IS: Feldenkrais, Second Renaissance, forest
Upcoming open events:
- Saturday, May 25: Exploratory Series session #4 — Feldenkrais Method with Seth Dellinger (2 hours)
- Friday, May 31: Open-to-all Office Hours
all start @ 1pm Pacific Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). S14 Core Calls on Sundays for members run every week through June 23.
Feldenkrais Method — Cultivating Embodied Wisdom
From Seth re this Saturday:
This session will introduce you to the practice of listening deeply to the signals of your body and approaching movement as an opportunity to nourish your soul. You will be guided through a gentle practice that will improve your posture, flexibility, breathing and overall comfort in your own skin. These outcomes can be accomplished without stretching, straining or adhering to prescribed guidelines. Instead, you will engage in meditative internal dialogue, gentle movement, and non-habitual uses of your attention and imagination to create new patterns in your nervous system that support your well-being and vitality.
Note: You'll want to attend from a space where you have the ability to lay on the floor. (I think this is the first time I've said that about an IS activity, and I love it!) Also this is a 2-hour session, a bit longer than usual.
Second Renaissance
When I wrote about movements here a month ago, I had this in mind:
From the old paradigm of modernity to a new paradigm for humanity...
We live in a moment of civilizational crisis and awakeningThe Second Renaissance
You are invited to a Second Renaissance Preview Webinar next Thursday, May 30, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific (1pm Eastern, 5pm UTC)
Our friends at Life Itself are spearheading this field-spanning movement-building portal project, and Intentional Society (including everyone reading this newsletter) is invited to participate, benefit, and contribute to this coalescing of "many fingers pointing to one moon" into a movement supporting cultural evolution within larger society.
If you can't make it next Thursday, sign up for this newsletter to stay in the loop about 2R activities!
Your moment of zen
In place of a personal thought, today I want to contribute images from my neighborhood forest scenery:
May you welcome communion with these sights and evocations of nature, here and however they show up in your environment. Peace be with you.
Cheers,
James