![]() It takes attentive listening to your body. It takes time and effort to get in touch with yourself. They were new to me on Monday, then again on Tuesday and they still surprised me on the very last day of this course! Although simple and repeated in daily life, the movements tasted new to me. It was also a process, where I observed how familiarity and structure allowed me to freely experience the movement (itself). We experienced unity in different perception of the same movements. Although we represent a set of universal characteristics as a human kind, we differ person to person. It was a process, where I learnt from my own experience as much as from the others, listening to diversity of their stories. The most important knowledge came though from the experience – from smooth gliding movements up and down, from rhythmical bouncing and switching off the busy mind, tuning into the body instead. We built up a significant foundation of a theoretical framework, getting to know specific vocabulary and evaluation scale. Besides the community experience, it also delivered a quality experience (of BBAT). Online platform was used efficiently not only as a connecting tool. Despite of the computer wall, we related to each other, although in such a different way! It surprised me how intimate connection we created as a group, although each of us was alone thousands of kilometres away. Signing up into an online course can be risky, especially if floor – work is a dominant component! I was hesitating about the digital formula influencing the quality of the (practical) experience. I was also looking for structure, a concrete tool to use in my daily clinical practice. I asked myself, how do I work towards “the whole” of the segmented body? Also, am I present in my body as a therapist? Applying for the Online International Introduction in BBAT, I was searching for answers to those questions. Since schizophrenia affects all domains of daily functioning, the treatment cannot be restricted to only one of them. Working as a physiotherapist in mental health care, I often observe in my patients lack of body – mind connection. Reflection from participant in the BBAT Introduction Course: The Intro-course had 14 participants: from Greece, Poland, Belgium, UK, Finland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands. Online International Introduction in Basic Body Awareness Therapy (16hrs), January, Monday 11th – Thursday 14th, (16hrs), 2021.Ĭourse leader: Liv Helvik Skjærven, PT, PhD, Norway, NIBK/IATBBAT. One of the 14 participants was so kind to share her experiences, which you can all read below: PHOTO Screenshot by: Agnieszka Czapnik, PT Poland/Belgium
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