Disassociation & Morality
Jim Freda Morality does not come from our intellectual superiority. The intellect has no inbuilt morality. Abstract reason has no innate morality. Morality comes from the constraints and affordances provided by the complex structures of living organisms. We are each of us a living organism and those organic constraints and affordances that are the […]
Finding Ease Through Connection
Craig Mallett Connecting the arms to the torso through the shoulder is not a simple matter of strengthening or mobilizing the shoulder, although both are involved to some degree. A connected shoulder is one that allows free passage of force. This force could be as simple as the weight of the arms themselves being […]
Re-Defining Resilience
Amelia Chan Resilience is often described as a kind fortitude and teeth-gritting willpower that pushes one to do something they do not want to do, “for their own good”. When I see kids being persistent in solving a problem on their own accord in their lessons, not wanting to stop even when I suggest […]
Theater of Precarity (Deathclown Rules #2)
Dare Carrasquillo [Part 1] Precarity (also precariousness) is a precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare. The social class defined by this condition has been termed the precariat. –from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precarity Theater of Precarity is a theatrical application of death practice. Death practice means many things to many people and cultures, but I spent 8 months in 2022-2023 explaining […]
The Pink Cloud Effect (Deathclown Rules #1)
Dare Carrasquillo Any seriously disorganized system or subsystem will improve if sufficient stimulus is applied to it. This does not mean that the stimulus is good, true or sane, just that the disorganized system responds positively in some regard to almost anything. This is why and how bad, corrupt and untrue things can appear […]
Defining Genius
Amelia Chan At work we’ll be playing with someone who is apparently sometimes described as a genius – a discussion about what makes one ensued – which compelled me to put down some thoughts. Genius being un-ordinary, it’d be arrogant of me to try to slap on a definition from my vantage point. This […]
Everything’s Filtered
Chris Davis “The light in me” seems to be a mess of pixels. EVERYTHING’s filtered. I was listening to someone complain about how SO much of life is online these days. I agreed and disagreed. Then it was something about how much is lost over Zoom — nonverbal cues, body language, unconscious behaviors […]
An Attentive Walk & Talk
Christine Ruffolo In an unassuming day in July 2022, I attended a workshop entitled “The Musicality of Being” in Washington DC. It was lead by Seth Dellinger, a Feldenkrais practitioner with a story so wild I’m not going to touch upon it here. That is for him to discuss. We met at a picnic […]
A Conversation Between New Friends
Seth Dellinger Getting to know: connection as conversation.
General Preparatory Studies
Dave Wardman I had three quotes in mind for this piece but have only found two of them. Not to matter, as this will be a topic that I will return to a number of times and add depth to. It is something I have an ongoing curiosity with. The basic premise is something along […]
Where is Gravity Winning?
Chandler Stevens There’s a thing we say about aging, that gravity takes its toll. And it’s true. The soft tissues succumb to the downward pull, losing their elasticity. The spring and bounce that characterizes youth dessicates. And yet there’s a way we age long before our time, offering ourselves up as sham sacrifice to […]
Life Connections
Christian Paev Desire without ability leads to frustration. Ability without desire is just potential. Missing both is apathy. Develop the abilities that match your desires. Or suffer proportionally to their difference. **** Movements? What movements? The actual content of the practice goes far beyond the exposed visual shell, that mislead the eye. It cannot […]
Beliefs, Culture, & Connection
Ramon Castellanos In this article I want to discuss something that you do not see discussed a lot and that is the practice of magic in the context of the primal movement, the primal health movement or the ancestral movement. There is a lot of talk about nutrition, physical training protocols, circadian rhythm […]
Affective Movement
Alex Sporticus The art of teaching, at its very core, is constant decision making and problem-solving in a dynamic environment to assist the individual or the collective to flourish. As a secondary school teacher of PE I believe I am faced with two key puzzles to solve. The first key puzzle is how can […]