8 Shades of Play - 2 - The Director / The Collector
The Director
The Collector
8 Shades of Play - Getting Serious About Learning
ATM ‘dress up’ lessons to ‘try on’ different play styles
Week 2- The Director / Collector
A variation on the “Dual Pelvic Clocks” lesson from Alan Questel
“Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.”
Dr. Stuart Brown described 8 “play personalities” based on animal and human natural behaviors: The Joker - laughs; The Kinesthete - joy in movement; The Explorer - go deep; The Competitor - games or goals; The Director - organize; The Storyteller - imagine; The Collector - make connections; The Artist - express. This series takes a dive into ‘play personalities’ as a reframe for approaching classic ATM lessons.
What part of you likes to organize the gang or get the party together? Maybe you like creating labels. “The Director” brings order and makes things happen, especially in the social realm. She connects the dots to bring the group forward.
And what about, maybe, the part that loves to compare and contrast? “The Collector” delights in adding new experiences or has a blast looking for interesting things to add to her collection. She is delighted by the variations on a theme.
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
Infinity Hips in action - Hula Hoop master at play
This week, it’s a seated lesson to get those hips going. It’s a connect-the-dots around the hips in the form of the infinity sign, figure 8, or, in classic ATM language - dual clocks.
As the director, seek the connections from sit bone to sit bone as the hips rock side-to-side, front-to-back, and diagonal-to-diagonal. Drive the movement with the intention of getting the whole body synched up and coordinated.
The collector knows clocks are not just found in the hips. There can be shoulder clocks, eye clocks, elbow clocks, foot clocks: all opportunities to find the infinite in the mundane. A way to find wholeness by finding similarities between parts of self that aren’t consciously connected.
Put together with last week’s rib shimmy, this lesson brings a sense of the entire body in joyfully fluidity: sashay like Beyonce, paddle the kayak, peddle the bike, rotate around the tee, dance like Audrey or Rita.
Kit Kat Clocks Turn 87 Years Old. source: thepurringpost.com
No science nerd candy this week.
Set Up:
Seated on a flat-bottom, armless chair, knees and hips even
The Voice-O-Meter Healing Sounds choices this week relate to the emotions associated with each organ:
Heart - HAAAAA - laughter, relief, love, joy
Kidney/Bladder - CHOOO - kindness
Triple Burner - HEEEEEEE - wholeness and integration
How You Might Feel After This Lesson: Hula or Belly Dance ready; Connection between sit bones and ribs; Connection between feet and sit bones; Loose and Free hips; Sexier; Sillier; Joyful; Sensual; Fluid; Happy.
New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574