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Readers Write

Sickness

A pituitary tumor, a shot of thorazine, the flu

By Our Readers February 1980
Readers Write

Eating

Like a horse, to attain a state of high performance, to achieve a balance somewhere between the need and the desire

By Our Readers January 1980
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Facing Cancer

Still Looking For The Key

I am involved in a process that is most similar to my experience of giving birth. Whether I live or die, I am in a transition. I want competent professional helpers, who do not lose sight of me as a person. I want to be respected as an intelligent participant in my own process. Time will eventually pass and the results of transition will be evident. Until then, patience and trust are required.

By Peg Staley December 1979
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Patricia On . . .

The thing that I’ve noticed, everywhere I go, is that in every person, no matter how evolved, there is a little dark, sad, anxious place inside. No matter how cheery they are, I look in and I see that place.

By Patricia Sun December 1979
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Facing Cancer

Do Doctors Do More Harm Than Good?

It angers me that he can share that ambivalence about the value of treatment with a surgeon and get enraged when I, not only a patient but also a woman, question his recommendation.

By Peg Staley November 1979
The Sun Interview

An Interview With Steve Rizzuto

I’m basically interested in how people move and walk around. Movement is an integral activity in the life of every cell and, therefore, in every more complex system. So, motion rather than tightness in the body is what I’m interested in promoting.

By Priscilla Rich October 1979
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Bodywork: A Primer

It’s easy to get confused by the many different approaches to working with and through the body. What follows are brief descriptions of some of the more widely practiced techniques.

By Priscilla Rich September 1979
The Sun Interview

An Interview With Farra Allen And Libby Outlaw

Bodywork is like a dance. What I do with a person does not just depend on me, but on that other person. Certain people draw certain energies out of me.

By Priscilla Rich September 1979
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Facing The Struggle

(Part Two)

Fear of annihilation, I’ve tripped over you for years and now I see you clear. I had not realized before the grip and subtlety of your tentacles.

By Peg Staley July 1979