Week One: Notice Yourself

  Getting Started “I’m just doing this to save my miserable ass.” – Ram Dass   Since you’re here, let’s get right to it. Start a journal of your journey    Notice Yourself Each moment is an opportunity to take a snapshot of your sensory landscape Taking Stock Noticing your sensory landscape gives you a…

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Week Two: Surfaces

  When You Touch…how much are you touched?    Notice Yourself As you explore your inner landscape, bring your attention to the places where you meet up with the world – the floor beneath your feet, the chair you are sitting on. How do you know they are there? Surfaces as a Mirror to Identity…

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Week Three: Sensations of Movement

How Do I Know That I am Moving?    How Much am I Moved by My Moving?  Introduction to Sensations and Movement   How Sensation Organizes Movement   Movement is the expression of your interaction with your environment.    In 1917, a movement instructor in Berlin was watching her students move through the ‘natural’ movements…

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Week Four: Meeting at the Edge

photo by Sylvia Chard How does movement begin? Five Rhythms Movement Warmup     Sensing Inner Landscapes: The Pelvis When you move, sensations we feel come most commonly from two sources – pleasant and unpleasant.  But there is a third category, quietly available to inform your movement, feeding important information to the brain that often…

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Week Five: The Unfolding Moment

How do sensations guide our interaction with the world? Practice: Spinal Walk Walk for a few minutes, noticing the quality of movement through your spine.  Put a weight on your head – it could be a book or a beanbag.  Notice how this weight affects your awareness of your spine and the quality of your…

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