“The Body We Are” — Excerpts from Stanley Keleman’s Article

August 27, 2013

There are so many ways and on so many levels that Stanley’s words and approach resonate with me and my work as a Feldenkrais practitioner. It is hard to know where to begin. At the conference, I will start by teaching experientially, of course. But if you can’t make my classes, here are a few more quotes from Stanley Keleman that I thought I’d share:

The body is a living, creative process… In the most basic sense we are our bodies, and more, that our bodies are an expression in microcosm of the creative organizing principle of the universe.

Somatic work begins with discovering our individual patterns of self use and the emotional body states that give us a primary reality.

With this self knowledge, we learn to grow an interior presence, to be grounded in ourselves and to sustain our process in relationship to others. Growing ourselves, then, is not a state of mind but a state of the somatic entity.

Stanley Keleman – The Body We Are

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Sonja H. Sutherland

Sonja is a Guild-certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® with many years of ongoing studies with Stanley Keleman, the founder of Formative Psychology®. She holds a black belt in aikido and a Masters in Choreography and Dance Education.
Sonja has a private practice in Berkeley, California where she offers individualized hands-on sessions for adults, children and seniors. She leads group classes, somatic workshops, and retreats.
Sonja has been developing and teaching Creative Learning Through Movement classes as part of an elementary school curriculum since 1997. She has taught her somatic approach to working with children to teachers, parents and somatic educators.