate and … Continue reading
The Perfect Circle – A Lesson from Art History to Apply to Riding
Four Winds Medicine Wheel. Print available at www.kirstenharrisart.co.uk In his book Lives of the Artists, Georgio Vasari (1511 – 1574) recounts a story about the artist Giotto (1267 – 1337). He tells how the Pope was commissioning art and sent messengers … Continue reading
Disillusionment and Creativity
‘Seeing and Seeding’ Photograph by Kirsten Harris The etymology of the word illusion comes from the word luminare or lumen meaning to light up, too illuminate, to shine brightly. The words illusion and disillusionment are ones that I believe have … Continue reading
In Our Hands
(I shared this originally as a facebook post on my art page Kirsten Harris Art. I wanted to write something to go with the drawing and to write from my heart about horses. I thought I should post as a … Continue reading
Messages from Trees
In Nature We find Ourselves, drawing by Kirsten Harris Messages from Trees Breathe deeply of me I am the lungs of the world, my health and yours are one Let your spine flow upwards and your limbs flow freely … Continue reading
How to Be a Flop!
How To Be A Flop, Cartoon by Kirsten Harris Instead of a ‘how to be a success’ blog I thought I would write one about how to be a flop! Let’s take some pressure off and hopefully make life … Continue reading
Where’s Your Birdie?
Where’s your Birdie? This is the question I am going into the New Year with! No, I haven’t suddenly landed in an episode of Wacky Races with Dastardly and Muttley trying to ‘catch the pigeon’ nor have I … Continue reading
The Weird Wonderful World of Alexander Technique
‘Trust, The Gold Thread’ by Kirsten Harris Gold, Copper and Oil on Canvas, 100 x 150 cm I thought about calling this blog ‘Why the Alexander Technique is Weird’ or ‘Are Alexander Teachers Weirdos?’ Both titles make me smile! Before you … Continue reading
From Gratitude to Grrr-Attitude!
From Gratitude to Grrr – attitude! Inhibition in the Alexander Technique sense doesn’t mean not reacting but pausing before reacting habitually to take a moment to decide how you want to react. For many of us that can be … Continue reading
How do you make decisions?
How do you make decisions? Ever since I started working with the Alexander Technique as a stressed out ex art student, I realised that this technique is an amazing tool for decision making. It is a tool that I … Continue reading
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Horse
Horses are light on their feet … light beings … graceful creatures. Here are two beautiful anonymous quotes about horses – ‘To Ride a Horse is to Ride the Sky’ and an American Indian Proverb ‘The horses are … Continue reading
Why the Alexander Technique can be Likened to Farting!
OMG!’ Oil on Canvas, by Kirsten Harris Apologies to the easily offended, but I am likening the Alexander Technique to farting in this blog. Call it British humour or bad humour, but a girls gotta amuse herself somehow! Anyway, I … Continue reading
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