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 [...]

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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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