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Why we play basketball to train the perception of the whole

Playing basketball provides many opportunities to see how the dynamic connections between everyone on the court act as a whole, and practice using this perception of the whole to provide teammates with options as their own dwindle.   

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Why we swim to train the perception of the whole

Water provides an immersive experience of what happens when relying on a sequence of parts to control the water, and what happens when we connect our internal self-perception into a unified whole that moves fluidly with the water.

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Transferring  Gestalt connections skills practiced playing sports to life's challenges

Having practiced Gestalt connection skills in sports, we have conversations to transfer these skills to the challenges we face in life.

As technology encourages us to pay attention to individual parts, it is crucial to keep doing activities that increase of perception of the whole. Otherwise, we risk losing sight of the idea that there is a unified whole that surpasses the sum of its parts. Our lives will fragment into a fear of rejection, anxiety, loneliness, and illness.

jon.thorne@Lifeskills21.club

St Albans, UK

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Community events to correct the brain function altered by putting parts together.

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My 
Story

Get to Know Me - Jon Thorne

My entire career has been dedicated to exploring how the brain connects to the world around us.

 

In the 1980s, I identified which aspects of connection are most effectively achieved online and which should remain face-to-face interactions. I then used basketball to offer autistic children and adults a rich, immersive experience of authentic connection. Following that, I spent six years researching how learning parts alter brain function. 

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