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Wishes

Get to know people who are playful but passionate about science.

Inspiration

I find sparks in the intersection of sport, rehab, and creativity where the body becomes both a challenge and a canvas.

Presents

My strength is understanding different disciplines and connecting ideas across disciplines like biomechanics, engineering, and motor control.

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Wishes

to co-create a network for curious people who value their self-expression and that of their peers.

To contribute to ways to make scientific understanding experiental in practice.

Inspirations

Film: Fitzcarraldo

Artist: Alberto Giacometti, Caroline Shaw

The passing flickers on Water, the poetry of the sea.

Presents

I've been kindly invited to contribute to Act 1 (Movement and Mental health) and will lead the Movement Section for Jozef Frucek.

Long-Term Student of Jozef Frucek, with a decade of experience in teaching Movement Arts.

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Wishes

Open atmosphere

Inspirations

Former elite athlete

Sociological perspective

Presents

I try to contribute to what helps the group move forward.

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Wishes:

To take part in a relaxed and welcoming Movement Academy

To enjoy the beauty of Bensheim

To learn, grow, and be challenged in new ways

Inspirations:

Jane Goodall: For her moral integrity, courage, and non-conformity

Karl Popper: His black swan theory taught me to think logically and embrace uncertainty

Lisa Feldman Barrett: An inspiration for her critical questioning of popular scientific theories and her contributions to advancing knowledge, something I aspire to do one day

My presents:

A curious and genuinely interested approach to conversation

Fun facts and insights from my research on handedness

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Getting to know new people.

Interact with other amputees/ disabilitY

Talking about prothesis.

Motivator

And what possibilitys there are in sports.

Goal for Paraolympics.

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Wishes

Learn how other people with disabilities motivate themselves to participate in sports,

exchange experiences,

learn new suitable sports.

Inspiration

Every participant with a disability at sporting events, especially the Paralympics.

Interact with other amputees.

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Wishes:

Getting to know new people from different research fields

Being exposed to new ideas

Inspirations:

Andy Clark's "Supersizing the Mind"

People pushing the boundaries of thought in general

Presents:

Some technical insights

Boundless enthusiasm

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exciting interactions, new insights

Inspirations:

patients with mental disorders

Presents:

sharing my knowledge and accepting new experiences

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1. wishes

Meeting New fascinating people - Network

Can movement and sound influence each other?

and improve movement restrictions or physical disbalance?

2. Inspiration

Quantum healing Joe Dispenza

Gerda Boysen: Healing the soul via the body

3. Present

challenging, changing perspectives and New possibilities

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Wishes

to meet wonderfull people, heart open, further spirit, ready to take the flow of beeing

co-creation, inspiration, spread good vibration

Inspirations

music & nature

all people, who are brave to go for their heart, for their passion; go theire own ways, new ways, really - not only in mind, fully committed to themselves, in love

new kind of concerts with embodied coaching and expression

Presents

spirit connected move of live (singing, dancing, yoga, shaking, drumming, breathing and more... deep from leaded soul)

to feel "in beetween"

to invite presence and perception

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Wishes

Exchange ideas & experiences related to conscious movement and its impact in life

Develop network and collaboration with brilliant minds & hearts from science and practice

Nurture my second life, focused on inner development goals and human potential

Inspirations

Tibetan singing bowls, Nada Yoga and Laughter Yoga techniques and practice

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, “The Work”

Michael Brown, “The Presence Process”

Presents

The sound and vibrations and their potentials on body and mind with Tibetan singing bowls and Nada Yoga

Contribution to synergic integration of movement, sound and voice

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Wishes:

Learn more of the field from both patients and experts

Connect with people

Inspirations:

Experiencing new cultures

Music and dancing

Presents:

My knowledge about innovation

Openness to new ideas and concepts

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Connecting with other people passionate about movement.

Gaining insights into injury prevention

Get a deeper understanding of body mechanics and anatomy.

Inspirations:

Athletic training with children and their feedback.

The interest in the connection between mind, body and spirit and how movement can enhance overall well-being.

Buch: Training beginnt im Gehirn (Lars Lienhard)

Presents:

Share my personal journey with movement.

Experience as a trainer in the field of athletics.

Experiences in relaxation techniques, also with childs.

