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Embodied Understanding of Abstract Concepts: Learning Through the Body
When we consider concepts like adaptability, resilience, or integrity, we may have a general understanding of their meanings, but they often remain abstract. Experiencing them physically instead can be highly effective. An embodied understanding fosters a much deeper connection to what these concepts signify, allowing us to internalize their meaning at the level of reflexes.
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Why Variability is Good for Health
Variability is one of the main qualities that EightOS practice cultivates. Our practice promotes variability on the physical level, through movement and breathing, but also on the cognitive level, through perception, learning, and communication. But why is variability so important and how does it affect health and well-being?
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Practice as Cultivation
Practice, as we normally understand it, is something that is related to the actual application of an idea and often it is also something that is done regularly, following a regime or… -
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Practices: Images and Objects for Inspiration in Movement (w Imre Thormann)
Imre Thormann is a dancer and Noguchi Taiso practitioner. In his work he often uses objects to demonstrate the basic natural movement principles. In September 2017 we made an interview with him… -
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Practices: Natural Movement in Everyday Life (w Imre Thormann)
Imre Thormann, one of the most renowned Butoh dancers from Europe, is also a teacher of Noguchi Taiso – a special technique, which is based on integrating the natural principles of movement… -
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Practices: Fear as a Teacher in Systema (w mayor Komarov)
Mayor Komarov's way of teaching Systema Russian martial art is very closely related to the notions of fear and pain. He invites his students to work with those sensations in order to… -
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Practices: Systema, Physical Training, and Life Principles (w mayor Komarov)
Mayor Komarov is a practitioner of the Russian martial art Systema, which is based on non-resistance and fluidity of movement. We are very inspired by his approach to body practices and took…
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