What is this Anatomy of Wholeness work about?
 
David Gorman, renowned anatomist, Alexander teacher and founder of the LearningMethods work, brings his latest insights to this workshop the Anatomy of Wholeness^{™ —} about understanding our amazing human design and function from the point of view of you, the whole thinking, feeling, responding, performing being.

Learning to get out of the way of the natural functioning of these built-in whole-system "patterns of being" allows you to regain your heritage of effortless wholeness along with greater support, freedom, ease and coordination.

The course presumes no special knowledge of the body, though for those who already know a lot, you'll find a whole new point of view to deepen your understanding and improve your daily activities and practice.

And who is it for?

It is designed for anyone who is already exploring themselves and their function through any method or technique; for those who practice yoga, martial arts, aikido, etc.; for health and medical professionals, Alexander Technique, body-workers, etc., and those who work with others; for performers (musicians, actors and dancers), athletes; or anyone simply interested in understanding themselves and learning how to function better.

What will we cover?

In these two days you will discover (among many other things):

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one of the most fundamental yet simple elements of freedom that not many know how to use…

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the beautiful organization naturally inherent in your system where muscles function as an elastic suit suspending you in a web of adjustable support that follows you around, springing you effortlessly into activity…

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and how radically different this is from the usual way we (and most books and teachers) think we are built to function…

   
This workshop will change the way you think about yourself,
and the way you use yourself in the world.
 
  

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how your whole respiratory system is hung inside you directly from your head and why the voice is a special kind of voluntary activity, designed to be organized by your intention alone, and especially vulnerable to interference…

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how communication, emotion and response are inherent expressive properties dependent on your state of freedom, and how we are designed to respond to others directly without emotions being "added on" in performance…

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the in-built coordinating system that will put together and refine new skills far faster, easier and with higher quality than you could ever do yourself by trying to control your parts…

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the huge implications of a recently-discovered genetic program in your muscles that allows them to change their very nature to suit you… and why the proper kind of training and practice is essential to take advantage of it…

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the two ‘hidden’ organizations of muscle in the legs that give you a built-in primate nature to eliminate effort and back problems…

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the ‘myth’ of the quadriceps and calf muscle and why most exercises and training for them does not really do what most of us want…

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why so much trying to change and improve ourselves with one method after another often ends up making people feel more separate, more in parts, and no nearer our goals …

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and, of course, much more…
... plus wherever your questions and interests lead us… After all, the workshop is for YOU !

Dates/Times:

Dates coming soon for Autumn 2008. The workshop will run from 6pm -8pm Friday evening, 10:15am to 5:15pm Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sunday with a one-hour lunch break on Saturday and Sunday.

$100 early registration discount for taking both workshops - see below

Cost:

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Attending this weekend workshop:
Early-bird discount is $250 for the 2½ days if you register and pay the full fee three weeks before the workshop begins. The fee for late registration is $275.  You can attend the Friday evening for $36 to check out the course and see if you want to come for the rest of the weekend. You MUST pay at the time of registration.

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Attending Part-time:
It may be possible to attend part-time, but contact the organizer for more information.

Concessions are available:
If you cannot afford the full fee, but really want to attend, we would rather have you there than not be there just for financial reasons, so contact organizer for further details.

Payment methods:
     (see below for contact details)

Contact:
     for information and registering:

Eric Stewart   e-mail:
tel:  +1 440-774-9642
web: www.solaluna.com
40½ South Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

LearningMethods
— The application of intelligence to experience

Open to everyone — you do not need to have attended any previous workshops.  Come to learn for yourself... or if you are a teacher or practitioner, come to enhance and expand your skills
 

Course Description:

LearningMethods is such an effective and fast way to change in large part because you are not learning a new method. Rather you are learning how to use your own intelligence to explore and make sense out of your own rich already-existing experiences. Once you know how to do this you will be able to solve your own problems and navigate successfully in your daily life.

You already have the tools within you, this is about learning how to use them !  

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If you have a specific issue or problem you'd like to bring up, we’ll have time to work on it.

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If you want to explore something about our human structure, function or any physical or practical activity, we'll do that too.

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We’ll also make time for any of your questions about teaching and helping others.

David will work directly with each of you to help you learn how to explore, understand and solve issues or problems from your personal or professional life.

It is very common that issues are solved right there in the workshop, but the main emphasis is on helping you learn the tools and techniques of how to directly and easily explore, understand and solve your own issues.

From these 4 days you will definitely take away powerful tools that you can use in your life and your work, as well as to teach or help others. The areas we will get into will depend on your needs and interests, so bring any problems you want to learn to solve, any activities or skills which you'd like to develop, or any teaching issues you have from working with others.