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Learning different views and perspectives on movement and wellbeing

Inspirations:

Art, Science & Sports & people involved in these fields

Presents:

Personal experiences regarding psychology, competetive sports and health

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Academic discourse, concrete ideas which inspire my work, either with patients or with athletes

Inspirations:

Experience in health, rehabilitation and sports psychology

Expertise in the topics: pain, coping stress, resilience, meditation and relaxation techniques

Books: Understanding pain (Butler & Moseley)

Meditation für Skeptiker. Ein Neurowissenschaftler erklärt den Weg zum Selbst (Ulrich Ott, Uni Gießen)

Der resiliente Mensch (Raffael Kalisch, Mainz)

Presents:

An alert mind ;)

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Wishes:

connect with others in connection with the topics, psychology, sports, health and personality

learn from other people

share experience

Inspirations:

the Bible

Dr. Matyk

Kobe Bryant

Presents:

experience in many sports (e.g. swimming, basketball, shark diving)

experience in music mainly as a singer

experience in mental care and motoric pain treatment

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Wishes:

Connecting with people interested in the topic of human movement science

Understanding better the needs and wishes for prosthetic device improvements

Interesting discussions/activities about human movement

Inspirations:

People like Ian Waterman, Daniel Kish, Evelyn Glennie ... (ask me if you want to know why :-) )

Music (listening to and making it)

Presents:

Expertise in human multisensory processing

Expertise in body ownership and agency

Expertise in human motor control

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Building a network of people with different backgrounds - knowledge - skills - interests - perspectives

Inspirations

Daniel Wolpert

Rehabilitation, Sports, Creativity and Science

Presents

Hopefully helping with one practical activity on Wednesday

Bringing different perspectives from my diverse studies/interests

Bringing an open and curious mind

Seeing connections in topics and people, I am good at connecting things, seeing my own short comings and finding people who can help me overcome these from all types of areas

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Wishes

to continue the experiences from the last Movement Academy

Inspirations

Yoga (a new experience for me)

My presents

Publication: Time, Duration and Change. A Critique of Theories of Pure Movement. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 2023.

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Playful interaction between academics, practitioners, and creative bystanders.

Broadening my horizon, looking beyond my own playgrounds, being teased out of my comfort zones.

Inspiration:

The Moral Imagination by John Paul Lederach

Doing things is like wanting to do things, just so much better!

Mobility is a human right.

My presents:

Sharing of first-hand experience of live as an above-knee amputee.

Sharing about the joy of driving social change processes and working towards genuine socio-political participation.

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Wishes:

To meet people who are thinking hard and deep about ..... well, whatever. Our language calls it body, or movement, or embodiment, or embodied mind, etc. I wonder if these are the best way to express what we are curious about.

I wonder if instead of looking into what we have learned already, we might ask why do we think about our bodies, ourselves and others in the way we do, and in the language we use to express our ideas. Are we missing something?

Is there another way to investigate?

Inspirations:

Moshe Feldenkrais and his expansive way of thinking and translating his ideas into concrete experiences that enrich the lives of others.

Offers:

To listen and discuss. Make my own assessments and say what I seen.

Some gentle suggestions of how to look for something that is hidden in plain sight.

See you next month.

Roger Russell

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Wishes

Exchanging experiences and methodologies on the use of sound, music and body consciousness to activate psychophysical well-being.

Inspirations

People: Vemu Mukunda,Georges Ivanovič Gurdjieff

Book: La voce dell'arcobaleno by R.Laneri

Presents

Sharing my long experience of research, study and practice of Nada Yoga (yoga of sound)

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Wishes

Learn, play and interact, connect with interesting wonderful and different people.

Discover novel rooms and spaces within me and around myself during the movement academy.

Creative movements moments vibrations and In- between.

Inspirations

People: Gabriele Roth, Shunryū Suzuki, Marina Abramović

Buch: Ilan Stephani: Lieb und Teuer

Musik: Astor Piazolla, Jean Baptiste-Lully, Helsloot, Yannick Noah

Nature...Water, Earth, Wind, Forrest, Fire, Sun…

Presents:

Presence, Curiosity..I wish to hear, feel and listen.

The Scientist and the Child.

Surf with you in the moment of time and co-creation.

