Goodbye 2008.

This year was the hardest and the most glorious year of my working life. I am grateful for each and every little bit of it.
Please note that the clips are about my work so change the meaning of the words accordingly. Watch out for the symbols behind the scenes as they give full meaning to it all.











Take care and goodbye 2008!
── | | ──
CE.

What if…

You realised that you could do something differently today … even if it was a very little thing or even if it was a very big thing... and what if you acted upon on it without any fear and without any preconceived outcome. Would you do it? Would you take a chance? Would you?

Estoy Soñando (I have a Dream)




ABBA "I Have a Dream"

"I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream - I have a dream

I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream - I have a dream
I’ll cross the stream - I have a dream

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream - I have a dream
I’ll cross the stream - I have a dream"





...Follow your bliss...

Dr.Melanie Brown MS Society Awareness Talk

Dr. Melanie Brown
Director and Senior Conductor
National Institute of Conductive Education
MS Society Awareness Talk
Conductive Education December 2008.

In this online awareness talk, Doctor Melanie Brown from the National Institute of Conductive Education in Birmingham UK talks about conductive education techniques and how they can be applied for persons with MS.

She explains how conductive education has developed, how it is applied to persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), how people can access this sort of service and much more.

Please follow link to watch the two parts of this recording.
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/support_and_services/audio_and_video/video/awareness_talks/conductive_education/conductive_educa.htm

Thank you Mel.

Please also follow link for Adult Evaluation Results.
http://www.conductive-education.org.uk/2008/pdfs/adult.pdf

László Szögeczki with collaboration between the MS Society and Neurosupport (who run the Neurosupport centre in Liverpool) also completed a pilot project.

Please find link to watch recording of the pilot project
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/for_professionals/resources/conductive_ed.html

For further information, details of personal experiences and practical feedback from those individuals involved in this project please download the booklet found here in PDF format.

http://www.mssociety.org.uk/downloads/Conductive_Education.aa9c59ba.pdf

Thank you László.

It is so inspiring and heart-warming to see and to share the dedication of these two colleagues.
Please spread the word; by doing so you could help people to access information and regional services, so they can gain benefit from Conductive Education.
There are other centres in the UK, which run conductive services for individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Please contact Melanie at melanie@conductive-education.org.uk for further information.

Evaluating complementary medicine: methodological challenges of randomised controlled trials

'Evaluating complementary medicine: methodological challenges of randomised controlled trials'
Article published in the British Medical Journal
VOLUME 325 12 OCTOBER 2002

Please find link to complete article in PDF file:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/325/7368/832.pdf


"Summary points
Complementary medicine (Conductive Pedagogy) has a different philosophy from conventional medicine, presenting challenges to research methodology

Rigorous evaluation of complementary medicine (Conductive Pedagogy)
could provide much needed evidence of its effectiveness

Good design of randomised controlled trials will avoid invalid results and misrepresentation of the holistic essence of complementary medicine (Conductive Pedagogy)

Practitioners need to be recognised as a component in or contributor to complementary treatment

Both specific and non­specific outcome measures with long follow up are needed to adequately encompass the essence of complementary
medicine (Conductive Pedagogy)"

Can we use the above summery points and replace 'complementary medicine' with Conductive Pedagogy?

Is Conductive Pedagogy (CE) complementary or stands on its own right as a total, integrated educational, rehabilitation system?
Do we have a clear answer?
Mhh... something to think about.

CE Related Research Links:
'Knol by Andrew Sutton'

http://knol.google.com/k/andrew-sutton/ce-related-research/2tv7fpph4s1dn/6#

'CONDUCTIVE WORLD' written and published by Andrew Sutton

http://www.conductive-world.info/search/label/Research

One action for the whole, one for the self.

It is much too easy to say that there is nothing I can do. Everything you do matters. Every single day you have a choice to DO one action on behalf of the whole and one on behalf of yourself.

“Conductive Education to be "dragged to hell in a handcart"?”

I read Norman Perrin’s posting titled “Conductive Education to be "dragged to hell in a handcart"?” with great interest and I thought I would publish my comment on my blog also in the hope that it would create more response from others.
You can find the original posting at http://paces.typepad.com/paces/2008/12/conductive-education-to-be-dragged-to-hell-in-a-handcart.html

Here is my comment:

'I slightly disagree with G. Monibot’s point of view, I believe that people can be persuaded by information if it is given to them slowly, in the right dosage and if their emotional and mental states are 'manipulated'.

