Workshop Four

Mobility

One of the primary characteristics of animal life is movement. One's ability to be mobile allows for a greater variety of experiences—and we Humans are the most mobile species on the planet, with the ability to travel through the air, sea, and even into space, with correspondingly greater ranges of experience than are enjoyed by the less mobile species.

Breath

Do this breathing technique prior to any body postures or body motion exercises or movements. It will assist you to increase your awareness of motion and stillness within spaces. This breathing technique can be used for a very active meditation; it is also very powerful in strengthening the Fourth System.

Color

Conditions that can be alleviated to some degree or another by the use of the color orange are asthma, bronchitis, colds, epilepsy, gall stones, gout, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, kidney ailments, menstrual difficulties, mental exhaustion, prolapsed uterus, rheumatism and arthritis, tumors, both benign and malignant

Sound

The variation of beginnings which establish forms into even and equivalent relationships. The energy that forms cohesiveness and arrangements between parts of a whole. In the process of beginning growth occurs and is affirmed into perfection.

Initiation

Because ONA is about you becoming conscious, we feel that no one can initiate you, but you. You do not need our permission to embark on this journey; you only need your own. Because you are making an agreement with your Innermost Self, it is appropriate to stage the agreement in the form of a ritual. (Ritual is a language that communicates more deeply with the Innermost Self, which is why people instinctively use it regarding matters of importance.)

Hands-On

Mobility is not just about motion—it is also about stillness. System Four Postures make an excellent warm-up to the mild exercise of System Four Movements.

Technique

When you were a child, did you and friends ever make solemn vows to (for example) never like girls, or boys, or to be friends forever, or to always be true to the team? Would it surprise you to know that your Second Field takes such vows seriously?

Technique

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

Please take a week or so to practice the techniques you learned in this workshop. Each workshop builds on the skills learned in the workshop previous. Then, take a few minutes to answer the following questions. This is not a test; it is intended to give you a baseline against which to measure your progress. The �right� answer is the honest one!