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The older almost-brief version is available below as "Reach Out: Body Awareness Training for Peacemaking" (48 pages) it does have some exercises that are not included in it in the current version, and they are useful, but they do require some additional time.
You can buy a more comprehensive e-book Embodied peacemaking – Body Awareness, Self-Regulation and Conflict Resolution (130+pages)in the shop.
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For more in-depth study see Winning is Healing: Body Awareness and Empowerment for Abuse Survivors (400+pages) in the shop.
For many years, Paul has been engaged in the project of creating simpler and quicker ways of communicating his peacemaking methods. This 48-page booklet titled Reach Out was his first attempt at simplifying it. The Embodied Peacemaking RVC is the current version of a 14-page handout. Both short versions are available for free and have been translated into various languages.
Both versions as well as the book are available for purchase.
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This article describes a key teaching strategy in BIM. By reframing actions as expressions of underlying beliefs, it is possible to set up movement experiments to test those beliefs.
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Body Numbness as the Root of Child Abuse, Family/Social/ International Violence and Environmental Degradation. Body Awareness as the Key to Moral Education, Global Change and a Humane World. (1994 paper)
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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.
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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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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.
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Published. Experiential Workshop for the 2002 Conference of the German Aiki Extensions Association.
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4800 words.
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When my son was little, I wrote a number of stories for him and his friends. Looking back at them, I am surprised (or maybe not) to notice that there were stories about diversity, non-violence, sustainability, and a pandemic. The particular stories that are relevant to this book are available for free. Just for fun!
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.
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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.
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6000 words.
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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