As Gestalt sports trainers, we train to regain the perception of the whole that can be overlooked when focusing solely on individual components.
Gestalt essentially describes what a healthy brain does.
Just as a healthy body can achieve more, the same is true for a healthy brain. While a healthy body may still experience injuries and illnesses, it tends to recover more swiftly. This principle is equally applicable to a healthy brain.
recognizing the individual parts it is familiar with and understanding the connections between those parts to form a cohesive perception of the whole.
A healthy brain sustains the cohesive whole. It does this by interpreting the world through two distinct perspectives:
We move parts to reshape the whole, creating new opportunities as current ones fade. In this way, the whole transcends algorithms. It continually generates something greater than the sum of its parts. It embodies the principles of Gestalt—what is beautiful, true, and good—the essence of the full human experience.
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# What Prevents Us from Sustaining a Healthy Brain
Although every part is essential—since a whole cannot exist without them—focusing on individual parts diminishes the brain's capacity to understand the whole. Lacking this holistic perspective leads us to piece together familiar parts in an algorithmic fashion, much like artificial intelligence. We should not overlook the importance of the whole; therefore, it is essential to restore brain health lost by focusing solely on individual parts. Engaging in activities that enhance the perception of the whole is vital for this restoration.
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Basketball - adult, all ability, mixed, @ Bushey (22)
Sun 02 Mar
|Bushey
By playing without thinking like a machine, we lift our situational awareness. We create something new from the relationships between those around us.
Time & Location
02 Mar 2025, 19:00 – 20:00
Bushey, Aldenham Rd, Bushey WD23 2TD, UK
Guests
About the event
Playing without thinking like a machine means performance is the ability to create something new from the relationships between those around us. Wow moments. Based on assessments from our peer-reviewed coaches, players who only try to control how events unfold, will be asked to leave.
We approach inclusion with a human perspective and create teams where each person contributes to creating something new from the relationships between everyone around us all. Wow moments. Based on assessments from our peer-reviewed coaches, players who only try to control how events unfold, will be asked to leave.
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SkillsofWow.org is the governing body for those who coach the skills of Wow.