About you, Connected to you

I found this note tucked inside Writing to Learn by William Zinsser, a book that I recently checked out from the library. The reader so beautifully synthesized the chapter in a way that has remarkable parallels to our work with the Feldenkrais Method:

When you begin to make connections
the subject—anything you’re learning becomes part of your world—
About you-connected to you
Take students into the subject by a different route
The right answer is route

The sole objective—
Find out things about yourself - it’s a life long process.

Ask a question then write about it
Engage the imagination, intellect, the emotions, which are powerful aides to learning.

Sound familiar? In class you ask a question and you explore it through movement. Just as with each draft a writer clarifies what she wants to say and how to say it, with each approximation of a movement, you edit (parasitic effort, anyone?) and you refine what you do and how you do it. A small weight shift, from the first to the 4th metatarsal for example, is like swapping out good enough word with one that has more precision. 

Sometimes in this process you find you need to ask a different question altogether. Of course I will supply you with plenty of questions, but what questions do you want to bring to the classes? Is what you’re learning in class becoming part of your world?