Freeing Your Body

Helen Keller could not hear or see. Before she learned that words existed and could be used to communicate with others, she had learned to move about as any child would. Without words, the movement of her mind taught her how to be active and how to fulfill her desires. She knew how to get…

In class I often ask students to look for the beginning of a movement. Then look for it again.But where does movement really begin? Was the beginning of the movement where you first thought it was? When you looked again, did you discover it had started earlier than you thought? Consider the concept “bodymind.” It’s…