I have seen many, many times in my life how people are influenced by feeding them the same information in a repetitive manner until they get hooked on to it and take it as a norm.

Having said that I agree with Monibot’s on how important to carefully choose whom we are mixing with. They can bring us down or lift us up.

We haven’t got much choice at the time when we are born into our ‘tribes’. The ‘tribe’s’ consciousness has a great influence on our thinking. We can see this in the evolution of Conductive Education too, if we look at the ‘CE tribe’.

From the tribe we learn our basic values, traditions etc., which are to be acknowledged and respected. BUT there comes a time when we all faced in our lives with the option to step out of the tribal consciousness, expand and grow.

Are we ready to reform the values we lived with until now? Are we ready to look at the issues right in the eyes and speak up from the heart? Are we?

When Obama says "things are going to get worse before they get better". It is his opinion, in his reality, but he cannot possibly address everybody’s reality.
Let me explain. In our world in every country, community, tribe, people live on different level of consciousness and have many different realities. There is not only one solution and one reality for all of us.

If we focus only on what we want to see and how we want to see it with clarity and mix only with the people who also carefully choose what they focus on, and if we have the same vision in mind we could create a different reality together.
People in history when they had this focused clarity with the best intention to help humanity and harm no one in the process achieved remarkable outcomes against all odds. The Divine stands with the ones who have Divine intentions.

I agree with your personal list.

I have been thinking about a global partnership myself and this is what I have put down years ago on a piece of paper.

Global Partnership
Mission Statement
The partnership is based on the belief that we all have the gift and the need to create a better world and better life.
This can only be achieved if we break free of the old dominator model and become to understand that the self cannot live and achieve real success in isolation.
Our work is based on putting love into action.
Our aim is to find tools to transform our lives and the lives around us to promote a more sustainable, just, and thriving way of life for all.
We have a desire to create a life where it is understood that we all are different and exist on different, but equally important level of existence.
All members of our partnership team committed to work in harmony to enlighten the view of the extraordinary potential of humans with or without disabilities.

Partnership members are dedicated to:
· Promoting high standards of competence, professionalism, and performance in the delivery of educational, rehabilitation services worldwide.
· Obtaining and disseminating information on the subject of education, rehabilitation for the benefit of other partners through web sites, conferences, seminars, and publications.
· Encouraging the exchange of ideas and mutual assistance among partners.
· Facilitating the partnership of professionals handling all aspects of global development plans.
· Respecting the confidentiality and personal nature of the information available to partnership members.'

So we are here, but what next?

So we are here, but what next?
…Another short reflection… in the hope that maybe, just maybe I could encourage readers to express their opinions further.
László put up a post on his blog on 2nd December titled 'CE paradox'.
There were a few very valuable responses from experienced and hard working individuals who have already put their best into creating possibilities by their own creative ways and talents to help many, many … children, parents, carers, service leaders, conductors and other professionals etc. the list is endless.

MANY people’s lives have been touched, transformed and maybe changed all together, by those who were carrying on the work of Dr. András Petö and Dr. Maria Hari ♥.

I know that we are all so busy and have our lives to lead and to enjoy. I also know that we cannot rely on the way of the past as we need to move forward and deep down we all know in our hearts that we need to change and we all want to do it differently and better.

It is just natural, as life is an ever changing, evolving, growing living, breathing entity. Being static or fragmented is against how nature works and being static or fragmented is not in our best interest either. I know that we are all working quietly with devotion on many different levels…

Obviously I don’t want to push anything, which is not the interest of the majority or has no relevance to the readers. All I would like to ask once again do you have an opinion, a question, an unfulfilled need and an unfulfilled wish? Maybe it is the time to let each other know and start sharing and working towards a new, a better, and a more enjoyable and respectable future.

I needed to write about this once more as I felt that something relevant and important was brought to our attention and I felt that there was no clear outcome. Maybe the outcome is an unanswered question, an unfinished business…

This posting can be followed up on any of the following links and postings.

