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Kinesthetic Education

A couple of things caught my eye in the last two days, that made me want to write about this topic today.  One was a billboard at Wynyard station (for St Vincents, I believe) talking about helping children get their self-esteem back (something I think movement and somatic education can help facilitate in some cases; and in a fun way, too); and an article I read about ADHD. A while back I read Tom Myers ‘Kinesthetic dystonia’ series of articles ...Read More

Little Notebooks are Awesome (as are pants/shorts with lots of pockets to put them in)!

Little notebooks (roughly pen length or smaller) are awesome(!!).  I’ve been using them for perhaps the last 3 or 4 years now, and they have proven their value many times over.  Sure, you can type stuff into ‘notes’ on your iPhone, or whatever, but nothing beats the good old notepad and pen.. plus, I want to still be able to write by hand, so this lends me the opportunity to practice this skill.   Ideally, the size of the notebook ...Read More

Lucid dreaming

Haha! I was going to write about this two days back, and now, today, Kit has written about Chuang Tzu’s ‘Butterfly’ dream in a post on sleeping and meditation. See HERE.  I was introduced to lucid dreaming (becoming aware you are dreaming in a dream, and gaining some control over said dream) in about year 11 (if I recall correctly..), by my best friend; who had found out about it via the Internet, or a book.  I had an instant ...Read More