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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Younger teenagers (3)
Thu 06 Jun
|Loreto College (St Albans)
Enjoy the freedom of playing - thinking - outside the box - by playing basketball
Time & Location
06 Jun 2024, 17:00 – 18:30
Loreto College (St Albans), Hatfield Rd, St Albans AL1 3RQ, UK
Guests
About the event
We use the process of playing to pay attention to the space between things. This gives everyone a window - regardless of their mechanical skills - to share in an open-minded process of connection and flow. A sense of fun, purpose, meaning, magic, and adventure - flows from our actions. We take leaps in performance. Wow moments.
All-ability younger teenagers
5 to 6.30pm
Thursdays
@Loreto College (St Albans)
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