TECHNIQUES LAB
NOTES by Leah Kahn

With patterns of motion...
Patterns were very helpful without a doubt, in creating enough focus to build something, a foundation, in which became a stepping stone to refinement of every movement, the ability to step out of the pattern and be able to see what ones movements were in isolation and exercise use of a slower process to examine every action, the thoughts and feelings behind it, motivating it and ultimately questions arose with each movement and it's significance in telling a story, expressing an emotion, emanating a particular energy...

Devices...
Holding onto them and not holding on to them. having more than one, the option, a file cabinet of devices, a tool belt... all were beneficial, and becoming aware of something as a device was the key to entering the process of changing it, throwing it out, etc...

Movement stretch...
difficult at times, to feel that i was actually in motion if i was to sustain the stretch long enough to enter into it deeply...movement being relative. continued awareness of moving through each stretch, though, was an aid to not fall into the sedation that some stretches can bring...

Rises...
i especially loved the rises. sometime using only momentum, sometimes discovering different anchors where "strength" was not required. it was for me a method of letting go of muscles and moving from the bones... a sort of zen experience, where premeditation seemed to have no place

Conversion from being to service...
very significant... i did in fact truly experience the polarities as well as the conversions. where experience of being was true immersion, service was a bit more cerebral and analytical, like using a pair of scissors. by not being the thing, i found i focused on the actions rather than the emotional triggers that brought out an immersion into being

Jogging...
good for breaking the trance, sometimes it did not break trance, though, and other times it was a great way to let out any residual tension, emotion, confusion, etc. by using toning and sounds.... >even while riding my bike i find many times when i reach the supposed limit of exhaustion i suddenly begin toning and i move to the next level!< :)...i found no-form jog strange, b/c it sort of ceased to be a jog... more of a walking meditation i suppose. non directional and directional were helpful for me in becoming aware of patterns and breaking them, using effort and not using effort, creating heat or cooling down, etc. good for comparison and making differentiations. maintenance jog was very good for me to keep the energy going and still move into different phases or head space/body space... bridge the gap between worlds travelled

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