Here’s another wonderful quote from the interview of Michael Frederick called “Inside Out: The Journey of Michael Frederick”, which appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of AmSAT Journal.
“Our work is psycho-physical-emotional re-education. It is not therapy even though there are obvious therapeutic benefits. When you’re well-organized, according to the Technique, all of your bodily systems are able to function more efficiently. When your circulation and respiration and the rest are able to do what they are designed to do with little to no interference, we naturally feel better. So what it really comes down to is the awareness of our “inner program”, our conditioned self and how we approach something, how we see the mechanicality that exists, the habit patterns that we’re locked into, and learning how to, without criticism, observe and move out of it. All of this makes us feel better because we are learning how to change our state by changing our body posture. When we have proper use of ourselves, our whole chemical nature comes back to balance. This happens because we are empowered in that moment of choice. By moving from our habitual, known pattern into an unknown psychophysical awareness, our feeling is one of more integration. This feeling of awareness could be described as a Zen experience. There is no Self, only the thought that creates the self. Unless you have tasted something of no-mind, you cannot understand the paradox. And hopefully the teacher will be able to help awaken that in the student! At least sowing the seeds a little bit. So what you are learning with getting in & out of the chair, is inhibition. You are learning to recognize the impulse to sit or stand, then by saying, “No!” to that persistent impulse to get it right, freedom of choice occurs. “
“Our work is psycho-physical-emotional re-education. It is not therapy even though there are obvious therapeutic benefits. When you’re well-organized, according to the Technique, all of your bodily systems are able to function more efficiently. When your circulation and respiration and the rest are able to do what they are designed to do with little to no interference, we naturally feel better. So what it really comes down to is the awareness of our “inner program”, our conditioned self and how we approach something, how we see the mechanicality that exists, the habit patterns that we’re locked into, and learning how to, without criticism, observe and move out of it. All of this makes us feel better because we are learning how to change our state by changing our body posture. When we have proper use of ourselves, our whole chemical nature comes back to balance. This happens because we are empowered in that moment of choice. By moving from our habitual, known pattern into an unknown psychophysical awareness, our feeling is one of more integration. This feeling of awareness could be described as a Zen experience. There is no Self, only the thought that creates the self. Unless you have tasted something of no-mind, you cannot understand the paradox. And hopefully the teacher will be able to help awaken that in the student! At least sowing the seeds a little bit. So what you are learning with getting in & out of the chair, is inhibition. You are learning to recognize the impulse to sit or stand, then by saying, “No!” to that persistent impulse to get it right, freedom of choice occurs. “
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