To Whom It May Concern, “Carol Fox Prescott is known as a master teacher of acting, but what she actually teaches is the skill of being present. That is, she teaches people how to be fully available and responsive to the life flowing both around and within themselves. For this reason I consider Carol to be a spiritual teacher. For Carol, acting is not pretending to be someone else; rather it is discovering your deepest self through the medium of creative expression. As a rabbi, I have learned that my most valuable offering to my congregation is the offering of myself, unpretentious, honest, fully present and expressive. Carol teaches this subtle art, and she can teach it to anyone, even the shy and self-conscious. Carol helps people to blossom.”

"Here is a bit about what it is like to work with Carol. We begin by following breath. After 7 years as a preacher and 13 before that as a French horn player, I was shocked to realize that there were things about my use of breath that had escaped my notice! So, we begin there. Let the breath be free and maintain an awareness of its movement. From within that, we work to chase authenticity and joy, which are perhaps the same thing. Working with Carol is helping me to reconnect to my own love of preaching, my own passion and the intention in my own words. By following where the breath leads, I am working to reconnect to my own emotional experience of what I am saying. I am rediscovering my authentic voice. All of this is deconstructing some things I learned along the way that are actually serving to stifle my own investment in my own words, to the detriment of my experience of the joy of preaching and therefore also to the detriment of my congregation’s experience of worship. There are things we do together that I would have sworn I hated! Biggest among these is unscripted physical movement. But I have so much fun! I so enjoy my time with Carol, even when I am doing really, really hard work. Working with Carol involves connecting to your own heart and breath and emotion. She creates a space to do that in safety and support. And it’s so fun!"

I so appreciated Carol's commitment to meeting me at my edge, calling attention to elements of my breath and presence that I hadn't even noticed, and helping me to think more deeply about my overall experience of being. From each session I took away mental and physical exercises along with continued reflection. The work she does is simultaneously gentle and rigorous, and I have no doubt that learning from her this year has helped me immensely!.