This past June I attended an integrative movement-training
course in Scotland. There were people from as many as 8 countries in
attendance. All were there to learn a program called Bal-A-Vis-X and develop
skills to work with children as well as adults who struggle with
learning/life
for various reasons. These reasons could range from deficit in learning
ability, to physical challenges, and includes those who experience anxiety from
over achievement syndrome. Participants learned and practiced the proper technique
of form & rhythm to ensure a consistent, synchronistic method for
integrating the individual within him/her self and to his/her surroundings. The
goal of practicing this technique in a setting like this is to develop
uniformity for the group to work together harmoniously and to let participants
experience this synchronization with guidance from trainers and practitioners
so that when the attendee’s returned to work with students, clients, or family
they would have the skills necessary to be successful and help those they work
with succeed. Adaptations were learned for exercises in order that they could
be carried out in what the founder, Bill Hubert, has coined “elastic time”.
That would be adapting exercises to a level in which all participants would be
successful while still working rhythmically and in a technically correct means.
The goal being-
start with what a
client ‘can’ do and work forward.
Also in attendance were other Practitioners and Trainers, such
as myself. Trainers have been sanctioned by Mr. Hubert to conduct a 16-hour
training. These trainings include, Level 1 & 2 with adaptations for special
needs (also known as Session A & B). Trainers have participated in hundreds
of hours of training under Mr. Hubert’s watchful eye to develop the skills
necessary to properly train others to be successful in working with their own
students/clients. The Trainers attending this training worked to further their
skills of observation (noticing), mentoring, and instructing. I was able (as
always) to pick up subtle nuances that further my skills as a Trainer and
Practitioner. It was a fantastic experience to meet and work with this
international group of learners, practitioners, and trainers!
