Effectiveness as the body knows it is not mechanical

Effectiveness as the body knows it is not mechanical

In the world of mechanics, there are rules. More makes more. Faster is faster. Bigger is better. The machine is running longer, and it produces more pieces. You create a faster way of doing the process, you will be able to produce more.  The body is effective in a...
How you move is how you see

How you move is how you see

Continuing from last week, I’m sticking with the subject of the eyes. I just finished ‘Embodied Wisdom: The Collected Papers of Moshé Feldenkrais.’ Chapter 5, Man and the World, tells about Feldenkrais’ encounter with Van Foerster at an event, where Van Foerster...
Give your eyes a break

Give your eyes a break

As I am a body and book nerd, I read a lot about what it means to be human. My little home library covers diverse areas from business psychology, neuroscience to old bodywork literature and stuff on systems thinking and how people connect. I can’t remember what...
A rant about research, business and manipulation

A rant about research, business and manipulation

A Guardian article with the title ‘Whisper it… ASMR videos are the quiet revolution going global’  found its way in my inbox this morning. And it nicely shows what happens with research and how it can easily miss its purpose. The problem I have with research and...
When stressed, do less

When stressed, do less

When it comes to stress, one of the main blocks I encounter – in myself and in my work with people – is the effort we make to not feel stressed. I have come to understand stress as a boost of energy that the body provides to make you awake and give you...