Heartfelt Thanks

I am deeply grateful to Alfred E. Prettyman for his eagle eye, warm encouragement, the conversations!—and, most of all, rich and enduring friendship. Thanks to Myron Eshowsky for his teachings and for pointing me in the direction of the work of Julie Roberts, and to Hilda Massoud for the blank-paper exercise and for pointing me in the direction of the work of Dr. Shirley Turcotte. Thanks to Deirdre MacKenzie, Rita Mrozcek, and Dr. Robert Zuber for their friendship, encouragement, careful reading, and helpful suggestions. Thanks to Caroline Cochran for contributing the drawing of the tapping-points guy and to Russell Gordon for painting the design supplied by the Dudes onto one of my drums. Thanks also to the fellow pilgrims met by chance in Bodh Gaya who took the best picture of me ever. Muchísimas gracias to webmaster Kendall.

Thanks to Michelle Patrick and everyone else who has pulled my coat. Special thanks to Majida Dawn Gowins, for being the brave first friend to try some of these practices out, and to Leslie Bryan, Julie Harting, Una Manenti, and Isa Pyle for attending that first workshop—and for their friendship, their spiritual comradeship on assorted paths, and their bravery.

Thanks to Catharine Grad, Esq., and all the great neighbors for keeping a roof over our heads.

I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to attend “Healing Ourselves and our Communities,” a weekend workshop at the Abode of the Message presenting a variety of healing modalities, including tapping protocols and the torn-paper exercise, which was organized by Dr. Fatima Hafiz-Muid and Onaje Muid, graced by the presence of the great Randy Weston, and even included a deep conversation about the healing power of music between Randy Weston and Pir Zia Inayat Khan, who joined us long-distance for the occasion.

Thanks to the Zapatistas for their inspired organizing model, and to all the teachers and companions in all the strands of my braided spiritual path: Sufi, shamanic, Al-Anon, Santería, and all the paths that have no name. True friends you are.