Movement Research
Many health practices are goal-oriented. This approach does not fit everybody’s needs and abilities. It can lead one to feel more vulnerable, discouraged, and deficient.
Participatory research with movement practitioners and community wellbeing projects in Israel, Japan, and Europe explored the alternatives.
In improvisational dance, somatic education, and contemplative techniques, one does not strive to move in a correct, predetermined way.
Process-oriented tasks invite personal discovery.
Practitioners learn to move in line with their capacties, needs, and imagination.
Process-oriented movement encourages creativity, joy, and confidence. This explorative approach generates a sense of trust; it allows us to appreciate our existing abilities and to pursue new ones with curiosity.
