Cherries… I have some sweet red ones, plump and round, just washed, water drops beading up on their dark shininess heaped up in the colander.

Imagine grabbing one in your mouth, pulling the stem with a pop, feeling the snap of the taught skin between your teeth. Sweet, meaty flesh on the tongue and juice filling the mouth. As you chew to release the pit, perhaps the slight flavor…(or is it a scent?) of bitter almond…

If you’ve ever eaten a cherry, maybe your mouth is watering now–and if so, it’s because you’ve had a previous direct experience of what those words describe.

But suppose you’d never eaten a cherry–do you think your reaction would be the same? Can a botanical definition of “cherries” convey actual “cherry-ness”? And (without looking at the label), what can one say about a cherry-flavored popsicle?

That’s why it’s so important to experience learning through your body, the way we do in Mind Body Studies–learning through the senses bridges the gap between experience and “thoughts about.”

Direct perception = pure awareness = essence.

In Optimal Movement classes we experience new ways to move with more ease and less effort. Sinking into the body and the senses this way (like a moving meditation, some students say), can be as delicious as tasting cherries.

Sound intriguing… even empowering? Remember–the experience is even better than the words that describe it!  Come try it with us!

A new class series starts this Thursday, August 3rd in Shoreline.  (If cherries are still in season, maybe we’ll have some!)

Current and Up-coming Group Classes

Thursdays:  11am – Noon
Optimal Movement, Feldenkrais-style
Dale Turner YMCA, Shoreline
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Saturday, September 16th 1:30-4pm
Live More Now
an afternoon workshop in Seattle
Stay tuned…more about this soon!

Saturdays, beginning September 23rd 
10:30 – 11:30 AM, in Shoreline
Optimal Movement for Balance, Ease and Stability
Registration opens August 22nd 
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