Pathways of Sensory Awareness

07/18/2026

Dear Friends of Sensory Awareness,

My recent participation in a pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu, India, is still with me in profound and surprising ways. In particular, I would not have expected that it would have an impact on my understanding of the practice of Sensory Awareness and how to offer it.

I have yet to find words for this shift and ways to express it in my work. It’s very basic, in a way, and I’m not bringing anything new to the practice. It’s more of a change of attitude, maybe an alignment with what’s always been there as a potential, in Sensory Awareness, in us.

It has to do with the devotion and surrender I witnessed, in temples, ashrams, and on the streets; with the sense of immersion in something deeper, older than words, where there is no division between the sacred and the mundane. It is not a perfect world that I encountered, but that’s not the point. On the contrary.

One way of saying what I mean is perhaps to “practice” Sensory Awareness as an expression of gratitude, of reverence for life, rather than being focused on self improvement.

Read on: https://mailchi.mp/af04d55418d1/gravity-5843295

07/10/2026

Listen to an interview about the early years of Charlotte Selver's Sensory Awareness workshops on Monhegan Island in Maine as experienced by an island resident who never took a workshop but appreciated the presence of the "Breathers." �"You know, somebody that grew up in rural Maine, such as I did, and then came here and witnessed that type of behavior. It was very unusual,” Victor Lord, told me in a delightful conversation.

A Conversation with Victor Lord

06/23/2026

I love Cape Cod and we go there frequently. Whenever I'm there, I think of Charlotte Selver and her adventures on the Cape in the 1940s and '50s.

and Meetings with Remarkable People – Clara Thompson, Erich Fromm, Fritz and Laura Perls, Truman Capote, and many others.

05/28/2026

A more personal deep dive into the life of Charlotte Selver.

Charlotte Selver and Charles Brooks talk about losing a beloved home in New York City and eventually making a new home in Muir Beach, California.

Charlotte Selver and Charles Brooks talk about loosing a beloved home in New York City and eventually making a new home in Muir Beach, California.

05/14/2026

Today, I’m sharing with you the first pages of the opening chapter of my biography of Charlotte Selver. It is a work in progress but I’m eager to share bits and pieces of it with you now, as I continue writing.

This is Your Experience – Now Forget It

04/08/2026

"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight"
It was not a day to remain silent. I was tempted to run onto the street of the Town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, where I live, to make a noise with pots and pans. Then I decided on making some noise with a Substack post. It may not be loud enough but here it is.

“What do you think of Western civilization?”

03/27/2026

Sensory Awareness and Healing.
Another interesting find from the vault of archival papers in my home, adding to my understanding of the history of Sensory Awareness.

Draft for a workshop by Leon Siegel and an article from the Fall 1976 Charlotte Selver Foundation Bulletin

03/12/2026

In memory of David Chadwick, with gratitude.

Thank you, David Chadwick, for not forgetting but collecting and sharing so generously.

02/05/2026

My latest dive into the history of Sensory Awareness and Charlotte Selver.
I hope you enjoy it.

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Charlotte Selver's early attempts at writing about the practice she would eventually call Sensory Awareness.