Lab Participation Guidelines
Entry to ParaTheatrical ReSearch labs is by invitation and/or interview.
E-mail inquiries to Antero Alli: antero@paratheatrical.com or call (510) 464-4640
BASIC PREREQUISITES
1) 24 years or older (some exceptions may apply; inquire with director)
2) physically fit and good overall health (no physical or internal injuries)
3) survival needs met (means of income, food, shelter, friends outside of Lab)
4) interview with and/or invitation from the director
CLICK ABOVE IMAGE FOR VIDEO OF THE WARM-UP CYCLE.
Each LAB session runs three hours and starts with a 5-phase 30-minute PHYSICAL WARM UP CYCLE, with each phase defined by meeting a specific physical objective: 1) STILLNESS, 2) FLEXING THE SPINE, 3) CORE, 4) STRETCHING and 5) HEAT. Each phase lasts approx 6 minutes. Each objective is met in your own way; nobody shows or tells you how to do them. THE PHYSICAL WARM UP CYCLE is done in alone in one's personal warm-up area.
The overall objective of the Physical Warm-Up:
feeling the body deeply.
1) STILLNESS
any posture allowing physical inaction and meditation to relax the thinking mind;
2) FLEXING THE SPINE
any process rendering the spine more flexible; this stimulates the nervous
systems for more direct passage of signals between the brain and the muscles
3) WORKING THE CORE
working the abdominal region through whatever means
(yoga, Pilates, crunches, etc) to bring heat and energy to the core of the body
4) STRETCHING THE MUSCLES
to breathe into the muscles while stretching; to locate and stretch into
“numb” areas; to keep feeling the body deeply
5) GENERATING HEAT
any movements, within one’s personal area, that generate enough heat to break
a sweat; to move in ways that contain, not disperse, this heat
For more details on what can be expected
in a
ParaTheatrical ReSearch Lab, click this.
questions,
comments ? e-mail me.
-- Antero Alli,
director
ParaTheatrical ReSearch