Tango Therapist

  Is tango changing in ways you don't like?  In my practice as a therapist, I have a new way to help people be "resilient."  ...

 Reading time: 3 minutes Tango helps me understand "flow."   With the help of advances in neurology, scientists are starting to ma...

  On New Year's Eve, the woman at the cash register  asked if I would be doing something special for New Year's Eve.    I said, &quo...

If you know a bit about chess , you might have noticed that the chess piece pictured above is not really the king but a pawn.  The cliché th...

  Burnout Insurance.   I suggest buying some tango burnout insurance. There are only two steps. First, assess how much you value tango. Step...

In the book, "The Boy who was Raised as a Dog," I learned more about the neurological effects of neglect on children's brains ...

  The majority  of those who read my blog are not native English speakers.  Because of this, many may have looked up the word "intercou...

Sleeping is a primal need. Dancing is a primal need.   We don't need to choose between them.  We need both. Some will say sleep is mo...

We the People ... ...  should put our freedoms in the right order.  Ameican freedoms, as prioritized in the Constitutional Amendments, got...

  No.  The early milonga eventually will be seen as the best business decision of the century for tango lovers.  The COVID-19 pandemic was m...

  My goal is to be my best. For those who do not dance, let me share a fact:  It is a rare thing to have your own partner as your favorite ...

At the end of the pandemic, maybe a new start?   Look around, if you have been around and experienced tango communities come and go, you wil...

Encuentro in Newport News, Virginia by Ivy Garrenton Sybille, my wife, and I were talking about   the five languages of tango , and I think ...

Worldwide 17 December 2020 we celebrate Bethoven's 250th birday.  This is a good time to ask what great tango musicians have in common ...

Will tango survive the pandemic?    What helps the body survive is exactly what will help tango survive. But surviving is not the same as ...