"Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body" James Joyce. Physical bodies are extraordinary instruments for learning and yet so few of us are really in tune with even a fraction of the wisdom our body has to offer. There are two kinds of surprises that come to those people who go through the Senssoma process: some people are amazed at the power of what they are able to experience through the mind-body connection, and the clarity that comes from that. Others are amazed at how little body-awareness they have - and yet are still able to access a degree of clarity they hadn't expected. In both cases the intrinsic value of mind-body awareness is acknowledged. Recent discoveries in organizational change substantiate this. Studies indicate that for learning to be complete and functional it needs to include auditory (words), visual (images), and kinesthetic (physical experience) and that body awareness is a prerequisite for accessing emotional intelligence. In other words, if we can't understand our own feelings, how can we possibly expect to understand those of others? As Bryner and Markova say in their book, An Unused Intelligence, until we challenge the cultural myth that learning occurs in our head 'our capacities for any sort of deep learning are severely limited. Reintegrating mind and body will, I believe, be a vital step in reintegrating work and self, and organizational change and personal change.' And yet it seems that in our Western culture, the learning and problem solving ability of our bodies remains largely untapped. We have been trained to gather information and to undertake quality procedures and measurement, but we have never been taught how to relate in a physical or energetic way to the tasks, people and events of our jobs. There's a little of Mr Duffy in a lot of us, it seems.

Rachel Flower

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