Sunday, October 17, 2010
Wednesday October 20, 2010 at Noon
We will continue our weekly Urge to Emerge Earth/Sky Greenercize sessions this Wednesday at the Yerba Buena Gardens. We meet inf ront of the Urge sculpture for warm-ups then proceed to the other side for the walking meditation forms. The Urge is next to the Carousel on the corner of fourth and Howard.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Wednesday October 15 at noon
Our next Urge to Emerge session will be this Wednesday, October 15 at noon. We will meet in front of the Urge sculpture which is next to the Carousel which is on the corner of Fourth and Howard. After doing warm ups there we will move to another location. Please join us for a moving green meditation.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
THE ART OF WALKING - Bob Marsh
THE ART OF WALKING
“You tell your body to do something, and then you listen” - Anna Halprin
Creativity is born in a dialogue. A combination of speaking and listening. Walking can become an art form when you engage in a dialogue with your body.
When we walk we usually don’t think much about it, how we are doing it or how it could be different. As you are walking along, in this relatively unaware state, perhaps thinking of many different things inside or looking around the outside world at shop windows or trees or what is up ahead, you could tell your body to do something, or maybe ask it a question.
“What would it be like if I came down on my heel in a more pronounced way and sort of rolled through the step?” “Now I’m going to raise my knee a little (or a lot) and come down on the toe and see how that feels.”
Then, as you “listen” to your response to that change of pace you have joined your body and mind. You may find that you like the step pattern just as it is or maybe you feel that you want to adjust it by amplifying or diminishing a certain aspect.
When you reach a level of satisfaction with the footwork, you may ask yourself what your arms want to do. You may want to emphasize an aspect of their natural automatic motion or you may want to add in motions that come from other sources, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Feldenkreis, dance forms, etc. Again, a further period of adjustments could occur. Then enjoy your Art of Walking creation. After a while you may want to morph your walk into something else, perhaps taking it to wild aerobic levels or maybe by making the moves so subtle that no one will notice you are practicing an art form or making weird moves in public.
Enjoy this mind-body connection frequently. Make up a new Art/Walk/Dance each day. Share your favorite creations with others.
“You tell your body to do something, and then you listen” - Anna Halprin
Creativity is born in a dialogue. A combination of speaking and listening. Walking can become an art form when you engage in a dialogue with your body.
When we walk we usually don’t think much about it, how we are doing it or how it could be different. As you are walking along, in this relatively unaware state, perhaps thinking of many different things inside or looking around the outside world at shop windows or trees or what is up ahead, you could tell your body to do something, or maybe ask it a question.
“What would it be like if I came down on my heel in a more pronounced way and sort of rolled through the step?” “Now I’m going to raise my knee a little (or a lot) and come down on the toe and see how that feels.”
Then, as you “listen” to your response to that change of pace you have joined your body and mind. You may find that you like the step pattern just as it is or maybe you feel that you want to adjust it by amplifying or diminishing a certain aspect.
When you reach a level of satisfaction with the footwork, you may ask yourself what your arms want to do. You may want to emphasize an aspect of their natural automatic motion or you may want to add in motions that come from other sources, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Feldenkreis, dance forms, etc. Again, a further period of adjustments could occur. Then enjoy your Art of Walking creation. After a while you may want to morph your walk into something else, perhaps taking it to wild aerobic levels or maybe by making the moves so subtle that no one will notice you are practicing an art form or making weird moves in public.
Enjoy this mind-body connection frequently. Make up a new Art/Walk/Dance each day. Share your favorite creations with others.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Wednesday October 6, 2010
The Urge to Emerge continues to develop movement sequences and timing as well as exploring the different areas of the Yerba Buena Gardens. Please join us this Wednesday at noon for this adventure in green moving meditation. Our goal is to reach a state of energized relaxation and to provide participants with an easily accessible walking vocabulary that can quickly accessed when ever moving from one spot to another.
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