“Minds do not naturally work in straight lines. Rather they consist of associations radiating out (or in) from many different connection points.” - Flemming Funch
Mind Mapping Workshop: Integrating Complexity, Creative Planning and Sparking New Ideas
Self-paced Online Workshop w/ Deborah Bowes
Deborah uses mind maps to plan workshops, Feldenkrais training curriculums, vacations… anything that needs a creative and yet concrete process to get things done.
Mind Mapping is enjoyable and easy to do. In this workshop, you will learn how to make mind maps and use radiant thinking to expand your potential. Deborah will teach the few basic ‘rules’ to make successful mind maps that you can use in any area of your life.
Mind Mapping can help make sense of complex ideas, or deal with something that has many inter-related parts such as a wedding, a university program, or running a private practice. It can help you break through old blocks in your thinking and bring to light new insights. For this workshop, you only need paper, at least letter sized or little larger, and colored pencils or pens. You will need space on the floor to do some movement, too!
This workshop will be of value to anyone who would enjoy learning a mind mapping process to expand habits of thought.
“A neuron could be regarded as a point from which associations go off in all directions. And wherever we get to, we get to another neuron with associations going off in all directions. We can keep associating around endlessly…
The mind works in a similar fashion. One naturally thinks in radiant associations. No matter what one thinks of, there would be associations going off in a multitude of directions from it. And wherever any of those associations take us, we can again find a multitude of associations going off from there.
Creativity and problem solving will flow most smoothly when allowed to work freely and radiantly…
Minds are freed up by expanding what was limited, by connecting up what was separate, by providing many options where there were few, by letting flow what was stuck.” - Flemming Funch
Course Includes:
6 video recordings, including 2 Feldenkrais ATM lessons
Watch the Intro class replay:
(This recording is included with the Mind Mapping Workshop recordings)
About Deborah Bowes:
Deborah Bowes was liberated from making outlines and fitting concepts into a hierarchy of importance when she began Mind Mapping 20 years ago. Deborah is a Feldenkrais® Teacher and Trainer. She initially trained as a physical therapist at Columbia University in New York and later earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Shenandoah University in Virginia. She holds a B.S. in Biology and Physical Education from Rhode Island College.
As a Guild Certified Trainer of the Feldenkrais Method® since 2000, she has taught widely in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Australia and Colombia for 14 different training organizations and in over 32 training programs. Her other related in-depth studies and practices include Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong, yoga, sensory awareness, meditation, and dance.
Deborah co-founded the San Francisco Feldenkrais® Center for Movement and Awareness in 1988, and for the past 30 years, has provided Feldenkrais lessons, classes, and workshops to adults and children. She has made many presentations and trainings to professional organizations, university programs, hospitals, and other professional groups.
She is an adjunct faculty member at Saybrook University, teaching Movement Modalities and Wellness. Her doctoral research demonstrated the benefit of her original Feldenkrais Method program, Pelvic Health and Awareness for men and women, for improving pelvic floor health.