The relevant links in chronological order:

http://szogeczki.blogspot.com/2008/12/ce-paradox.html
http://sourcesense.blogspot.com/2008/12/evaluation-and-reflection.html
http://www.conductive-world.info/2008/12/conductors-as-profession.html
http://szogeczki.blogspot.com/2008/12/comment.html
http://conductive-community.com/node/23
http://szogeczki.blogspot.com/2008/12/comment-ii.html
http://paces.typepad.com/paces/2008/12/strategic-responsibilities-in-conductive-education.html
http://www.conductive-world.info/2008/12/conductive-education-whatever-next.html

‘So we are here, but what next?’

‘So we are here, but what next?’









Koncz Zsuzsa, Cipo.... Csodalatos Vilag




Koncz Zsuzsa - Ahogy lesz, úgy lesz

Evaluation and Reflection

CE Paradox

Evaluation and Reflection

After reading and responding to Laszlo’s post titled CE Paradox published on 2nd December, I thought that I would post my original response to him here and write a few more thoughts that came to mind. (http://szogeczki.blogspot.com)

This was my response:
‘Dear Laszlo,
I really enjoyed reading your post. I read it again, and again, and again. You raised a very important question. ‘So we are here, but what next?’
The directions of CE will be determend on the clarity and focus we are prepared to invest in creating its future. Clarity is power. We know this from our work when we facilitate in a conductive way. Just when we look at how CE works at its best, what do we need for that? Amongst many other things we need a unified team who believes in, manifests and carries the same highest level of standards, with a clear outcome in mind. Wishing and hoping will not take us there. Do we want it badly enough to make us move and create such a team? Do we really want to have a professional body, which is prepared to publish the basic core values, standards and structures that would truly represent Conductive Education?
We need more brave, talented and diligent people in the here and now to deal with this paradox and to help all of those who are trying to work with CE in different settings. If we really wanted to be taken seriously I think it is about time that we created something valuable for all of us and for the future generation to come.
Once hearts and minds meet it will be done.’

The way I believe we can reasonably decide what we want in the future and how we will get there is to first know where we are right now and what our level of satisfaction is for where we are. So first it would be a good idea to take some time and think through and write down our current situation regarding the issues related to the definition, quality and standards of Conductive Education. Then ask this question on each key point - is that okay?
The purpose of this evaluation is twofold. First, it would give us an objective way to look at the accomplishments; secondly, it is to show us where we are now so we can determine where we need to go. In other words, it would give us a baseline which to work from.

The team which would take upon this task would have to share the same vision and goals that are born out of each members own heart and mind.
Is there anyone out there who wants to be part of such a team?

This posting is for Heidi who I don’t know as I never met her personally. She is a Mum who has two gorgeous children.
One of Heidi’s favourite films is ‘Gone with the wind’. As she came into my life, and I appreciate everyone who steps into my sphere I feel I owe her a loving message from my heart.
The passion and love in this film reminded me to tell you all, that we can feel this love and passion towards everything. Everything we can see and observe in the here and now and everything that we haven’t just yet come across. Absolutely everything…the good things and sometimes the things which don’t seem to look so good.
When we can truly appreciate it All… we can become free and can experience the vastness of our existence…
This exuberating breath of freedom and existence which we were born with.
I know this may sound peculiar what I am telling you now;
BUT we can all agree that we are all longing for this love and passion, as this is our true human nature. This is what makes us to be who we are.
Maybe tonight or tomorrow we all can step out of our front door, take a deep breath and appreciate this breath of fresh air. This breath is our life force. This is what we did first time in our lives when we were born into this world. And from than on we can fall in love with everything around us… or at least send a loving thought even to the things, people, circumstances we cannot just yet understand or appreciate.
The passion and love in the film exist in each and every one of us; it is in our beings in our cells, in our molecules in our atoms in our smallest particles, which makes us who we are.
So now I am asking you; can you find this love and passion and give more of it to the ones you love and give even more of it, or at least some of it to the ones you feel you just can’t. Can you spare some love?
Can I ask you one more favour please?
Can you send a loving thought to Heidi and her children whether You
are a professional or whether You are a Parent??
This is for You Heidi and for Everyone.

What If…We looked at life as a glory, a dignity, an opportunity, a prelude and a reward?