You will come out of this workshop with not only a more clear understanding of how you are built to function, but also with the experiential learning that will help you put all this into practice in your life.

 
Dates/Times:

Dates coming soon for Autumn 2008. The workshop will run from 10am -4pm on Monday and Wednesday and from 11:15am -5:15pm on Tuesday and Thursday with a one-hour lunch break each day.

$100 early registration discount for taking both workshops - see below

Cost:

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Attending this 4-day workshop:
The early registration fee for these 4 days is $440 (deposit is $220) if you register and pay the deposit or full fee at least three weeks before the workshop begins. The late registration fee is $470 (deposit $240).
You MUST pay either the deposit or full fee at the time of registration.  

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Attending Part-time:
It may be possible to attend part-time, but it is recommended that you attend at least 2 days, preferably the first two days.  Early-bird discount is $130 per day if you register and pay the deposit or full fee at least three weeks before the workshop begins. The fee for late registration is $140 per day. You MUST pay all part-time fees for the time you are attending at the time of registration.

Concessions are available:
If you cannot afford the full fee, but really want to attend, we would rather have you there than not be there just for financial reasons, so contact organizer for further details.

Payment methods:
     (see below for contact details)

Contact:
     for information and registering:

Eric Stewart   e-mail:
tel:  +1 440-774-9642
web: www.solaluna.com
40½ South Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
 

 
Liberating Performers —
    from Nervousness and Judgment... FOREVER

Co-sponsored by The LearningMethods Center of Minneapolis
and The Creative Leadership Studio

This is one of the "Liberating Performers" series of workshops designed to help you get rid of problems and to take advantage of your amazing in-built learning abilities to develop your performing skills more effortlessly and enjoyably.

Open to anyone, but especially singers, instrumentalists, actors, dancers and other performers, as well as to teachers who want to learn new ways to help their students, however, even if you are not a performer, you will find the workshop just as helpful in changing problems with nervousness and judgment in your daily social and work situations! 
 
You do not need to have attended any previous workshops.
 

"We need look no further than ourselves
to see a miracle every day! "
                           Babette Lightner, LearningMethods Teacher

Course Description:

As a performer do you suffer from stage fright and nervousness?

Do you find yourself fearing the harsh judgment of others or do you beat yourself up with negative criticism?

If you do, you know it sure isn't any fun to go through.

You also know it brings down your performance. It seems to make all your skill and practice fly out the window. It sabotages your auditions, and it becomes more and more of a vicious circle until you start to be afraid of it happening before it has even happened.

Like most people you've probably tried to get rid of it with lots of techniques and tricks which hopefully do help in the moment... But have you really solved it or does it just come right back again next time?

Imagine performing with confidence, just being who you are !
Imagine being truly liberated from nervousness and judgment !
You can be... and it doesn't even take that long !!

This workshop, in a very practical and experiential way with lots of opportunities to try things out, will show you:

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why you get hit with stage fright and judgment at some times but not at others,

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and why some people have it almost all the time and others never or hardly at all.

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what it is that hooks you into the situation in a way that forces you to react with fear and doubt,

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how the whole habit is not because of something wrong with you or something lacking in your ability, but because of a crucial misunderstanding of how our human "valuing system" really works,

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and best of all, how easy it is once you see through these misconceptions to no longer be caught up in them,

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and to be able to meet any performance situation – no matter how big or important – free of fear and nagging doubt, with all your skills intact, and with a presence of mind that will allow you to not only cope with anything, but also to bring out your expression and creativity...

It is not uncommon for these sort of problems to be solved in one workshop. Almost certainly you will take away such a different way of seeing things that you will be permanently changed, not just in performance but wherever else in your life these habits operate.

This LearningMethods approach has helped hundreds of performers and revolutionized the pedagogy of teachers all around the world. It is now a regular part of the teaching curriculum in numerous conservatories and colleges in Europe and North America.

Come along and see for yourself — all you have to lose is your problems !

WHAT TO BRING?... Yourself, your passion for performing, a willingness to explore and experiment, and a desire to be liberated from nervousness, fear and undermining judgment…

You may want to bring a clipboard, paper and colored pens for notes. Recording is not permitted by participants, but an audio recording of the workshop may be available for purchase by participants.
  

Payment methods:

1. on-line now by credit card or Paypal via secure servers or
2. by check payable to David Gorman (see below for workshop contact details)

Balance of tuition is due on the first day of attendance

Contact:
for registration or more details:

Elizabeth Garren 
   912 30th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55406
   Tel: +1 612-375-9142,  cell: +1 612-804-1086