the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: FireTom
Ayres
those that know, dont say. those that say, dont know.
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The Feldenkrais Method is an educational system intended to give individuals a greater functional awareness of the self. The method uses body movement as the primary vehicle for learning in the human organism. It is perhaps due to this focus on body movements that the Feldenkrais Method is often classified as a complementary and alternative medicine. People interested in the Feldenkrais Method are predominantly individuals who either want to improve their movement repertoire (as dancers, musicians, artists), individuals who want to reduce their pain or limitations in movement, or individuals who want to use the method as a way to improve their well-being and personal development. Advocates claim the Feldenkrais Method is a very successful approach in cases of movement related pain (e.g. pain in backs, knees, hips, shoulders), and learning better functioning in cases of stroke or cerebral palsy. A central tenet of the method is that improving someone's ability to move can improve their overall well-being; and practitioners of the Method generally refrain from referring to conceptions of illness, diagnosis or therapy.
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The Montessori method is described as a way of thinking about who children are. As a philosophy, it emphasizes the unique individuality of each child, it also emphasizes that children are distinctly different from adults in the way they develop and think, that they aren't just "adults in small bodies". Dr. Montessori believed in children's rights and the worth, value and importance of children . Comparisons to norms and standards measured by traditional educational systems are discouraged in Montessori practice, it is expected that some children will master some skills slower than others, and some skills faster. Instead, Montessori adherents believe that children should be free to succeed and learn without restriction or criticism. Dr. Montessori believed that rewards and punishments for behavior were damaging the inner attitudes of children and also people.
As an educational approach, the Montessori method's central focus is on the needs, talents, gifts, and special individuality of each child. The child controls the pace, topic and repetition of lessons independent of the rest of the class or of the teacher. Children who experience the joy of learning are believed to be happy, confident, and fulfilled.
Additional important skills emphasized by the Montessori method are self-reliance and independence. Independence is encouraged by teaching a child "practical life" skills, Montessori preschool children learn to dress themselves, help cook, clean, put their toys and clothes away and take an active part of their household, neighborhood and school. Montessori education carried through the elementary and high school years begins to encourage more group work but still relies on the student as the guide and guardian of his or her own intellectual development.
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ho·lis·tic
Of or relating to holism.
Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts.
Concerned with wholes rather than analysis or separation into parts: holistic medicine; holistic ecology.
1 : of or relating to holism
2 : relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts
adj : emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole
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scientific
adj 1: of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific journals" 2: conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"
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sci·ence (sns)
The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
Such activities restricted to explaining a limitied class of natural phenomena.
Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.
Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.
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Rousseau set out his views on education in Émile, a semi-fictitious work detailing the growth of a young boy of that name, presided over by Rousseau himself. He brings him up in the countryside, where, he believes, humans are most naturally suited, rather than in a city, where we only learn bad habits, both physical and intellectual. The aim of education, Rousseau says, is to learn how to live, and this is accomplished by following a guardian who can point the way to good living.
The growth of a child is divided into three sections, first to the age of about 12, when calculating and complex thinking is not possible, and children, according to his deepest conviction, live like animals. Second, from 10 or 12 to about 15, when reason starts to develop, and finally from the age of 15 onwards, when the child develops into an adult. At this point, Emile finds a young woman to complement him.
The book is based on Rousseau's ideals of healthy living. The boy must work out how to follow his social instincts and be protected from the vices of urban individualism and self-consciousness.
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Written by: FireTom
PS: Unfortunately I have not found anything about Anna Jean Ayres (* 1920; † 1989) who was a psychologist, graduating at UCLA and founding the Ayres-clinic 1976 in Torrance/USA for the treatment of children and education of therapeuts...
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: jonathan
perhaps you could look into how your balance affects how the poi moves around?
i always recomend looking at what the feet are doing to help visualise the move
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Written by: FireTom
OK, OK Maybe too general terms
FeldenkraisWritten by: ] tech.[/quote
MontessoriWritten by: ] flow. [/quote
All that I was asking for in the first place is, whether there is anyone here, who has a different approach to Poi than "it's just a ball on a string" and "we're just spinning it around our heads"
Whether this is a scientific (as opposing to) or a wholistic approach - I don't care so much - it might even be a scientific/holistic approach
fixed to make it even more general, but at least in familiar terms to HoP. haha. there's actually a big divide between these two even for those of us who learned on our own. is it possible that the first (Feldenkrais) be the right way to teach, but the second (Montessori) be the right way to learn sponaneously? You definitely get elements of both I think with Poi as it's a somewhat technical art...
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