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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #10
Friday, December 16, 1977
We had a discussion about directing as a non-endgaining activity. It was suggested that the work is about giving yourself more space. Direction is not a movement. Direction is a thought. Movement is a result of direction. Direction precedes movement, and integrates and releases through movement.
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Friday, December 2, 1977
There is no right way to direct, only direction.
On the street, I may see what I want to happen to me in the person ahead or me, or direct the person in the mirror.
Judy: “Like the Macy’s parade balloons, only expanded with energy rather than air.”
Must be willing to give up what you think is true.
Not to be rigid.
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When I trained to be an Alexander Teacher at the American Center for the Alexander Technique from 1987 to 1989, I was fortunate to benefit from the wisdom of a large faculty of teachers with all levels of experience. Our Senior Trainers had anywhere from 6 to 30 years of experience teaching and training teachers. They each had a distinctive approach to the art of teaching. Alongside them, we were also taught by associate faculty, recent graduates and classmates who were at all levels of training.
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by Brooke Lieb
Brooke: During our work together on the ACAT Teacher Certification Program, I remember you repeatedly sharing with me that you found lectures and the verbal component of hands-on turns virtually un-intellligible, and stressful. I was able to appreciate that auditory learning wasn’t particularly useful to you, but in retrospect, I know I didn’t have a meaningful understanding or appreciation of how unique sensory processing is from one person to another. I was also fascinated because I know how much you read and comprehend, and that you studied much more complex subjects than I ever have and are articulate and versed in those topics.
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