Center up, get centered, find center, keep your center, maintain center, move from center.

Move your body, train your brain, center yourself.

Programs to explore and practice centering:

Center Yourself Tuesdays,

Aikido and the Art of Negotiation,

Centering is a Dynamic Activity.

Recurring themes include: Centering, proprioception, cultivating attention skills, balance, using the ground effectively, how you use your eyes makes a difference, pivoting, awareness of the space behind, relative position of head/pelvis/foot, transfer of weight, refined coordination, economy of motion, dynamic stability, quality of connection, traction versus sliding, your blind spot, rolling with the punches, walk softly and carry…, what goes up must come down, gravity and the sword cut, does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? Intention steers attention.

Find your Space To Move at Multnomah Aikikai

Multnomah Aikikai is located at 6415 SW Macadam Ave, Portland OR 97239