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Wishes

Intensiv exchange between science and practice

Inspiration for linking neurocognition and movement control

the influence of emotions on the execution of movements and thinking about movement

Inspirations

Honore de Balsac, "Theorie des Gehens"

Heinrich Neuhaus, "Die Kunst des Klavierspiels"

My presents

Combining the targeted control of movements with relaxation of the muscles and joints: Danamos-dance.native.motion.system and Polyvagal-theory

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Wishes

Learn more about healing

Get into my group project topic dancing

Have fun and move my body!

Inspirations

Standard and Latin Dancer Ksenia Sibusheva

Bessel van der Kolk, author of the book ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ which taught me the importance of movement

YouTuber Keltie O'Connor taught me the importance of weightlifting specifically for women to prevent osteoporosis

Presents

Almost lifelong experience with jazz dance and later Standard and Latin dance

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Wishes:

the sonification of movement through instrumental playing

contact with fascinating people

the visualization of a valuable initiative through the academy

Inspirations:

sensory experience of making music

system theories, including the Asian board game GO

art of shooting

My Presents:

Director of the Lichtenberg Institute for Applied Physiology of the human voice

Violinist, classical music and jazz

Developer of an Instrumental pedagogy based on vocal physiology

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Wishes

share experiences

have a look for a general meaning for body and sound

spread good news into the world

Inspirations

learning through body with Feldenkrais

hypnosystemic support for finding new perspectives

planing and improvising in the same moment

My Presents

Director of the Lichtenberger Institut for the applied physiologie of the human voice

Singer and Violinist

Feldenkrais Practitioner

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1. To meet a lot of people who deal with the action we call: human movement and its implications for our daily life

2. Malcom Gladwell: Blink - die Macht des Moments

3. I want to share different topics to learn as much as possible!

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Wishes

Meet interesting people

Learn new inspiring things

Inspirations

Dr. Bradley Nelson and his healing work (Emotion Code/Body Code/Belief Code)

Dr. Joe Dispenza and his comments on the brain-heart-coherence and his healing meditations

Vianna Stibal and her Theta Healing Method

My presents

Sharing my knowledge on healing processes with people who are interested

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A driving question for me: Why do so many women, despite often having extraordinary natural capacities like flexibility and coordination, seem to grow up with a lesser connection to their own physical power?

1) My 3 wishes for the meeting:

Explore how movement is shaped by culture, gender, and psychology not just anatomy.

Connect with others bridging science, art, therapy, and movement.

Learn inclusive, empowering approaches to teaching movement, especially for women.

2) My inspirations (What keeps me curious):

What does it mean to truly “own” your body?

How does physics live inside movement?

Can the body reveal truths beyond equations?

3) My 3 presents for you:

Demonstrate my record setting inverted movement.

Share practices like yoga and scientific awareness.

Offer open questions, curiosity, and dialogue for collective growth.

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I am currently taking the motor learning seminar and chose to write about music — more specifically about the voice and singing as a motor skill. I hope to gain some practical insights into the field and expand on my final project as well as my interests in the performing arts as a passion of mine. Most importantly, however, I am excited for various discussions and friendly conversations with other attendees.

inspirations

Various vocal icons like Mariah Carey and Amy Winehouse as well as my passion for musical theater are my inspiration for pursing this topic.

my presents

My knowledge on the voice and music from a motor sensory perspective will hopefully have expanded by the time I attend the academy and have already done a substantial amount of research. Additionally, I take with me curiosity for the various topics being discussed and the conversations emerging from them.

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Wishes
– Inspiration, openness to new ideas and impulses for embodied learning and understanding
– Learning in a setting of flow and play
– The feeling of new beginnings

Inspirations
– “Wenn wir wieder wahrnehmen” by Heike Pourian
– Ilan Stephani: How to be the happiest loser on earth

Presents
This time I come without an official offering – just with my full presence: a regulated nervous system, joyful curiosity, and a deep wish to co-create space. I look forward to listening, feeling, and growing together.

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Wishes:

exchange with experts in the field of prosthetics (physiotherapists, psychologists)

exchange with amputees

Inspirations:

People I meet in my everyday life

I always get inspired when I listen to Vera Birkenbihl's and Jordan Peterson's talks

My presents:

sharing knowledge in psychological study design (qualitative and quantitative)

insights from my three studies with amputees regarding acceptance, prostheses integration, and coping strategies

sharing knowledge in systemic counseling & therapy

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Wishes

To explore how researchers integrate somatic practices like Feldenkrais into scientific and therapeutic contexts.

To receive feedback on my current research analyzing improvements in range of motion following Feldenkrais sessions.