Winter is a very special time to build up our resources

Winter is a very special time to build up our resources, tuck into a good book, create a delicious hearty soup with love while appreciating the shapes and colours of all the winter vegetables we can pick up at the local market and share the soup with some who live alone to brighten each other’s day. Sit at the roaring fire sipping sweet hot drinks spiced with cinnamon, cloves and grated peel of lemon and orange. Relax in a warm bath perfumed with spicy herbs to nourish and heal our body and soul.
This is the time for appreciating all the contrasts the winter brings to us and this is the time we can teach our children to be aware, recognise and participate in the winter season. There is so much to teach, so much to learn and so much to share in the ‘curriculum of life’, which are so relevant and important in the here and now.

Enya Only Time

Only Time!

Widening the lens of observation TO FIND THE FOCUS OF YOUR OWN CREATIVE POWER

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."
Albert Einstein



Earth Universe Space Zoom Out

Change the world?

We” all know the problems
“We” also know the solutions!
The “silent majority”
Must not remain silent.
Who are they?
Unless” we” speak up,
“ We” are “they”.




WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

Evelyn Glennie:How to listen to music with your whole body

"Keep an open mind, keep all your senses open, and practise the art of creating opportunities." EG









Mentoring: do we need it in CE?

Can we do without it?

http://andrew-sutton.blogspot.com/2008/11/mentoring-do-we-need-it-in-ce.html

I wish it could be always...

Orthofunctional spontaneity
"I wish it could be always... life is easy on such a day. I wish this peace on everyone on this lovely day."♫
Donovan - The Lovely Day - from Brother Sun, Sister Moon


http://www.szathmarytc.com/media/kids.avi



I thought you might like to contemplate on some of the thoughts from one of my unpublished ‘refresher’ lecture points.

THE NATURE OF REALITY IN THE CONDUCTIVE CLASSROOM



Teaching, Teaching, Teaching


What is the core you work around?

What are the most favorable conditions for learning and building habits?

What are the important elements in sustaining a healthy life?
How are they addressed?

How are the children supported in developing personal power, and consistency in taking actions?

There is always a solution, focus on the action!

Create your vision of outcomes.

Language strategies

Sensory stimulation

Temperature, fresh air, light, breathing, colors...

Type of instruction; verbal, modeling, signs, manual...

Persistency in obtaining desired response

Consistency- discipline- routine

Verbal, visual, acoustic, olfactory etc. clues to start.

Get ready, look

Multi model communication systems used...

Strategies for interaction with peers, adults

Opportunities for choices...

Active way of life, self-realization, problem solving mentality…
ultimate aim → orthofunctional personality


Strengths, skills, talents

Goals

Some characteristics of personality

Co-operation,

Communication,

Equipment used

Parents- attitude- potential difficulties

What type of support parents need?

Individual learning needs,
Home application
Age related habits

Methods, type of seating and type of sitting, how is it addressed throughout the day?

Mealtimes

Behavior –social expectation
Self help skills
Specialized individual programs

Quality of solutions

Evaluation techniques

Unpublished Conductive Education ‘Refresher lecture points’
Judit Szathmáry 2002.
www.szathmarytc.com
Donovan - The Lovely Day - from Brother Sun, Sister Moon

A strong asking and just a little allowing goes a long long way.

The hope, the difference we have been asking for.

In the last 28 years of my life with Conductive Education I have been waiting for this moment to come, and I want to talk to you about it.

When we are looking at the Conductive World (everyone included) we see the problems which we have been living with for a long long,
time.

Despite all the good things we have been producing to date, the general attitude implies disapproval, disappointment, lack of cooperation etc. (everyone included).

When we are running towards and/or working for an industry or a concept that we are inherently critical and unhappy about at any level, we are setting ourselves towards a lot of discords and disappointments.

The basis of our Profession is out of balance and this means that there is or will be a big price to pay for it. Can we afford to keep going on any longer like this? Do we really want to?

Deep down we all know the values, the concepts, the essential requirements of good practice, the fairness that we are all entitled to and which has grown out of the collective consciousness a long time ago.

When we are directed towards fearful thoughts that undermine our confidence, it stops our creative flow. When we are questioning our own abilities to serve and to lead we all know that something is out of alignment.

All creation and all manifestation whether it is related to art or science etc. are born out of vibration that is aligned with the feeling of confidence, feeling of joy, when we are relaxed and focused, when we feel we are treated right.

This is when we have the ability to single handedly find alignment within any subject, any cause or any project which we have a desire to work with.

