Corporality, Culture and Relations For seven years, while living in an ashram in Siberia, traveling around teaching movement, much of my daily life took place close to the ground. We sat, listened, learned and moved without the constant presence of chairs and tables. At the time, I did not think of this as a particular way of organizing bodily life. It was simply the environment in which life was happening, and my body gradually learned how to inhabit it. Years later, while t

During the summer of 2025, I read Strangers to Ourselves: Stories of Unstable Minds by Rachel Aviv. As I recently revisited the notes I had written in its margins, I realized that many of the questions raised by this book still accompany my reflections today. Rather than offering conclusions, this newsletter explores why subjectivity, culture, and the diversity of ways we care for one another continue to matter. "You need to get help." At some point in life, most of us either

The moments during almost every transition when we stop asking ourselves how we are doing and start asking whether we are doing enough. We wake up thinking about everything that still needs to be figured out. We learn new routines, new expectations, new ways of speaking and belonging. We become more attentive, more efficient, more available. We tell ourselves that this phase will pass, that once things settle down we will rest, reconnect with friends, return to the activities

Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both. In this moving talk, she calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.

It's not about how many identities you have, but how the world responds to them. Intersectionality is a central concept in many...

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In an interview broadcasted on November 6, 2020, on her YouTube channel, psychologist and professor Valeska Zanello interviewed...

Most of us spend a surprising amount of time somewhere other than where we are. You open a book and begin reading. Twenty minutes later, you realize you haven't noticed the chair beneath you, your feet resting on the floor, the weight of your neck or the sounds coming from outside. For a while, you were completely immersed in another world. The same thing happens while driving a familiar route, watching a film, scrolling through your phone or thinking about tomorrow while som

It is not pretentious to start this text with an affirmation: I'm sure that you have already seen a child jump for joy. Children are...

Sit in a comfortable seat and close the eyes for a few slow deep breaths. Take a few moments to deepen the breath and find an even length...

This is a very refreshing breathing technique, amazing on warm summer days because it helps us cool down our body while soothing our...