Issue: November 2011 |
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Dancing Mania
By Roland
Its
Monday afternoon. Ya’Acov’s train from Holland is about to pull into St.
Pancras in London. Susannah is approaching London by car on the M5.
I am in the School of Movement Medicine office playing a game to see if I can
reduce the number of emails in the inbox to below 15. I’m getting close
and have actually reduced the number down to 17. Then the phone rings:
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War and Peace
By Susannah
Is it just me, or is the ugly side of
human nature very much on display these days? I know it’s always there, and
probably has always been there, but the last few days have seen so many
excruciating images and stories of “man’s inhumanity to man” that I feel faced
with another level of digesting what we are and what we can be. And I know
there are so many other moments of both brutality and mercy and kindness that
have occurred within the same time frame. more> |
The Caretaker
By Ya'Acov
So I’m out walking the dog at the end of a very busy day in the office.
You know the kind of day. Five e-mails out, ten come in. Chasing my old virtual
tail around cyber space feeling like a mouse on the wheel and my body just says:
‘right Ya’Acov! That’s enough! Up you
get. Out you go. The sun is shining. It’s Autumn. The clocks change over the
weekend and this is the last chance you’ll get to have some sunshine this side
of 5pm for a few months. Out!’ more> |
Raising Money: Swimming in the Sea of the Unknown
This month's winner of £100 School of Movement Medicine workshop voucher
By Kristin Glenewinkel
Raising money for the ceremony of the Long Dance during the workshop with
Ya’Acov For all our Relations pressed a lot of buttons for me. It took me
days to create a letter that was personal and at the same time clear and
understandable. I felt ashamed and very
insecure when I sent out the e-mail to my family and friends. I had never asked
for money in this direct way before!
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Dance Fever & 11.11.11
By Susannah
11.11.11 is a
day for celebrating the inter-connectedness of life on earth. Alex Hanley, our
wild and wonderful organiser in London, is one of the many people who have
spontaneously and independently dreamt this, and she conceived of there being
mass break outs of flash mobs dancing the Hustle, on 11.11.11 in honour of all
the connection between all life on earth. (Strangely reminiscent of the radio
play Roland talks about in his article). more> |
An Invitation to Party & Pray with Susannah in Paris
By Susannah
Sometimes I
think our work is simply a way to show people how to connect and let go without
the help of this or that chemical or bio-chemical substance. It’s learning the
art of dance ‘foreplay’- how do you warm up, how do you create a space that
invites everyone “out” into the dance into a free, respectful and open hearted
space without drugs? more> |
A very exciting experience
By Elisabeth Käufeler-Schrag
One moment of this Initiation workshop we had a
deep experience with our mother. I felt the first time, which heavy burden my
mother put on her legs her whole life. She has open legs since I can think. She
always had a bandage on both ankles. more> |
Found in translation
By Rainer Arp
After
translating Susannah's follow up letter for "Source", I dreamed about my translation for
"incantation". I used "Zauberspruch" which more or less
means "magic spell". I was not happy with that, but could not come up
with something better. more> |
Musical Revolution- Shop news
By Susannah
For a couple
of years now, like many of us, I’ve been joyously downloading MP3s when I want
to buy music. I’m glad to be able to choose the track I want, not to have to
buy the whole album unless I want to, not to have to clutter the house with
more stuff, and not to be using more plastic and paper, and to be able to pay
the artists. At the Movement
Medicine Shop, we have just got there. more> |
The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the School of Movement Medicine.
Roland Wilkinson, Nappers Crossing, Staverton, Devon TQ9 6PD, UK Tel & Fax +44 (0)1803 762255 http://www. schoolofmovementmedicine.com
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