The Three Stages of Embodied Learning

The Three Stages of Embodied Learning

FundamentalismAt the first stage people are embodiment fascists. They follow just one art and insist that it’s the best. They berate other practices and have very little cross-style, or cross-cultural understanding. This stage may come with fairy conservative or event...
AND THEY PAUSED

AND THEY PAUSED

And they paused and looked at their livesAnd realised it was more appearance than substanceAnd more busyness than sanity When the rushing subsidedThey were embarrassedBut thankful to wake upfrom a kind of trance And they walked out into the sunshineWith loved...
Verbal mistakes to avoid when teaching Embodiment

Verbal mistakes to avoid when teaching Embodiment

These are the most common verbal mistakes I see people in this field make: Giving possible outcomes and metaphors, rather than clear methods, e.g. “Empty your mind”, or, “Have a mind like water”, versus “Bring your attention to the physical sensations of breathing”....
Coming to love the archetypal father

Coming to love the archetypal father

A lot of my life has centred on first fighting, then coming to love the archetypal father. In a feminised society where boys are largely raised by women and masculinity mocked, repressed and despised, this is a hard journey. The world now embodies the supposedly...
The first place terrorists win is in the body

The first place terrorists win is in the body

Whatever the form, the purpose of terrorism is to produce a fight-flight state that perpetuates violence. Scared people hurt people, and hurt people hurt yet MORE people. This is the cycle of: violence-hindbrain dominance – more violence. This fight-flight...

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