The experience may be slightly different from practice to practice (and lesson to lesson), but the essence revolves around discovering (or rediscovering) the wisdom of the self.

Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (2012), Damasio shows how images, both abstract and concrete, are “the main currency of our minds.”14 In this, he associates images and minded awareness. Mind is more than the ability to think in words; it is also the ability to imagine and create images of all kinds in tandem with bodily knowled

Both are being moved through touch.

Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy, which made process the leading ontological concern. He held the metaphysical position that sequentially structured sequences of successive stages or phases are essential aspects of everything that exists.

Stern’s term affect attunement describes interpersonal exchanges between infants and mothers in which the mother matches the dynamics of her infant’s movements and vocalizations (as in fig. 8). Stern points out that the dynamics are qualitatively matched in a kinetic-affective sense.

gentle movements for fine-tuning, especially the affective and perceptual influences of movement and touch that are the bedrock of movement-based somatic studies and practices. Slow and gentle movement allows people to pay attention to affects.

Noise is not what we want at home. Harmony and balance are part of the routines of having a home, of taking pleasure in our bodies, of finding a pleasing equilibrium, of enjoying safety and well-being.

How do educators support the investment of self-learning in their students? How does the freedom of choice in learning empower students? How do teachers facilitate a learning process that acknowledges varied interests and talents of students? How can the whole person—thinking, sensing, intuiting, and feeling self—be invited on the journey of a less

Haptic perception refers to touch and how we come to know the otherness of people and