undispirited’s blog

Tenth and final class.

Taking care of ourselves is not just another selfish act with a spiritual label.  It is possible to give ourselves real warmth and sustenance without being motivated by self-love, because grasping for satisfaction is very different from learning to care for ourselves.  ...  But genuine compassion, which is the antidote to ego, arises from a humble and fearless attitude of openness and generosity.... - Gesture of Balance

Ninth class.

Hold nothing back: open more than your heart; open your entire body, every atom of it.  Then a beautiful experience can arise that has a quality you can come back to again and again, a quality that will heal and sustain you.  Openness Mind p. 47.

Eighth class, which I did not attend.

Seventh class.

Seventh session facilitated by MA at Holos Institute.

Sixth class.

Lecture and workshop at CIIS.  I attended only the lecture.

Marion Rosen has a unique ability to decipher body language to see through the outer layers of a person into the innermost working of the human heart. In this workshop, participants will learn to interpret muscle tension and to support the release of this tension through gentle touch.

Students will explore how muscle tension, breath, and body postures interface with emotion. Participants will also develop greater sensitivity in their touch and increase their ability to see subtle changes in the breath that indicate a person is speaking the truth or having a long- forgotten memory well up from the past.

The spiritual and emotional dimensions of the breath will be clarified, as well as the physiological foundations of breathing and the connection of breath to the unconscious.

Marion Rosen is a pioneer of the German tradition of psychosomatic healing, carrying unique knowledge from the tradition of Elsa Gindler to the United States. She practiced physical therapy for many years before synthesizing her own method of bodywork and movement from an array of somatic sources. At the age of 93, Marion embodies the potential of her method by continuing to bring holistic wisdom to her followers as she travels and teaches internationally.

Sara Webb is a senior teacher and director at Rosen Method: The Berkeley Center. She has taught widely in Europe and is an adjunct faculty member in CIIS's Women's Spirituality program. She was Marion Rosen's first student in 1972 and is her close colleague today.

Fifth class.

Fourth class, which I was unable to attend.

Third class.  From Gesture of Balance:

It is in the heart center that our inner nature grows to fullness.  Once the heart center opens, all blockages dissolve, and a spirit of intuition spreads throughout our entire body and our whole being comes alive.