{"id":5867,"date":"2007-10-04T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wpdude.com\/test\/?p=5"},"modified":"2007-10-04T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T21:54:00","slug":"being-in-movement-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/10\/being-in-movement-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Being In Movement Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I\u2019ve recently returned from a trip to Poland training Being in Movement with Paul Linden Sensei.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Linden is a senior member of Aiki Extensions<\/a>, director of the Columbus Center for Movement <\/a>Studies<\/a> , founder of Being In Movement\u00ae and in my opinion one of the best body-mind teachers in the world. He has spent a lifetime applying principles from aikido, Feldenkrais and other arts to a wide variety of areas, especially abuse recovery, conflict resolution and sports.<\/p>\n

As ever I found his wo\"\"<\/a>rk in Poland accessible, humane, and powerful. I was particularly struck by Paul\u2019s teaching method, which is to ask people to experience and e\"\"<\/a>valuate for themselves, first a habit and then an alternative. This seems to really get to people and overcomes \u201cyes but…\u201d resistance.<\/p>\n

The Polish group was about half martial artists and half others, including psychotherapists, dancers and NLP teachers. We worked with Paul\u2019s tool-bag of relaxation, breath, intention, power, love and yielding and had an intense and enjoyable time. I\u2019m now looking forward to spending a month with Paul in Ohio shortly, as his work seems very relevant to my own.<\/p>\n

Our Polish host was Przemyslaw (pro. \u201cShem\u2019eck\u201d) Gawronski kindly he put me up in his Warsaw aikido school<\/a>, which like all dojos was a home from home for me. Paul Linden also led Przemyslaw\u2019s \u201cIntegration Class\u201d \u2013 for parents and childre\"\"<\/a>n to practice aikido together. His \u201cSamurai Patty Cake\u201d game was a winner.<\/p>\n

After the seminar I traveled to historic Krakow. This Polish cultural and educational centre felt like a Harry Potter set at times and I met plenty of friendly people there. My hosts in Krakow were Pawel and Pawel , trainers from Aiki Management<\/a>, recommended to me by Lance Giroux of The Samurai Game<\/a>. I also joined in their aikido class, it was interesting to work with Polish bodies which have a unique feel. The Pawels were live in students of Tissier Sensei, an exceptional Fre\"\"<\/a>nch aikidoka, and it showed in their fluid movement and Powerful technique. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDziekuje bardzo\u201d Paul, Pawels, Przemyslaw and Poland for a wonderful time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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