Lesson with Judith

On Friday I had a lesson with Judith K, who is one of the assistant Directors at LCATT.

I felt very comfortable working with her - very important, after all we are going to work together for the next 3 years.

She has a very engaging way of talking about the anatomy in relation to AT Work, which is quite rare I think. It made me interested in the subject!

She has asked me what my dominant eye is - this question surprised me, as I haven't even considered this concept in relation to the eyes - dominant hand, or leg, yes, but dominant eye? I wasn't able to answer this question during the lesson, but now when I was writing this I suddenly noticed that it is the right eye, actually.

AT dream and the frog

Yesterday I had a dream: I am already a qualified teacher, giving private lesson to my good friend.

I have my hand on his neck. He is just about to do something, I notice pulling in his neck, so ask him to pause and observe. Then I am guiding him to sit on the chair. He is struggling, being pulled down by the force of habit, I'm going down with him...

The frog kindly agreed to my invitation to make this website more colourful.

The photo taken by in Laszew, Poland by my wife Monika.

First experiences of the Technique & GC

Yesterday I spoke with a friend of mine, who recently had his first 3 AT lessons in Tychy, Poland. He described the effect the first lesson had on him - 'euphoric', as he called it. He was laughing when driving on the bike after the lesson, feeling good in his body...

A very close person recalled laughing and crying at the same time after her second lesson...

My first contact with the Technique was on the Guitar Craft course, and today it's 7 years since I attended the Introduction to Guitar Craft Course. It's difficult to distinguish between the effect of the Technique had on me, as I was I placed under various influences during that week in Plon, Germany.

I remember one group activity we did outside. We were working in pairs. One person was blindfolded, while the other was guiding him/her to touch and sense different objects. That was the first time when I experienced the possibility of having sensitive touch.

I couldn't afford having the private AT lessons for the next 2 years after that course, so I only had the opportunity of working with the Technique on the GC Courses with Mariela C. However I had enough experience and understanding to be able to keep going and benefit from daily lie-downs. Then in 2006 (late Spring / early Summer, can't remember exactly) I started to have the series lessons with Rachel Adie-Rhodes in Harrogate, Yorkshire. When I was doing the 3rd series of 10 it was already clear to me that I wish to train as the AT Teacher.

I don't remember having a single moment of doubt about the rightness of this decision.

Transition

It's 3 weeks until the Summer break - hoooray!

I'm at the end of my second year of working as a Maths teacher in London. Now it's coming to end and I'm feeling better and better every day nearer the end of school year. Yes, I'll be leaving the modern education hell soon, this is quite a relief. I'd be quite happy to enter it again in the future, but in a different role.

2 years of necessary struggle are almost behind and I have the sense that more effortless and creative period is ahead. Hopefully, I'll be able to begin the Training Course in January. I'd say it's VERY likely, but you never know what is really going to happen.

On a more practical level, I still remember about going into the monkey when doing the dishes, this is good. I think I have lesser capacity for learning these days, but I think it's because of the life circumstances over the past few months. This is a little indication that this sponge called Jacek is getting bit more absorbant again.