Maybe it is time for all of us to step back from the data we have been listening and torturing ourselves with and find stability in an environment, which we have an opportunity to create NOW.

The power is always in the here and now. Not in the past and not in the future.

The Conductive World has increased and is now many, many more times bigger and more open than it has ever been. So let's celebrate! and start telling the stories of it’s wellness, it’s stability and it’s abundant possibilities. Let’s use the contrasts (that don’t go away as they have their parts to play) to stimulate what we want it to be and what it is meant to be.

Let’s not be the ones who keep asking for more opportunities, more collaboration, more recognition, more abundance and at the same time being the ones who are holding ourselves in deprivation because of our world, our different cultures, because of our fears etc.

It is time for us to allow all the good things we have been asking for… and a strong asking and just a little allowing goes a long long way.

Kertesz Leszek Fat Nevelek (Ha mar elpusztul a vilag legyen a sirjara virag.)

Jozsef Attila Kertesz Leszek Fat Nevelek,
Koncz Zsuzsa eloadasaban

It is good to come together for the purpose of sharing, co creating and for mutual expansion.

"‘ I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’
Michelangelo

Why do I like it?
Orthofunction is a product of interactional relationships between a person and the environment.
This phrase emphasises our responsibility of changing not only the child, but the environment as well. 'Curving the marbel'is the reconstruction of the context in which the child lives in, in fact constructing the upbringing environment.
Only if we did our educational mission in both sphares, the child and the environment, a real change may occur."

Rony Schenker, OTR, PhD,
Tsad Kadima, Israel
13 November 2008 12:42

Dear Rony,

Thank you for your response and for your all rounded, holistic point of view. Good job I am sitting next to my laptop preparing for tomorrow’s Conductive Education presentation at Bournemouth University for third year physiotherapy students so I can answer everyone quite quickly.

You have a very valid comment when you point out the following “Only if we did our educational mission in both sphares, the child and the environment, a real change may occur.”
When we are looking at a child or an adult who comes to us, we must build our pedagogical approach (which aims to facilitate the growth, health and well being of the multifunctional and multifaceted individual) on the premise that we look at, work with and take into consideration both the micro cosmos and the macro cosmos we are all part of and so intricately connected to.
If we all realised the importance of this, our work would be more interesting, more enriched, more beautiful, more enjoyable and more successful.
When Dr. Petö said bring order into disorder, learn and teach a better way of organisation, recognise and show each other the beauty of the world, believe and let everyone believe that they can and will learn, create an environment where everyone feels that they belong to and so on… He didn’t just mean have a well organised, clean and tidy environment, structured and inspiring programmes with high expectations, but he meant a lot, lot more…
If any of you out there reading this post and want to play, brainstorm and add more value to everyone’s understanding and knowledge of Conductive Education please watch the film and tell us what else he could have meant in your opinion?



‘ I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’
Michelangelo

Thank you again Rony.
With Love, Judit

‘ I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’

Professor Petö (1893-1967)






I am just quickly responding to Andrew’s recent post before I have to begin an Initial Consultation.
The post titled: 'We all have an angel within us' – András Pető

Isn’t it interesting to note that the Conductive Education Introductory Training Courses I run I always start in a following way?

When Michelangelo was asked, how did you make the statue of this beautiful angel from this peace of marble? His answer was:

‘ I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’
Michelangelo


The above pictures we look at are self-explanatory to some, but we dig deeper and deeper and discuss the little girl’s image from the physical, emotional and psychological point of view… and so on.

... And at the end we always find the angel together...


http://andrew-sutton.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-all-have-angel-within-us-andrs-pet.html

