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More evidence for the value of #meditation: Changing Our Decision Making. Really??
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If you have to let go of distractions and begin again thousands of times, fine. That's not a roadblock to the practice--that IS the practice.. #SharonSalzberg #meditation
If you have to let go of distractions and begin again thousands of times, fine. That's not a roadblock to the practice--that IS the practice.
That's life starting over, one breath at a time.
Sharon Salzberg on meditation
Getting Started
Shambala Sun, May 2011
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New Year's Blessing--11 minutes on 1.11.11? #meditation #feldenkrais
In a recent newsletter from Russell Delman, he shared this blessing which we want to pass on to you.
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New Year's Blessings Endings..... Beginnings
Exhaling..... Inhaling Letting Go..... Welcoming May the Simple Gifts
From Life's Infinite Source Be received open heartedly Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow May Unconditional Blessings
Beginningless and Endless Fill your life Throughout this New Year........... |
Russell is an extraordinary teacher/trainer in the Feldenkrais Method and Zen meditation has his own work called Embodied Life. We have sponsored his workshops in the past and hope to do so again in the future.
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Skeletal Neutrality and Organismic Freedom: a podcast with Russell Delman
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This is a great interview! In this interview, he talks about freedom from the points of view of Moshe Feldenkrais and Buddha. I brought up the topic of Christianity and if his work is compatitble. And...pause…I also brought up the initial confusion between the words "orgasmic" and "organismic," which a number of people have mentioned experiencing, when reading the title of the workshop. Russell gives us a nice understanding of the connection. You can read Russell's bio at our prior podcast. Or you can see more about Russell at www.RussellDelman.com |
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Knowing the Difference between "I" and "the Client" | Interview with Donna Blank
Cynthia had the opportunity to talk with Donna Blank. They talked about the possibilities in connecting with clients at a deeper level. This discussion, while oriented toward Feldenkrais Teachers will be of interest to anyone who works with individuals in the realm of the human development. Donna graduated from the Amherst Training with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. A practitioner for many years, she went on to become a trainer in 1999. Donna was a founder in the first Masters degree program in Movement at Wesleyan University. She is also certified in Laban Movement, has studied Authentic Movement extensively and is a longtime student of meditation. In this interview Donna begins to express her understanding of Connecting in the Space Between. In this topic, also the title of an upcoming training, she is interested in helping practitioners drop deeper into "being-ness" so that the dance between client and teacher can emerge. Or as Dr. Feldenkrais called it the "dance between two nervous systems." In talking about boundaries... Donna discusses the importance of clearly knowing the difference between "I" and "the client."
Then through this knowing she offers....
"On one level we understand
this boundaried-ness and when we do
there is another level
of perception we can open to
which has to do with where we join."
Enjoy!
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Zen and the Feldenkrais Method | Our Inaugural Interview with Russell Delman
| This is our inaugural podcast! At the beginning you will hear me reference mastering new technology. Although we did a number of recording tests, in fact, this recording does not represent mastery. However, it isn't bad for our first time. And we will get better and better at it. That is the nature of learning.At ILCMA, we are interested in understanding broad range of topics that relate to human development. Russell Delman has had a passion for Zen and for the Feldenkrais Method since his early twenties. He has devoted much of life to understanding his own nature and offers his findings to others. His Embodied Life Mentorship program is one we are very interested in at ILCMA. In the 30 plus years since he began his study with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, he has trained over 2500 Feldenkrais Practitioners around the world and maintained a private practice in California. Along with his wife, Linda (also a Feldenkrais Trainer), Russell developed the Feldenkrais-India Project teaching Mother Theresa’s Sisters of Charity to work with brain-injured children. Russell’s approach to his own life, steeped in Zen, Focusing and Gestalt Psychology, is ever present in this interview. |
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Part A - Russell on the Feldenkrais Method, his background in Zen, and how they go together:
Quotable moment:
"The person is now in touch with their life and how it’s expressing itself. In that moment they are alive to themselves. It’s not a mind, or a body or a spirit but it’s a living unity that the person is dropping into. That’s the beginning of the Feldenkrais Method."
Part B - Russell on Higher Purpose and Giving back to Humanity:
Quotable moment:
"There is a fundamental longing within the human being for real connection for something that only happens in the flesh."
Part C - Russell on the Evolution of Consciousness:
Quotable moment:
"Consciousness is evolving. It's not complete. What’s happening right now is the movement from a fear basis of life into taking care of life. I call this the movement from fear to love as the dominate operating principle."
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