tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169841.post4609101841037239227..comments2023-06-22T03:18:27.655-07:00Comments on FELDENKRAIS thoughtforms: Awareness of The Fool Archetype Is Helpful?Gabrielle Pullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03728140303906523518noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169841.post-68954433456206290262011-11-02T02:37:12.017-07:002011-11-02T02:37:12.017-07:00Amelia,
I love your comment, 'Perhaps we nee...Amelia, <br /><br />I love your comment, 'Perhaps we need to redefine what it means to be adult.' As a society and individually, for each of us, I believe we do need to do that, for sanity's sake in a world gone more mad than the last generation, or so it would seem. <br /><br />I am struggling with it, because I can be way too serious anyway, and I am in a situation that has made me see life through the filter of mortality. I'm also looking at how caught up I got, in the last few years, in 'making' it work. <br /><br />So, with regard to recommendations for the time between now and the end of your training. Listen to your gut. Remember how kids are supposed to be given a chance to grow up without having to deal with issues that are a part of the adult world (issues that affect our innocence & trust)? When I read between the lines, I hear that you perhaps had less of that in your own childhood than you needed. So, take that time now to be playful and gentle with yourself until your training ends. The feldenkrais training is a gift. Honor it by participating fully in the playfulness and the heart-opening qualities of it. <br /><br />For myself, I have completely abandoned the health and fitness model in favor of the learning model as I present what I do. The medical and the insurance industries in America are worse than unhelpful to practitioners who are not in the medical field. This is a stark contrast at the moment, because here in Switzerland, where I am visiting for a month, the insurance companies cover feldenkrais and the doctors have respect for this amazing modality that works on parts of ourselves that have yet to be measured by the most sophisticated new equipment devised by modern medical science.<br /><br />I also recommend that, if you can do it without too much stress, start teaching atm as soon as possible. no more than one class a week, a finite series. For me, I think we were encouraged to wait too long, until we understood it better, but first impressions are really powerful with feldenkrais, and my advice is 'Go for it,' should you feel the draw, but without pressure. Its a fine line, that only you can sense within yourself. Thank you for your correspondence. <br /><br />-Gabrielle<br />Currently most active on this blog:<br />www.peacestartswithin.orgGabrielle Pullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728140303906523518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169841.post-3223949925295766122011-10-29T02:10:02.926-07:002011-10-29T02:10:02.926-07:00Hi Gabrielle,
Thank you for your thoughtful post....Hi Gabrielle,<br /><br />Thank you for your thoughtful post. I just started training in the Anat Baniel Method, and I am experiencing many of the things you mention. For example there is so much laughter and connection among the people in class! It almost makes me uncomfortable, so much of learning for me has been under a state of extreme stress and tension. In fact, that is the only way I ever learned anything. Learning from such a new space is so foreign.<br /><br />I loved how you use the archetype of the fool. Indeed so much value in this society is placed on being "mature" and "adult". These terms actually often suggest the ability to criticize, judge, do what is "right", and operate under a lot of stress. Perhaps it is time to redefine what it means to be adult.<br /><br />I have another two years before I receive my certification and am not currently in the health and fitness industry. Do you have any advice on what I can do between now and the end of my training to further what I hope will be a career as a practitioner? Thanks!Amelianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169841.post-19685479630697589812011-06-16T18:15:39.098-07:002011-06-16T18:15:39.098-07:00Institutions DEPEND on maintaining predictability ...Institutions DEPEND on maintaining predictability to maintain a cultural system of competition and control. The paradigm of any organization, even the good ones, is to set things up so that the masses in the organization abdicate the burden of consciousness so that the leaders can deal with all that distasteful decision-making. Hence, any organization perpetuates a lack of awareness unwittingly. This is why we have so much apathy in the world.<br /><br />The good news is that it's ultimately individuals that make up institutions. In her book, 'Creating Partnerships: Unleashing Collaborative Power in the Workplace,' Dr. Cynthia King, states that "a fundamental challenge in transforming organizations includes the will and commitment to nourish personal leadership in everyone."<br /><br />Here's another place where FELDENKRAIS supplies much needed answers. How can a person be a leader of others if they don't know how to direct themselves. AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT teaches independent thinking experientially so that lemmings turn into people who stand for something and don't just go with the status quo 'because that's the way it's always been done...' (I'm not knocking tradition - I'm knocking the unquestioning mind that accepts all tradition without looking to see if it's functional!)Gabrielle Pullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728140303906523518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169841.post-45995141697884575772011-06-15T16:58:38.776-07:002011-06-15T16:58:38.776-07:00Wow Gabrielle, there's a lot of thoughts in th...Wow Gabrielle, there's a lot of thoughts in this post! I totally agree that Moshe Feldenkrais "investigated" this Method. <br /><br />He himself writes in his ATM Book that it takes a genius to find something, but then he also writes: once it is found, his students can elaborate on it and become much better than the one who found it!<br /><br />Of course institutions are exempt from this. They rely on sponsors and government money. They can not just change their policies. And once someone is working inside such an institution, they are quite cozy and well embedded there. Adapting new ways would mean they put their fortunate life at risk!<br /><br />So yes, it's us individuals who can learn, evolve, and embrace better ways of thinking and acting. The first tarot card of the major arcana "The Fool" fits so well for your point!<br /><br />Thanks for posting.Alfonshttp://www.myfeldenkraisbook.com/blognoreply@blogger.com