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week 2
​CALM

Experiencing a spacious, peaceful quiet inside even in the face of stressful situations. Having a calming presence with other people and parts. 


Optional Pain Science Review
Pain is Really Strange is a short graphic non-fiction book by Steve Haines that is one of my favorite resources to help understand mindbody symptoms.
Click to watch Haines' video lecture based on his book --> Pain is Really Strange

Course Handouts & Video
We will refer to this info in class

Offering Calm: Excerpt from To Bless the Space Between Us

calm_-_odonohue.pdf
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Offering Calm: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement

ATM Guidelines
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Offering Calm: "Feldenkrais Moments"


Homework
Any or all can be completed after Week 2 class
CALM
  • Notice when you sense the presence of Calm in your environment and in your system. 
  • ​If you have agitated parts, what are some ways you can offer them the gift of Calm?
  • Find one moment each day to practice accessing the Self-quality of Calm.

Mapping One Part
  • Find a part you are curious to get to know and focus your Calm attention on it. 
  • Are there any parts who can soften to give you space to be with this one part?
  • When you feel open-hearted and appreciative toward it, ask this part how it might like to be represented on the page (color, shape, words, image) and draw that.
  • Look at this externalized image of your part and send it warmth from your heart.
  • Ask the part what it wants you to know about its job or anything else. Would it like you to write or draw anything else to help represent it/its concerns?
  • Offer warm, open-hearted Calm to this part and thank it for this time together to begin forming a connection.
"The Violin" or, "Elbows in Crooks": Awareness Through Movement Lesson demo 
Note: we did the beginning of a longer lesson. 
Or, if you prefer, here's a written outline of the lesson: ​https://feldynotebook.com/elbows-in-crooks-ay277/
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