ESERCITARE L'UNITA' MENTE-CORPO

The proposal presented here refers to the realization of a professional training workshop structured on corporeal-meditative practices – ongoing since a.y. 2010, at the University of Bologna. It aims to explore the transformative breadth of an education through gesture, in the consideration of the mind-body unity. Method, principles and techniques come from the Far Eastern philosophical-experiential disciplines: Qi Gong and Meditation. The method involves the person in its entirety, contributing significantly to the psycho-physical well-being, facilitating access to internal resources, in motivational and decision-making. The joint exercise of body and mind refines the perceptive field and the quality of attention - such as awareness and meta-awareness - promoting transversal skills of decoding and managing the emotional-affective dimension, which are crucial within life skills, with particular regard to relationship and self-actualization.