Gesture of Awareness
Gesture of Awareness is a non formal type of meditation . What is at stake in this practice is not what we are doing or how we are doing anything but a way of being that doesnât hold onto anything. A way to explore the coincidence of the actor, the action and the world, a coincidence where grasping canât take place anymore. This can be explored in movements or gesture, in taking a step, in the contact with another person, in speaking or listening and finally in the discovery of how our mental representations limit the way we live.Resting in the undivided experience of the instant, one discovers an incomparable sense of wholeness and even freedom. Any situation could be approached with this attitude: hearing, speaking, seeing, singing, moving or resting, alone or in contact with another.Within our organism, there is a natural tendency to move towards a deeper balancing, a freer way of living.
Charles Genoud
Charles has practiced TheravÄda Buddhism during numerous retreats in Myanmar and the United States, particularly at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, under the guidance of Sharon Salzberg and especially Joseph Goldstein. He began studying Tibetan Buddhism in 1970 with the Venerable Geshe Rabten, with whom he trained for several years, and later with the great master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He also attended courses in Buddhist psychology and epistemology at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala.
Charles has studied Sensory Awareness in France, Spain, and Mexico. He studied sensory awareness for several years with Michael Tophoff and discovered the Alexander Technique and Art in Movement with Brigitte Meuwly. His approach of Gesture of Awareness is the result of the combination of Buddhist meditation with the practice of Sensory Awareness and Alexander Technique.This practice has greatly influenced his research on meditation in movement. He developed the approach to meditation that he calls âGesture of Awarenessâ (or la prĂ©sence du geste). He has been teaching VipassanÄ meditation since 1995.
Charles has studied Sensory Awareness in France, Spain, and Mexico. He studied sensory awareness for several years with Michael Tophoff and discovered the Alexander Technique and Art in Movement with Brigitte Meuwly. His approach of Gesture of Awareness is the result of the combination of Buddhist meditation with the practice of Sensory Awareness and Alexander Technique.This practice has greatly influenced his research on meditation in movement. He developed the approach to meditation that he calls âGesture of Awarenessâ (or la prĂ©sence du geste). He has been teaching VipassanÄ meditation since 1995.
The practice
Practice in movement
Practice in stillness
