Suzuki slow tens

I taught the Acting in Performance actors Suzuki slow-tens on Sunday. (Tadashi Suzuki, the theatre guy, not the violin one.) I was nervous, as I had no guest artists, and would have to demonstrate it myself.

I took a deep breath, and thought -- okay, just search for the pure form. Focus on what your teachers said. Just DO. It worked, they could all do it beautifully. That is a testament to the luminosity of the technique, not to the overweight out-of-shape body which was fighting for drowned balance.

Slowtens charge the air more than almost any technique I know. Our room felt like a cathedral -- like it was 4 stories high, and nothing but windows. The air felt ionized, like air by a lake, surrounded by salal, dogwood, and damp black earth.

"Move without disturbing the air," says Robyn Hunt. "The masters can move at a full run without disturbing the air."