Just got this update in the email.

As most of you know, I follow Feldenkrais information as a part of my quest to help Nisarga learn and grow naturally. I have been following “The next twenty five years” which is an ambitious film project for documenting the evolution of the work of Moshe Feldenkrais. This is a clip they have released of baby Liv, which conveys so clearly the process of physical learning right from the relaxed and random to the easy accomplishment of the intentional.

Truly, if you have a child, are involved with children, or are lucky enough that the child in you is alive and kicking well, this one is an insight. You can see clearly how the movements build on the learnings from the effort so far and refine them. It also is an insight into how effortless a Feldenkrais movement can be if you stop “doing movements” and get into discovery.

Learning to move

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13598879]
[vimeo vimeo.com/13598879]

[vimeo 13598879]

Okay, so its Nisarga’s eleventh birthday, and we are all grown up and ready to work. Naturally, the very first work we will try on is work we have seen happening around us. So friends, families and well wishers, here I present, Nisarga the mountaineer:

Nisarga following in Raka's footsteps

Nisarga watching photos on my computer

The first one was taken when Raka was packing for a batch for waterfall rappelling, and Nisarga insisted on playing with him and all the equipment. Raka picked him out of the mess and put him to one side and plonked his helmet on his head and the little guy was deeeelighted. i whipped out the camera, and it became the next toy he wanted

The other one is about Nisarga’s increasing interest in the computer. He loves to watch the screen, and tap away at the keys. Mostly I open a word document and set the font to some huge size and bright color and let him bang away, or, like this one, I open a folder of photos so that he can bang at keys and make the photos change. Here are some more:

Nisarga helping me work

Love the little guy.