We had a very busy and eventful half term. During half terms and during the school holidays the centre is especially busy and we are all buzzing with ideas, new solutions and breakthroughs. Children come from all over the country and from abroad. We all, children and staff are listening to each others stories, discussing vital issues relevant to our lives and we all work soo extremely hard to find our hidden strengths and find some unexplored solutions.
Amongst the many we had some beautiful solutions, which I would like to share with you to keep you inspired.
As we had our 10th anniversary this October the children felt especially fired up to do their best as they thought this would be the best present they could give to Professor Petö, Dr. Hári ♥ and for themselves to try their hardest.Please watch the videos of two incredible boys who defied the odds and made a major breakthrough. Please forgive me about the quality, as these films are made right in the middle of our work and they were just made for us and for the parents to see. Our lovely Trevor our IT manager kindly reduced the size of the videos and contributed his time to make it available to you all. On one of the films there is a song, which was the choice of the boy who is, walking first time on his own with monopod sticks and wanted the song to be recorded. The boy who is walking outside learnt to take a few independent steps inside the centre in the summer, but had never made so many consistent safe steps and especially not outside! These two boys accomplished their desires for the first time in their lives. Please send them a quiet loving message from your hearts. They will receive them without a doubt. Thank you. Keep LIVING, LOVING and making a difference. http://www.szathmarytc.com/media/joel_30_10_08.wmv

http://www.szathmarytc.com/media/outdoor_walk.wmv

Clips used with kind permission from the proud parents.

"People only see what they are prepared to see." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I really would like you to take your time and contemplate on the quote above… Please do.

Once you have really understood the meaning, you will be able to adjust your perception (in simple terms: adjust the colour of your spectacles you intend to, and being prepared to view the world with all the externals that exist).

Once you have really got it, it will take you to a whole new level of understanding of others and the whole new level of understanding of the world around you. It is not an easy task, but it is worth to work on, as it will make you more understanding, trusting, relaxed and joyful in all your endeavours.

My philosophy is the same, as always, do things that make you joyful, loving, compassionate and passionate. Be more understanding, more accepting and more grateful for all the diversity and the contrasts that are presented to you and can be observed by you, as they are your support system. They help you to find a better way. If there were no contrasts in the world it would be hard to find the desire to create a better and more, and more, and more, did I say more, and more desirable way.

UNDERSTAND that all you have to do is to make it better for you and for everyone. This is what will make you really happy, successful and inline you with your real self.
This is my response to Andrew’s recent post "'The elephant in the room' Let’s bring it into the light '" posting.
One of Dr Hari’s ♥ lectures started with this parable The Six Blind Men and the Elephant. Have you realised that Andrew was using the same symbolic meaning?

It was six men of Indostan

To learning much inclined,

Who went to see the Elephant

(Though all of them were blind),

That each by observation

Might satisfy his mind.

The First approach'd the Elephant,

And happening to fall

Against his broad and sturdy side,

At once began to bawl:

"God bless me! but the Elephant

Is very like a wall!

"The Second, feeling of the tusk,Cried, -

"Ho! what have we here

So very round and smooth and sharp?

To me 'tis mighty clear

This wonder of an Elephant

Is very like a spear!

"The Third approached the animal,

And happening to take

The squirming trunk within his hands,

Thus boldly up and spake:

"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant

Is very like a snake!

"The Fourth reached out his eager hand,

And felt about the knee.

"What most this wondrous beast is like

Is mighty plain," quoth he,

"Tis clear enough the Elephant

Is very like a tree!

"The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,

Said: "E'en the blindest man

Can tell what this resembles most;

Deny the fact who can,

This marvel of an Elephant

Is very like a fan!

"The Sixth no sooner had begun

About the beast to grope,

Then, seizing on the swinging tail

That fell within his scope,

"I see," quoth he,

"the ElephantIs very like a rope!

"And so these men of Indostan

Disputed loud and long,

Each in his own opinion

Exceeding stiff and strong,

Though each was partly in the right,

And all were in the wrong!

MORAL.
So oft in theologic wars,

The disputants, I ween,

Rail on in utter ignorance

Of what each other mean,

And prate about an Elephant

Not one of them has seen!

John Godfrey Saxe's ( 1816-1887) version of the famous Indian legend.

I hope that we all can find a new meaning closest to our recent level of existence and understanding that we all feel comfortable with, and fired up about on an individual level and we will all do our best to create an exciting new level of understanding.

That is all that is required from us to help to create a better way for all of those who we want to help… not realising that they are actually the ones who are helping us.

http://www.andrew-sutton.blogspot.com/

The elephant in the room
Let’s bring it into the light

German conference reports
Where's the elephant?

What If… You stay exuberant about all those possibilities that are before you and while joyfully go about your days really begin to understand the magnificence of your being and your value to all and everything? What if you tried?

HAPPY LONG LIFE TO YOU CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES.

