An Ancestor Speaks

Susannah Darling Khan
By Susannah DK and Dick S. Darlington Some time again my father gave me this piece of writing from my grandfather, his father: Dick Samuel Darlington, who died before I was born. Meeting him in...
14 June 2018
13 min read

Would the Girl that I was be Proud of the Woman I Have Become?

Susannah Darling Khan
One of the incredible assistants in the recent Apprenticeship ‘Immersion’ module wore a striking tee-shirt with these words on the back: “Est-ce le petit garçon que tu étais, fier de l'homme que tu es devenu?”:...
26 March 2018
6 min read

The Power of the Pause

Susannah Darling Khan
Here is Ivor – one of my two new teachers of love, patience and leadership from the heart. He is one of those flighty, extremely sensitive and easily defensive type of Exmoor ponies. Today I...
7 February 2018
3 min read

A Postcard from my Learning Edge

Susannah Darling Khan
Dear all, I’m going to try and share something about our relationship as we are evolving in it. Enough of you have asked me searching questions in a particular vein to make me feel that...
23 September 2017
15 min read

Beyond the Honeymoon

Susannah Darling Khan
Bonus interview with Susannah and Ya'Acov by Shakti Malan. https://soundcloud.com/movement-medicine/beyond-the-honeymoon-bonus-interview-with-susannah-and-yaacov
24 May 2016
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The Spinning Lady

Susannah Darling Khan
In a village called Tinkias, deep in the Amazon Rainforest, there lives a very, very old, tiny, wrinkled, shiny eyed grandmother. She is a mistress of the ancient art of spinning cotton, and the only...
21 March 2016
16 min read

A message from Mukusawa & Maria

Susannah Darling Khan
Maria looked up, her eyes shining, as words burst out of her. “Stop!” she said, “Please listen! I have something important I need to say to you as women.” We could tell that this was...
1 January 2016
6 min read

The Shadow and Light Marriage: Coming into harvest

Susannah Darling Khan
I’m feeling so grateful and blessed. I’ve been blessed with many wonderful teachers, colleagues, friends and family. My work has meaning for me, which is growing year by year, and more and more of what...
22 September 2015
10 min read

A Fork in the Road

Susannah Darling Khan
1982 was a pivotal year for me. It was the year I went to Medical School in Leeds. I hadn’t really wanted to be a doctor, but because I was good at science and had...
10 June 2015
7 min read

The Mothers and the Mystery

Susannah Darling Khan
By Susannah I received many responses to my ‘Super ego and the Soul’ article in the last newsletter (April edition) – thank you. All your responses were instructive and useful to me. Many of you...
13 May 2015
17 min read

In Memory of Susanne Perks (1940–2015)

Susannah Darling Khan
By Susannah and Ya'Acov Susanne Perks winged her way into our lives very early on in our relationship, in the late 1980s. She and Roland came into our lives before we started working with Gabrielle...
7 April 2015
8 min read

The Super-ego and the Soul

Susannah Darling Khan
This article may be a challenge to read. It’s deep stuff: the result of many years of study about the potency of our assumptions and the power of the negative way many of us talk...
7 April 2015
17 min read