Week one of body-mind work is in the books

IMO we had a very solid first week of body-mind sharing of information and skills.

On Tuesday in class we completed the first set of Koru lessons -- including basic information about breathing itself, two breathing exercises (Belly Breathing and Dynamic Breathing), and one meditation (the Body Scan).

On Thursday in class we broadened our scope -- first to gather information about the premises of education (which we did in part by taking a comparative look at a kindergarten in Japan) and second to gather information about human physiology (which we did in part by listening to a TED talk by Herbert Watzke entitled "The Brain in Your Gut").

We concluded our Thursday meetings with a short yoga sequence in which we called attention to the potential of meditation to provide us with the type of "language" Watzke asserted we needed to develop in order to communicate better with the brain in our gut.

For homework leading into week two, we read parts one and two of the Holly Rogers Koru text "The Mindful Twenty-Something."

Looking ahead to week two, we will introduce Walking Meditation and Gatha Meditation on Tuesday, and we will extend our forays into education and physiology, and yoga, on Thursday.