Composing Experience

Perceiving and interacting with the world around you — a Feldenkrais perspective

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The Somatic Dimension

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Action, Choice, Effort, Feldenkrais, Perception, Perceptual process, somatic organization

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Perception

So far we’ve been looking primarily at the perception of information impinging on you from the outside world. But human experience involves more than that. You are a physical being, with a physical body that moves through space and interacts with the world around you, physically and in other ways. You assess situations, make choices, [...]

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Composing different experiences

November 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Action, Choice, Effort, Perception, Perceptual process

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Perception

When I teach Composing Experience in workshops, I often begin with a direct experience illustrating how strongly your unconscious choices can affect your experience — even in situations that seem clear and straightforward. This is one of those experiences.
The situation is one in which you put one hand on your forehead and hold it there, [...]

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Choice and Experience

September 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Action, Choice, Feldenkrais, Perception, Perceptual process

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Perception

Choice and life are intimately intertwined. Life presents us with choices, and the way we make those choices determines how we experience life. Some high-level choices seem big and in the foreground, like choosing a career, or a mate, or where to live, or what U.S. foreign policy should be. We give those choices a [...]

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