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Body-Mind Practice
True knowledge arises within an awake and disciplined body. The present moment is kinesthetic—a direct perception of body/mind. By training in practices that encourage us to track sensation, learn traditional movement skills and develop an authentic knowledge of our body, we develop kindness toward our experience and empathy for others as our innate knowing becomes creative and effective. These practices develop an embodied confidence that counteracts the social forces of marginalization based on physical difference. Students uncover a playful and disciplined body-mind that supports personal knowledge, social strength and the contemplative art of everyday life.
Courses that fulfill the Body-Mind Practice Requirement
| PFAR 103 |
Dance and Theater Studies I: Wisdom of the Body (3) |
| PFAR 245 | Dance of Africa I (3) |
| PFAR 320 |
Authentic Movement (3) |
| PFAR 340 | Afro Modern Dance (1.5) |
| PSYB 208 | Embodying Process and the Individual (3) |
| PSYB 255 |
Body-Mind Centering (3) |
| TRA 105 |
T'ai-chi Ch'uan I (3) |
| TRA 110 | Aikido I (3) |
| TRA 133 | Yoga I (3) |
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