Recommended Book for Meaningful Times
Leap Before you Look, 72 Shortcuts for Getting Out of your Mind and into the Moment
by Arjuna Ardagh
Now that I’m part of TEDglobal and accompanying book club, I’m getting all manner of interesting far-flung books. This one isn’t one of TED’s selections! But it is a goodie and has been a little companion of mine this summer.
If you read my above article on Planet Andrea, you’ll have noticed I’m inquiring lots into the mind and the body as gateways to personal growth. I’m asking questions like – could it be true there is no mind-body connection because the body is the mind and the mind is the body?
What about the notion that every cell in our bodies thinks and feels? Or that the body is a printout of the mind?
What if coaching breakthroughs could be facilitated through the body, much as body therapies currently do BUT in a manner that is even more integrated with the mind?
Leap Before You Look is a book that has helped tease out these questions and give them air. It has actual exercises in it titled ‘Explore Hunger’ ‘Cradle Negative Feelings Like a Baby’ ‘Make Love to Everything’ and ‘Make Yourself into Live Entertainment.’
In short, a book after my heart, and a top pick from the summer, for both clients and readers – yes that means you. Do check it out. I’m thinking it’ll make a great gift for clients in the coming silly season – a still pool of thoughtfulness. Enjoy.
re: “the mind-body connection…”
I attended some somatic coaching sessions run by Charlie Badenhop in Tokyo last year. He has a wealth of knowledge and practice to share on “body-wisdom” and I enjoyed those 3 hour Saturday afternoon experiences.
Charlie also has a fascinating website that delves into somatic wisdom and his ‘seishindo’ ideas.
http://www.seishindo.org/index.html