Wow: I needed a New Year!

Every year is memorable in its way. This was a big one. After getting home from a stressful trip to Jamaica in February, I caught a bad case of flu on the airplane coming home; coughed my lungs out, and i think, popped my brain! Result: A Level I occipital stroke with quite a big brain bleed; loss of peripheral vision, some loss of function left hand, unsteadiness (from vision loss I believe), som3 inability to find and retrieve words, logic, and some concepts.

It’s been a helluva year! We had to cancel spring in Crete, cancel the masterclass I was offering, and missed Crete and the world fairly fully in all of March. In July I was able to take/be taken to Crete with daughter and grandson; a hard and scary trip for us all, but so worthwhile to recovery! And currently, back to playing, reasonably well, several of my favorite ragtime piano pieces that used to be right available and now require quite a bit of concentration, especially with this vision loss. But overall…still grateful for what I have, even as I nitpick about what I’ve lost.

But; this new paradigm offers me one more chance to figure out how to store the legacy of ideas, how to bring more people to a look at what I’ve figured out for myself and shared with many., and it gives me juice and purpose. While I no longer teach much, several of the instructors are beginning to offer courses and several others are thinking of stepping in. On 29 March I’ll be offering a CORE MASTERCLASS in London (online, corefascialrelease.com/classes) soon. I think this well may be the last class from my generation, and hope you’ll think about coming if you’ve taken CORE III or above.

Have I learned anything? Maybe, I think so, who knows? First, I have learned to maintain balance even when visual perception is limited. Second, my left hand that has been fairly useless now plays ragtime piano again; not well, but with joy. I work with sudoku and word puzzlers; I can’t say I’m good but I can say I’m better. And most friends make one of two remarks: either that one would never know I was operating in a hindered body, or man, what a great attitude you have.! What else should I io? I choose gratitude.

Gloria usually uses medicine first; she has two new hips and a new knee…we’re both in pain quite often, but we’ve found we’re best when we just laugh at the craziness of our current world. And I think it’s better thn crying about it.

After neck Xray, today I have a diagnosis that makes sense and might include a surgery. We’ll be thinking long and hard before that step as 80% of the time I can manage the neck/shoulder pain. And remember, with the traumas this body has taken, it’s amazing I still walk. So again, gratitude in all things….

Anyway, if you’re in UK, consider coming to NLSSM in London on 29 March for MasterClass. What I think I know will be on display and open for inspection and thought. Join in!