Ya'Acov's June Newsletter

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
Strength, Sensitivity, and Overwhelm: Embracing the Ecstasy of Life We live in an era where our innate sensitivity, so long ignored and without a language for its expression, is beginning to emerge from its chrysalis...
7 June 2023
6 min read

Every Now and Then

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
A short offering from me this month. And a poem. Enjoy! I love my life. I genuinely do. It’s not that it’s easy. There are plenty of challenges in my day-to-day, as well as the...
3 May 2023
3 min read

The Circle is Open

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
Last year, after three years without a Long Dance, and after more than a decade of dreaming of the Long Dance happening on Dartmoor, 180 hardy souls gathered at the Hillyfield Woodland farm to prepare. Though not...
17 March 2023
6 min read

Life on the road.... (again)

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
I remember the very first time I heard the words ‘Road Warrior.’  I was sat in a smoky, high-ceilinged room in a beautiful old country house called Highnam Court near Gloucester. My teacher, Batty Thunder Bear...
5 March 2023
7 min read

Movement Medicine is Sweet 16 Today!

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
Dear Friends and Colleagues, human beings in bodies, learners and seekers, alchemists and fools, today, we celebrate the 16th Birthday of our School. And in so doing, we honour those whose shoulders we stand on....
10 January 2023
3 min read

The Never-Ending (& humbling) journey of learning

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
by Ya'Acov In this article, Ya’Acov shares the challenges and learnings that these past six months have been personally, relationally and professionally. As we approach the next ‘open gate period’ (October 26-30) for 21 Gratitudes...
14 October 2020
10 min read

Ending the Blame Game

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
It’s the Jewish new year this week. It has always felt right to me that the new year begins in the autumn. It’s such a time of change. I love the sweet melancholy that accompanies...
23 September 2017
9 min read

Becoming the Jaguar

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
Why so much fuss? – it’s just a book after all … Yes, indeed it is, just a story. Here’s another one: When I was in the Amazon four years ago alongside Susannah and our...
4 June 2017
8 min read

Another Place, Another Culture, Another Story

Ya’Acov Darling Khan
Dear Movement Medicine Community, I am on my way to Japan. That’s further East than I’ve ever been before and it’s a fulfilment of a childhood dream. It’s another journey into the unknown. Another place....
13 May 2015
8 min read