Articles & Links

Articles

Camera Eyes - Searchlight Eyes (an excerpt from "Seeing with Magical Eyes; Practices to Revitalize Your Experience of the World")

Do you let what you see come into you, or do you send your attention out to what you see? They are very different experiences. I've noticed that when I let what I see come into me the distinctions of 'out there', 'in here', and even 'me' drop away. When I send my attention out to what I am seeing it keeps things at a distance, separate. Each of these ways of seeing is useful, depending upon the situation you find yourself in. more

Supple Sides (an excerpt from "The Desk Jockey's Manual; Simple Moves to Do on the Job that Will Keep You in the Game - and Thriving! ")

I've noticed it never occurs to many people to let themselves bend to the sides. They've taken the term 'rib cage' to heart and learned to move as if their ribs are the steel bars of a cage. This makes it hard to breath, and harder to move with any ease. Let yourself bend to the sides, let your ribs open and close, it will keep you feeling supple, and breathing supple, like a willow in the breeze! more

How We Learn - Moshe Feldenkrais

'The ability to learn a skill needs a child's state of mind - the ability to play while learning the ability to pay attention; without intending to learn. It also needs, among other requirements, the ability to feel differences; that is, the ability to distinguish between one sensation and another very similar one. It needs attention with intention. more

Links

The Feldenkrais® Method of Somatic Education:
Feldenkrais.com
The Feldenkrais Method on wikipedia

Bartenieff Movement Fundamentals:
Laban Movement Analysis on wikipedia

Laban and Nikolai Movement Philosophies:
Laban Movement Analysis on wikipedia
Alwin Nikolais on wikipedia

Neuro Linguistic Programming:
Neuro Linguistic Programming on wikipedia

The Pilates Method:
The Pilates Method on wikipedia

"When you seek something, your true nature is in full activity, as if you are feeling for your pillow in the dark. If you know where the pillow is, your mind is not in full function. Your mind is acting in a limited sense. When you are seeking for the pillow, without knowing where it is, then your mind is open to everything. In this way, you will have a more subtle attitude toward everything, and you will see things as it is." - Suzuki Roshi