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Training of Blending Skills in Aikido Training of blending skills, as with centering skills, takes place on both mental and physical levels. In the “turning exercise,” two Aikidoists stand facing each other: in three turning steps, they pass face-to-face, almost touching. They end facing each other, having merely changed sides. After multiple repetitions, the two begin to function almost as opposite halves of one

organism, operating in perfect synchronicity, “a magnet shifting polarity” […]

Training of Blending Skills in Aikido Training of blending skills, as with centering skills, takes place on both mental and physical levels. In the “turning exercise,” two Aikidoists stand facing each other: in three turning steps, they pass face-to-face, almost touching. They end facing each other, having merely changed sides. After multiple repetitions, the two […]

Erickson, Therapist, Trance and Centering In observing Erickson at work, often many of his physiological responses were synchronous with those of his patients. Erickson’s body, voice, and breathing would change as hypnotic induction progressed. His eyes could appear trance-like and unfocused during teaching sessions as well. Students described the sensation that he was looking through them. Like the Aikido

master, Erickson used specific states of […]

Erickson, Therapist, Trance and Centering In observing Erickson at work, often many of his physiological responses were synchronous with those of his patients. Erickson’s body, voice, and breathing would change as hypnotic induction progressed. His eyes could appear trance-like and unfocused during teaching sessions as well. Students described the sensation that he was looking through […]

Training Exercises for Developing the Centered State Traditional Japanese psychology holds that the mental and physical center of the body exists at a spot few inches below the navel, an area known as the hara. To create the centered state, one must first focus and maintain awareness within the hara. One’s awareness radiates outward from the hara, enabling oneself to maintain a calm, relaxed presence

while simultaneously expanding awareness outward to interact and encounter […]

Training Exercises for Developing the Centered State Traditional Japanese psychology holds that the mental and physical center of the body exists at a spot few inches below the navel, an area known as the hara. To create the centered state, one must first focus and maintain awareness within the hara. One’s awareness radiates outward from the hara, enabling oneself to maintain a calm, relaxed presence while simultaneously expanding awareness outward to interact and encounter […]

Overview of Aikido Aikido is a martial art with the stated purpose: to resolve conflicts and to help unify humanity (Uyeshiba, 1974). An attacker, by virtue of his aggressive frame of mind, is seen as being out of balance or harmony with his surroundings, in a state of distress (much as the patient who comes to the therapist for assistance). The skilled Aikidoist has the option whether any injury

or death occurs by how he applies his art; thus, an ethical […]

Background and Parallels of Aikido and Milton Erickson Several key Ericksonian concepts find cross-cultural validation and practical application in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. The Aikido psychophysiological state of centering shares several important attributes with the trance state, particularly in the relational aspects of shared trance. In Aikido methodology for dealing with others, blending is an

almost exact parallel to Ericksonian utilization. The Aikido view of  […]

Background and Parallels of Aikido and Milton Erickson Several key Ericksonian concepts find cross-cultural validation and practical application in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. The Aikido psychophysiological state of centering shares several important attributes with the trance state, particularly in the relational aspects of shared trance. In Aikido methodology for dealing with others, blending is an almost exact parallel to Ericksonian utilization. The Aikido view of  […]