Lotte Berk my mother, the most complex and
emotional person I have ever known, was adamant.
‘Don’t even try and please me. I hate it
when people try and please me. What is it that saying? What does it mean?”
“I think it’s showing how much people care
and admire you”.
“Rubbish, there is a hidden meaning behind
all this trying to please stuff”.
“How do you feel when people give you fresh
flowers? Isn’t that nice?”
“No, it’s annoying, I don’t want to find a
vase and do all that arranging, I just throw them on the floor”.
“What good is that?”
“It’s good for the cat, she likes to play
with them”.
Much later in my life I understood what
mother meant. Of course she was right. Mother was deeply intuitive about how
the mind works. Possibly because she had to discover and learn to come to terms
with her own inner turmoil. Her exercise technique was created from her desire
to express her feeling for her need for love and fun which may well be the
reason they’re so popular with her followers who experience the fun, warmth and
joy of life. Kelly, one of my trainees who is now practicing in California
said, and I quote “Lotte Berk, not just a work out, but a work of art”. How
right she is.
All of this is so very true! All of our clients at the LONDON method studio in CA where we practice the TRUE Lotte Berk technique feel how it is so much more than just a "work out". The fun we have while doing it and the brilliance of the exercises truly DO make it a "work of art". We are so thankful to Lotte for creating them and to Esther for continuing to practice them so they could be passed on to us in the correct form:)
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