Issue: January 2010 |
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The Genie in the Snow & Mr Jefferson
By Roland
With great care I set my
alarm clock on the evening of 9th Jan to go off at precisely 3.58 in
the morning. Susanne and I were due to
be at Susannah and Ya’Acov’s house at 5.0 on Jan 10th for the ceremony to mark
the School of Movement Medicine’s 3rd birthday. Snow was forecast and I had left plenty time
so that we would be able to walk if we couldn’t drive. As I laid my head back
on my pillow a rather conceited thought went through my head. “You don’t really need to set that alarm
clock” my smug self told me. “You know
you always wake up 2 minutes before the alarm is due to go off.” more> |
Letter from Susannah
By Susannah
I don’t know about you, but
being alive right now feels like an amazing opportunity, gift, challenge and
responsibility. How to balance the reality of life going on, on the one hand,
with its day to day needs; the car needs repairing, the train needs booking,
the gas hob needs fixing, whilst knowing, on the other hand, that the way we
are living is unsustainable and we are hurtling towards…. ?? more> |
Ya'Acov's News
By Ya'Acov
Happy
New Year to one and all. I am writing from the Earth Spirit Centre in Glastonbury just as we are about to
begin the second module of our apprenticeship programme. We spent the day
yesterday doing the Be The Change
symposium for those of our apprentices who wanted to experience the very
powerful tool for awakening created by the Pachamama Alliance, a dynamic
partnership brought into being by the Achuar people of Ecuadorian rainforest
and their partners in North America. more> |
As Day Follows Night
By Ali Young
I can of course, only speak
for myself, but I’ve found this Winter a dark one. Evenings saw me downloading
news of Copenhagen, whilst days brought participation in teaching
meetings at the Centre for Leadership where some of the response to our current
global unfolding is to prepare for yet more training in “safety and security”.
more> |
Your first three months – an open letter to my son Leewin
By Jayne Bullen To My Son
So many months and a few
years have passed since I first wanted to write this letter to you – when IT
all happened. When you happened.
I had resigned from my job
so that I could spend the summer dance dance dancing and travelling to do
it all over the place – I had decided I was ready to take the big step and
start teaching this work and needed to take time out to do it. It was when you
came to me, like a bolt of lightening you decided that this exact moment was
the time you needed to come into the world and be in my body with me, in the
heart of fulltime dancing. more> |
Toad Moved Inside Me
 By Brenda Kelleher
Toad moved inside me. I had been feeling nauseous for a
little while, but it was just then that I realised it was a toad, glistening,
slimy, bulbous. It was the Saturday of Ya’Acov’s workshop E-motion in
Amsterdam. more> |
MA LANGUE MATERNELLE
 By Therond (English translation below)
Je me sens très
privilégié d’être le premier à écrire ici dans une autre langue que l’anglais.
Et cela pour plusieurs raisons.
La première c’est
qu’alors qu’on parle beaucoup d’écologie, de violation de la nature et
d’extinction de certaines races d’animaux, nous – en tant qu’être humains –
connaissons également, peut être sans le savoir, l’extinction de beaucoup de
cultures humaines et donc aussi de langues. more> |
Living the Dream: fulfilment, interconnection and realisation
By Kerri Cripps
As some of
you know I have made a video poem, with my friend Helen, about my brother
Simon’s suicide, which I am going to present at the International Association
of Process Oriented Psychology (IAPOP) conference in Portland in Feb 2010. The video focuses on
the dreaming behind the suicidal process and explores what needs to die and
what un-killable spirit needs to be lived more fully. We used art work,
movement and shape-shifting and we had a strong sense of connection with Simon
throughout. more> |
Copenhagen
By Susannah
Being in Copenhagen was wonderful and wierd. I felt so much hope and so
much despair. Made so many connections and felt so much disconnection. Felt
potent and insignificant. I went to Copenhagen to be another peaceful and passionate body on the
street at the big demo. To stand up and be counted. more> |
The Copenhagen climate fever – a personal account
by Agnes Madaras
The climate fever had already started when
Susannah arrived in Copenhagen. Throughout the town people were exhibiting climate
friendly projects. In the Red Cross Cafe they priced food based on the CO2 contents – a beef
burger cost 10x the price of a veggie burger, as it takes ten times CO2 more to
produce beef. more> |
Empowerment
This month's winner of £100 School of Movement Medicine workshop voucher
by Rob Porteous
When I was a child I saw -
or rather, I was encouraged to see - the life ahead of me as a series of
hurdles to be overcome, or targets to be met: primary school, secondary school
,’O’ levels, ‘A’ levels, university, a profession, marriage, children. A
succession of external markers that would prove I was good enough, and deserved
a seat at the table of life. more> |
Complementary
 By Susannah
I came away from Hamburg last November
with a happy heart. Dancers and singers from many backgrounds came together to
dance and to sing with myself and the fabulous Ben Burrow on drums. There were
people who have danced with myself and Ya’Acov over years both in our 5 Rhythms
era and with Movement Medicine, people who dance 5 Rhythms with Tom Schulz,
with Michael and Gabriella Kuhn, people who dance Soul Motion and Nia with
Edgar Spieker and people who dance Soul Motion with Vinn Marti and people who
have never danced. I ran into Tom at a gig with Raoul Midon at which the singer
had nearly lost his voice but was still absolutely amazing and riveting (see
him!!!). more> |
Carolina Naess
My name is Carolina Naess
and I've been having the honor to dance with Ya’Acov and Susannah at their
recent workshops both in London
and abroad in Luzern. I'm originally from Sweden, but currently I'm studying a Masters in Dance
and Somatic Wellbeing at the University of Central Lancashire. For my research project I’d like to research a
group of children. I wonder if you know of anyone working with children (any
age) who I may contact to discuss various possibilities for either the UK or Sweden? more> |
A funny thing about translation
by Susannah
It’s a strange but true that
you need to be able to speak English to do our more advanced courses: “Journey of
Empowerment” “Ritual”,
“Initiation” “The Phoenix
Retreat” and “The
Apprenticeship Programme”…. This is because these groups attract people
from many countries and so it would not be possible to translate into all the
languages needed. So for these courses, without translation, we speak in more
simple English. This is good practice for us. So, to do these courses, you need
to be able to understand, and speak, basic school English, and we will adapt
our English to what is needed. more> |
Heart Dinner
By Hans Nusink
My dinner
See you sitting
on the
empty chair
opposite
me more> |
The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the School of Movement Medicine.
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