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Facilitators

Rosa’s Awareness Through the Body journey in South America

Rosa Aleman Lopez, third from left, with Francesco, second from right, and a group of South American students from their advanced workshop in Colombia

For almost two decades, Rosa lived in Auroville, immersed in the transformative work of Awareness Through the Body (ATB). Now she is bringing ATB workshops and advanced training to South America and plans to work with educators and trauma therapists in underserved areas, providing training that facilitates trauma release and inner balance.

“Riding” towards the inner being

ATB in Transition School with Francesco

Francesco, once a professional snowboarder (or “rider” in snowboarding lingo) from a mountain village in Italy, shifted paths after a family crisis and a snowboarding accident.

The Auroville Appeal Process revisited

In January 2017, the community approved the Auroville Appeal Process, a policy that regulates how an individual, a unit or a service can object to a decision of a working group.

Planting a seed

Working on balance, use of the feet, trust, confidence

Awareness Through the body (ATB) is one of Auroville’s truly groundbreaking programmes. For almost thirty years, Aloka, Joan and people who have since become facilitators in ATB, have helped generations of students, as well as adults, to know and manage the complexity of their own beings through simple tools rooted in sensory experience.

A new Town Development Council

From left (top) Anita, Sindhuja, Anu,Aurovici, Tejaswini, Divya, Inge and Pino

On October 23rd, at the end of a three-day selection process, the community selected a new eight-member team for the Town Development Council (TDC) Interface Team.