Learning to learn WORDS GAYLYN AITKEN
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y yearly ‘Original Kahuna Body Work Retreat’ finished last month, a wondrous eight days of internal focus and application of self within body work. I had a small group of returning students, so the retreat ended up as a master class. Instead of focusing on technique, I was able to create a space for individuals to learn from themselves of themselves. To learn from oneself of oneself, a change of mind needs to first take place, then a shift in focus from the outside to the internal universe. The body is the honest expression of how we view ourselves. Turning one’s attention to it without intention for any particular outcome or judgment, we can calmly observe restrictive movement patterns and their effects upon one’s psychological and spiritual situation. I use micro movements to gently expand range of motion and as an
avenue towards the development of innate awareness, the state of learning from oneself of oneself. Moving with that new body awareness in the body work has the potential to establish a stable platform for psychological and spiritual maturity. Beginning at the feet, we can discover through extension and flexion, the primal flow of energy that arises from earth rebound, travelling up through the skeleton then dropping back down into the feet. Sensing for the parts of the body that are unimpeded and the parts that lack sense or are dull in sensation, we can focus on opening and bringing new life into these body parts so it can work cohesively together as a balanced family unit. For me the most exciting and humbling experience for this style of learning is that it’s never over. There’s no final exams and diploma. The university of life continues even after
we pass from this existence, what we do with our time here on earth will reverberate into eternity. For a culture firmly rooted in outcomes, it can be a bit of a struggle to change how one thinks about learning instead of being taught. The outcome is always in the moment and changes in the next, so survival of the fittest is an evolutionary movement of creative resiliency. Another way to put it is to find the yes in every situation. Yes is the key to learning, then war is over, there’s no more struggle, no more arguing, you just are or you are not. ‘To be or not to be is not the question, What is has always been, To flow and learn from an ancient essence present, Then to walk away with the past, present and future in your hands’. – Kahu Abraham Kawai’i. www.kahunamist.com
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