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Paul Linden at The Embodiment Conference

Paul presented at the epic online Embodiment Conference 14th - 25th October 2020. The conference was directed by one of his students, Mark Walsh. See info here.

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Embodied Peace Handout

Dehumanising is so human - BIM approch to social injustice

Emergency Somatic stabilisation

Reach Out Body Awareness Training for Peacemaking

Practice Practice Practice essay

Emergency Somatic Stabilization

Eco Education

Embodied Peacemaking Handout

Operationalizing Life: Somatics as Testable Self-Knowledge

Embodying Power and Love: Moral Education

The Distress Response in Aikido, Trauma Recovery, and Peacemaking

When people feel threatened or challenged, they typically contract their breathing, posture, movement, and attention. Contraction makes actions effortful, inefficient and awkward, and it reduces the ability to think flexibly and function calmly. The distress response can be overcome by constructing a body state of relaxed, alert, compassionate expansiveness.

Tools For Harmony: An Approach To Aikido Practice

Article examining how body awareness techniques can add to Aikido practice, with a focus on the somatic dimension of spiritual training. 6500 words.

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Originally published in Aikido Journal, Vol 25 #3, 1998 and Vol 26, #1, 1999.

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Copyright © 1999 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

The Use Of Touch In Aikido Practice

Article examining the combative and spiritual utility of effective touch in establishing connection between the defender and the attacker.
2500 words.

Copyright © 2000 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

The Non-Violence in Aikido

Article examining how combat techniques can be a path toward understanding and embodying non-violence; defining non-violence as actions grounded in an attitude of respect and compassion. 3000 words.

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Unpublished.

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Copyright © 2001 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

Aikido Roots and Branches: Body Awareness Training Methods and Their Applications In Daily Life

A paper delivered at the 2002 German Aiki Extensions conference. An examination of the Aikido roots of Being In Movement® mindbody training and its application in a variety of areas from gardening and pregnancy to Attention Deficit Disorder and peacemaking. 9600 words.

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Published. Experiential Workshop for the 2002 Conference of the German Aiki Extensions Association.

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Copyright © 2002 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

Applying Being In Movement® with Sexual abuse survivors

A detailed examination of powerlessness as the root cause of many dysfunctional coping strategies employed by abuse survivors; and a detailed description of body awareness, breathing, posture and movement training for developing power and compassion. 15000 words.

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Appreviated version originally published in Somatics, Autumn 1990.

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Copyright © 1990 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

Abuse survivors in Aikido classes

An article about the issues abuse survivors face in studying Aikido and what Aikido instructors can do to help abuse survivors practice safely and derive greatest benefit from Aikido.
4800 words.

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Originally appeared in Aikido Journal, Vol 25 #3, 1998 and Vol 26 #1, 1999

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Copyright © 1995 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

Body Awareness Training for Children with Attention Deficit, Autism, or Asperger's

An article examining how education in body and movement awareness through Being In Movement® mindbody training and Aikido can help children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), high-functioning Autism, and Asperger's Syndrome learn focus, impulse control, and more effective movement. 6000 words.

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Copyright © 2002 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, contact information, and this copyright notice are included.

Body Awareness, Self-Scrutiny, Critical Thinking, and Moral Education

The discipline of critical thinking teaches logical thinking skills for creating a humane society; this article examines body awareness training as a component of critical thinking and moral education. 9000 words.

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Originally appeared in Inquiry, Nov 1993 and Feb 1994.

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Copyright © 1994 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

Moving comfortably through pregnancy

The backaches and the waddle so common in pregnant women can easily be replaced with strong, balanced, graceful movement through body awareness education (assuming there is no underlying medical problem). 3000 words.

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Intention as a Somatic Meditation

An examination of how intention operates to structure the body, and how work with the body can clarify and improve the process of intending. Intention as an operational definition of energy.
6000 words.

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This article originally appeared in a shorter form in the Somatics journal, Autumn 1988.

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Copyright © 1988 by Paul Linden. This article is copyrighted by Paul Linden; however, it may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial uses as long as the complete article, including contact information and this copyright notice, are included.

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Hebrew Reach OIut - Reach Out Body Awareness Training for Peacemaking -

Espanol Reach OIut - Reach Out Body Awareness Training for Peacemaking -

Portugues - Reach Out Body Awareness Training for Peacemaking -

Ausgreifen - Reach Out Body Awareness Training for Peacemaking -

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Paul Linden - Being In Movement ®

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Paul Linden at The Embodiment Conference

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