To connect with interdisciplinary professionals interested in bridging biomechanics, body awareness, and movement quality.

Inspirations:

Moshe Feldenkrais and his vision of learning through movement.

The Thinking Body by Mabel Todd, a foundational text in somatic education.

The refined motor control and expressive potential of ballet dancers, which I studied in previous biomechanical research on imagery and jump height.

My presents for you:

Sharing preliminary findings from my Feldenkrais study focused on quality of movement enhancement.

Proposing an experimental design that integrates EMG analysis to assess changes in muscle activity during somatic learning.

Offering insights into how biomechanical tools can serve somatic research and education.

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Wishes:

Stimulating exchange with participants

Interesting and fascinating experiences during the activities

Common experiences

Inspirations:

Moshé Feldenkrais

Jacoby-Gindler-Work

Theodor W. Adorno

My presents:

Experience in high-performance sports

Experience related to my independent Feldenkrais work and teaching

Pedagogical and educational theory ain and working in the context of the body and education

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To learn about movement science

To engage in meaningful conversions on the topics of the academy particularly about assistive devices

To get inspired

Inspirations:

Magnetism

Bioinspired robotics

Wellbeing

My presents:

trained in diverse areas from electrical and mechanical engineering to information sciences and now on assistive systems

lived over ten years in different cultures and regions

2.5 years of research and training experience in lokoassist

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•     Sharing another experience related to “Movement and Mental Health”, a topic that is particularly important to me.

•     Returning home with new insights and reflections.

•     Creating connections with a network of individuals who view movement practices as tools for maintaining health and expressing creativity.

Inspirations

·     Antonio Damasio (neurologist and neuroscientist): ‘To Feel and Know’ (book).

·     Thic Nath Han (Vietnamese Buddhist monk) / meditative walk.

·     Tai Chi practice.

Presents

•     Leading a sensorimotor practice activity at the Movement Academy.

•     Sharing my 20 years of experience in motor practices with elderly individuals (for healthcare and well-being).

•     Drawing from over 30 years of leading a collective of non-professional dancers, I believe that expressive sensorimotor practices hold significant value as a tool for personal growth, with a subsequent impact on the way of living life, relationships, and interaction with the environment.

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1. Wishes

New approaches and views on exercise.

New approaches that have a posi5ve influence on my health.

2. Inspirations

Peter Bergholz (‘Rossini Coherence Method’) and Martin Puttke (‘Danaoms’), whose two synergetic methods and their life experience so effectively influence the body and emo5ons in a positive way.

Stefan Zweig's book ‘The Eyes of the Eternal Brother’ never fails to impress me.

I think the piece of music by Jason Yang: ‘Honour Thy Mother’ is beautiful.

3. Presents:

My (teaching) experience in dance, perceptual education, communica5on techniques, sport and movement.

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To build a network of people exploring the mind-body-health connection, from scientific and philosophical perspectives as well as through sensorimotor/expressive practices.

To begin developing a framework that clarifies the different ways in which movement can positively impact mental health, and to identify quantitative methods to demonstrate the effectiveness of sensorimotor/expressive practices.

During the MovA meeting, I find it essential to combine idea exchange with physical movement — a dynamic I wish to bring into my professional routine.

Inspirations

Book: “Embodied Cognition”, by Lawrence Shapiro

Dancer: Pina Bausch’s works (Café Müller, Vollmond)

Film: “Perfect days”, by Wim Wenders

Presents

I am convinced that psychological well-being is deeply connected to self-expression through bodily movement and active, creative interaction with the environment. I strongly believe in the value of sensorimotor/expressive practices for mental health.

I’ve noticed that taking short movement breaks (e.g., stairs or yoga) during computer work boosts my focus, well-being, and creativity.

I’ve invited Nicoletta and Jozeph (artists), and Cristina Amoretti (philosopher of medicine). Together we contributed to Act1 (Mental Health) for MovA25.

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1) What are your - up to 3 - wishes for the meeting?

E.g., what do you like to learn? What are your needs?

2) What are your - up to 3 - inspirations for us?

E.g., a person, a book, a piece of music...

3) What are your - up to 3 - presents for us?

E.g., what do you like to demonstrate, to tell, to share?

Please keep your self-introduction short (max. 1250 characters).

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Communication between Activities

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Overview of all Movement Academies

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