Becoming A Witness To YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE: A Book to Be Used and Not Read
Reclaiming value in our own experience without judgment.
Photo (c) Stefan Killen of Red + Company
Creating Music Together is proud to publish Frank Sheldon's new book documenting his approach to examining one's own experience. The book details what Frank calls “Reports” and “Keynotes,” gives specific instructions on how to practice, and explains why this practice might have value. Chapters include: What Does Being Present Really Mean Again?; Judgments, Distinctions, Evaluations; as well as Silence and Acceptance. The 76 page hardcover book is bound with linen, and has a gold-foil stamped cover. It's intended for those with no prior experience in meditation or other practices as well as a reference for those with an established practice.
Photo (c) Stefan Killen of Red + Company
To Order:
Please contact us. Once we receive a PDF of a shipping label or a stamped, self-addressed envelope, we’ll send you a book.
We don’t sell them; donations are not at all required, and gladly accepted.
Excerpt:
"We are sometimes asked to refrain from at least unnecessary speech, indulging in public media, and so on. This can create space in us for something else.
"If we are fortunate, this 'something else' may be true silence, the kind of silence that is empty of everything we do not really need. No unnecessary thoughts, we are fully present, life presents itself and we are free to respond. There is silence and emptiness, yet nothing is missing."
--Frank Sheldon, except of "Silence and Acceptance," from Becoming a Witness to Your Own Experience
Photo (c) Ingrid Pape-Sheldon.
About the Author:
For over 30 years, Frank Sheldon has taught courses online and conducted in-person workshops and classes, all with an emphasis on creativity, personal responsibility, and being a witness to our own experience. He has presented the Alexander Technique and led performance classes for Guitar Craft and Guitar Circles in the US, Europe, and South America.
Frank earned a BA in Fine Arts from Clark University, attended the International Academy for Continuous Education in Sherborne, Gloucestershire, and trained as an Alexander Teacher in London for three years. He is the founding Director of The Virginia School for Alexander Technique, and is Co-Founder of a residential course in the Alexander Technique that takes place every summer.