[by Bill Leicht] AVP folks work with emotions to facilitate paths to effective nonviolence, but "2. Emotions and perception are physical actions done in the body,." Paul Linden, PhD [page 2 of link]. If this is true, then the more we perceive and understand the body, the more we can perceive and understand emotions. That's why I attended "Working with the Body for Coaches and Trainers" in New York City last weekend, 26-28 September. The two trainers, the participants, the experience were all wonderful; equally important, they transformed a way I handle conflict in my own body.
FRIENDS, From Mt Elgon, Kenya comes a woman’s deeply moving story of peace-making in a setting of imminent danger that men had shunned. It invites us, who are dedicated to peacemaking, to reconsider our own assumptions about the role of faith in creating the conditions to transform the fear of violence into peace-seeking. As Getry Agizah says, “The Mt Elgon community needs us to walk with them.” [emphasis added]
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