Experience+Encounter+Corporalita


 * Experiential Encounter **
 * CORPORALITA **: Connecting Mind and Body

=Kinesthetic sense- sense of weight, position, movement=

Brain is 3% body weight but uses 30% of your body’s oxygen.
 * ||||  |||| === CORPORALITA EXPERIENCE IDEAS ===
 * ||||  |||| === CORPORALITA EXPERIENCE IDEAS ===
 * ||||  |||| === CORPORALITA EXPERIENCE IDEAS ===
 * ||||  |||| === CORPORALITA EXPERIENCE IDEAS ===

Try a new physical activity
 * Dancing
 * Beach volleyball
 * Swim in the lake
 * Bicycle 20 miles or more
 * Learn a dance video
 * Climbing 15 flights of stairs
 * Playing a sport
 * Exercise, i.e. Pilates, Zumba
 * Tai Chi
 * Yoga
 * A sailing lesson

Improve your eating habits for a day.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">What about strength training? What about flexibility?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Cultivate ambidexterity. Live a day with your non-dominant hand. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Reverse hands <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Draw or write w/ both hands at once <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Juggle || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">In your Book of Lists: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">color in red – tense spots; <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">green – where the body feels most alive
 * ||||||  || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">PROCESSING YOUR CORPORALITA EXPERIENCE **
 * ||||||  || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">PROCESSING YOUR CORPORALITA EXPERIENCE **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Draw your own body prior to participating in the activity. Draw your own body after completing the activity.

OR

 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Write a stream of consciousness noting how you feel.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">What are 10 questions you have after having done this?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wikispace response **:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Did you discover muscles you didn’t know existed?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Did you feel better physically? Did you feel better/worse psychologically (stress, mood)?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Synthesize your responses to the above questions into a posted written response of 400-600 words.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Be sure to include at least 10 vocabulary words from //Vocabulary of the Senses// handout.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Be sure to sign your name. ||  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Da Vinci believes there is a connection between the effectiveness of our minds and the development of bodily awareness. We can further cultivate our creativity, as we test our physical boundaries. Da Vinci believes that cultivating our minds alone is an imbalanced process because we must learn to preserve our bodies and our health to continue to grow in our thoughts. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Tips on how to stay healthy according to DaVinci:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“Beware of anger and avoid grievous moods”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“rest your head and keep your mind cheerful”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“be covered well at night”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“exercise moderately”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“shun wantonness, and pay attention to diet”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“eat only when you want and sup light”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">“keep upright when you rise from the dining table”

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">However, Da Vinci’s emphasis on the concept of corporalita will only work if we each take a personal approach to fitness and developing coordination between our minds and bodies. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">To become more fit and more aware of the connection between our minds and bodies, Da Vinci suggests: <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">1) Develop a personal fitness program by incorporating aerobic conditioning, strength training, and flexibility exercises. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">2) Develop body awareness through the study of basic anatomy (your body) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3) Relearning poise and grace by focusing on our posture and body use during different activities <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">4) Develop ambidexterity by challenging ourselves to work with our non-dominant hand. Da Vinci believes this will challenge us to cultivate parts of our brain we have yet to tap into <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12px;">. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10.6667px;">[]