Hi, my name is Doris C. Rusch. I'm a full Professor at Uppsala University (UU) with a focus on embodied cognition, physical play and experience design for communication, learning and understanding. I'm also a certified Personal Trainer and Strength Coach, a CF LVL2 trainer, and a somatic transformation coach, educated at Strozzi Institute.
For the last 17 + years I have researched the bodily basis of how we humans perceive the world, structure and understand our experiences, learn, relate, communicate and change. My research, teaching, coaching and creative practice have evolved together and inform each other.
Channel 1 is the name of our farm in Kräklingbo on the beautiful Swedish island Gotland. While I still work as a Prof. at the department of Game Design at UU, I also run the Channel 1 Trainingsbox. There, I coach somatic functional strength training and create programs, educations and experiences for organizations, schools and individuals that focus on self-leadership, embodied learning and planetary care.
I see the (re-)connection to the body through intentional, physical practice, as a way to access our holistic intelligence and our aliveness. Learning how to move through the world not with but as a body (including all of our thoughts, feelings, sensations and inner stories) is the key to connecting more deeply and meaningfully to each other and the natural world. It allows us to learn in an integrated, inter-connected way, to understand complex systems, harness our intuition as well as our analytical capacities and thus navigate the challenges of life with awareness, choice, compassion and dignity. I think that doesn't sound half bad. You?
You don't need any prior experience to start your journey back to your body, more aliveness, clarity, resilience and joy. Just drop me a line and we take it from there :)