Exploring The Unknown Land of Self

In my professional training at the Feldenkrais Resources Training Institute in Berkeley, I was privileged to be accepted by our Educational Director - Dennis Leri. Dennis was a brilliant gentleman. While he enjoyed teaching us and working with his long time colleagues from the Berkeley days, this was the last training at this location. Dennis had wanted to do a training his way. And so he did. He was so proud to be able to do his own training which began in 2012. He was free to create the form and content. He was happy to hire his flock of practitioners with whom he had had a very long relationship. Dennis was just free. 

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In my mind, there is no one better qualified to tell us about Exploring The Unknown Land of Self than Dennis. 

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First, I will attempt to put some of the knowledge here in a simple poem that he professed was his thought on his Writing and Feldenkrais Training and Teaching Practice:

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We are the mirror as well as the face in it. 

We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity.

We are pain and what cures pain, both.

We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours.

I want to hold you close like a lute, so we can cry out with loving.

You would rather throw stones at a mirror?

I am your mirror, and here are the stones.

 

~ Rumi

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Second, I will give you the link back to his website for his practice of Semiophysics.

 

His final training as Educational Director was so well attended that sometimes we were turned away. His long time colleague, Carol Kress was at his side throughout this training. Lucky indeed were those who attended Dennis' training during those four years.