The month of October is always a special one for us at Conductive Education Support Services. This year Conductive Education Support Services a training and consultancy service celebrated its 20 years of existence and 10th years anniversary of opening the Conductive Education Support Centre in Brockenhurst Hampshire UK.

“The life given to us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well-spent is eternal.” Cicero

HAPPY LONG LIFE TO YOU Conductive Education Support Services!

Have the most amazing years to come!

Carry the passion, commitment and power of vision on your path. Never be afraid to become a perfect example of human gifts and imperfections, while elegantly handling both the triumphs and tribulations you encounter in your mission of further growth and when giving a helping hand.

Continue to celebrate and treasure that amazing feeling of connection and vibrancy to be truly alive and to contribute.

What If?...

Do you really want to know what spirit looks like in action? If so, please click on my picture next to the 'What If?...All children could have access to Conductive Education? text'

Photographs and text used with kind permission from Charlotte’s Mum.

For your unlimited and endless enjoyment…An example of...

…JOYFUL CREATION, WHICH MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TO FIND THE FOCUS OF YOUR OWN CREATIVE POWER.
http://www.petervanallen.com

I dream of a horizon...Andrea Bocelli great tenor

"Ever optimistic, Andrea has perfectly understood the essence of a quote by French novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupery "One only sees clearly through the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes".
There’s one rule the opera star Andrea Bocelli always abides by: he won’t talk about his blindness."
Por tí volaré (I dream of a horizon) Lyrics...
'When I live alone
I dream of a horizon
with no words.
In the shadow and amongst lights
for my sight it's all black
if you are not with me . . . here.


You
in your world
separated from mine by an abyss.
Hear
call me
I'll fly
to your distant world.


For you I'll fly.
wait for me I'll arrive
my trip's end is you
for living it we two.
For you I'll fly
by skies and seas
up to your love.
Opening the eyes at last
with you I'll live


When you are far
I dream of an horizon
with no words.
And I know that you are always there, there
a moon made for me
always illuminated for me
because of me, because of me, because of me . . . *


For you I'll fly
wait for me I'll arrive
my trip's end is you
with you I'll live.


For you I'll fly
by skies and seas
up to your love.
Opening the eyes at last
with you I'll live.


For you I'll fly
by skies and seas
up to your love.
Opening the eyes at last
with you I'll live.


For you I'll fly . . .'

What If?...

…You just chill out and go to work...
and just focus upon the things that are important to you and figure out how to satisfy the details of your life with joy in your heart?:)

Patch Adams- Bedside Care

Focus on the solution not the problem

What If?...

…It was true that you are a spiritual being having a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience?

Imagine the difference it would make in our lives?

Shifting the point of emphasis to lend a hand to all

Published in Conductive Education and Families ,
Recent advances in Conductive Education Journal. ,(March 2003) Volume 2 number 1.
Journal of the Foundation of Conductive Education.

Challenge Me!™ Speech and Communication Cards by Amanda Elliott, one of the first graduates of the National Institute of Conductive Education UK.

Challenge Me!™ Speech and Communication Cards
Amanda Elliott
Illustrated by David Kemp

Speech and language skills are a vital part of being able to communicate with others and express one's own needs.

Challenge Me!™ Speech and Communication Cards feature fun and dynamic challenges for children aged 3-12 with any form of speech difficulty, whether this is a severe problem which is related to a motor disability or a general delay in speech.

An ideal tool for parents and professionals working to improve a child's speaking skills, the cards provide a variety of fun activities designed to improve breathing techniques and use of speech apparatus such as the mouth, tongue and nose; control extra salivation; moderate volume, tempo, rhythm and intonation of speech; and improve sound production and clarity of words and sentences. The enclosed booklet provides instructions and advice for using the cards effectively.

These user-friendly activities will make speech training enjoyable for both children and their facilitators and are great for use in the classroom, at home, on a one-to-one basis or with a group of children.


To preorder your copy please e-mail:
mandy@conductive-educationsupport.com
www.challengemecards.com
ISBN: 978-1-84310-946-4, 57pp,
January 2009,Price: £17.61, $22.95+ Postage and packing

Peaceful Warrior Bridge Slow Motion scene

Donovan - The Lovely Day - from Brother Sun, Sister Moon

If You Want Your Dream To Be ... [brother sun, sister moon]

AS A MAN THINKETH