Knowing through the Felt-Sense: A Gesture of Openness to the Other

Autor/in	Watson, Jacqueline
Titel	Knowing through the Felt-Sense: A Gesture of Openness to the Other
Quelle	In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 18 (2013) 1, S.118-130 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-436X
DOI	10.1080/1364436X.2012.745393
Schlagwörter	Religious Factors; Spiritual Development; Children; Metacognition; Human Body; Comparative Analysis; Psychotherapy; Interviews; Physical Activities; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Menschlicher Körper; Psychotherapie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	In the discussion of children's spirituality and education, David Hay and Brendan Hyde place emphasis on the felt-sense. Originally identified by the psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, the felt-sense is a way of knowing that involves attentiveness to the body and body wisdom. Although emphasised by Hay and Hyde, the felt-sense does not feature strongly in the academic discussion of children's spiritual education. This article compares Gendlin's use of the term "felt-sense" with that of Hay and Hyde, and discusses understandings of the felt-sense and body wisdom gathered through interviews with focusing, shiatsu and yoga practitioners, and through the author's encounters with these practices. The article considers synergies between the notions of "felt-sense" and "bildung", as described by Gadamer, and concludes that their shared openness to the other points to "a way of being" for the educator which may hold the greatest value for spiritual education, given the complexity of post-secular spiritual identity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10