KEVIN TEAGLE
11-11-2005, 09:12 PM
I recently began working with a blind person concerning Warrior Wellness. His wife was a patient of mine and during multiple visits due to a car accident this blind man listened to me explain Warrior Wellness and had even heard Scott Sonnon speak while his wife ran through the paces each day watching the basic Warrior Wellness series.
he expressed a desire to his wife that he would like to learn to move in such a fashion but she was unable to guide him. This man used to be an athlete but because of a disease his vision has been limited to the size of the end of a pencil. His vision is basically more frustrating than it is functional. No depth perception and not really enough to make sense of anything.
I am writing this to say that once I began to guide him through the process his gaurded gait began to loosen. It has only been a couple of weeks and there is much to do. On most movements this man must physically be guided through each movement using language that is geared toward feeling rather than visual language. I am experimenting currently but will develop this as we go. I just want to encourage those coaches out there to not be blind to the blind.
A blind person's world is often a world of tension because hitting things and running into sharp objects are common multiple times a day and fear-reactivity is very high. So fi the opportunity arises, shed a little light into a blind person's day.
Humbly,
Kevin Teagle
he expressed a desire to his wife that he would like to learn to move in such a fashion but she was unable to guide him. This man used to be an athlete but because of a disease his vision has been limited to the size of the end of a pencil. His vision is basically more frustrating than it is functional. No depth perception and not really enough to make sense of anything.
I am writing this to say that once I began to guide him through the process his gaurded gait began to loosen. It has only been a couple of weeks and there is much to do. On most movements this man must physically be guided through each movement using language that is geared toward feeling rather than visual language. I am experimenting currently but will develop this as we go. I just want to encourage those coaches out there to not be blind to the blind.
A blind person's world is often a world of tension because hitting things and running into sharp objects are common multiple times a day and fear-reactivity is very high. So fi the opportunity arises, shed a little light into a blind person's day.
Humbly,
Kevin Teagle