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Being In Movement Berlin

I’ve just finished a four-day Being In Movement seminar in Berlin, the culmination of six weeks of study with BIM founder Paul Linden. As ever I had fun, learnt something …

Strozzi Heckler and Giroux

Two kindred spirits on embodied leadership, the US military, terrorism and the Training Across Borders project:http://www.alliedronin.blogspot.com/

Feeling Aikido

Feeling Aikido I’ll start by being a little controversial: Most Aikido instructors in the world today don’t teach Aikido. The reason I say that is they focus on doing technique …

Aikido for Non-Aikidoka Workshop

I’m one of the teachers in an upcoming seminar Sunday Dec 9th. Here’s the blurb: Not everyone wants to study aikido as a martial art, however everyone can benefit from …

Being In Movement® – Mindbody Training

I’m currently living in the Columbus Center for Movement Studies, studying Being In Movement® mindbody training (BIM) intensively with its founder Paul Linden. Bing In Movement is body awareness training …

What is NVC?

Non-Violent Communication (NVC) can be described as: A compassionate system of expressing, listening and thinkingA way to connect from the heartA method for getting everyone’s needs met.To aikido folks, I …

The Leadership Dojo – Book Review

Two years ago I spent ten weeks living at Richard Strozzi-Heckler’s ranch (Strozzi Institute), studying in his leadership dojo, doing aikido and bodywork classes. The time I spent there was …

Larry Bieri Sensei – A Hidden Gem

In addition to the celebrity mind-body teachers, there’s a second tier of hidden gems with far less hype but no less talent. I recently discovered one of these in the …