By Mita Radhakrishnan | Project Leader and Eternal Idealist
We have great news! Our book is out! This book is the Englsh translation of a fantastic book about Systemic Listening Therapy by our German friends and colleagues Dirk Beckedorf and Franz Muller. We are proud to say that Auroville Language Lab is the publisher. This is the first full-length book we have published, and the first of many, we hope. The book gives a detailed explanation about how the method works, and analyzes it in light of modern theories in the different disciplines connected to Tomatis. There are very detailed case studies which would appeal to parents, educators, doctors, etc, as well as detailed explanation of the different constituents of the Electronic Ear and the Listening Profile. It's a great introduction of this marvelous method to the scientific world, at the same time that it offers hope to parents.
The book is available on Amazon both in India and abroad as an e-book for now. Outside India, it will be available as a paperback by mid-week next week.
We are really excited to present this book to you. Please do buy it and share the link with friends and those who could benefit. And please do rate it on Amazon and leave us reviews!
Outside India https://a.co/d/3is74VP
Inside India https://amzn.eu/d/gLAOOpv
Amazon does not offer Kindly Print on Demand in India, unfortunately. We are looking at different options of printing it.
We'll have a book launch soon and will invite you all!
We also have another testimonial to share. This film has been made entirely in-house, It is a bit long, at 15 minutes, but it showcases one mother and the story of her child, who suffered from West Syndrome, a rare disease, and developmental delays as a result,. The mother talks about how Tomatis transformed her child.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9XKlo_7Pw4
We have had some pretty remarkable transformational stories of other children, but haven't yet documented them in videos.
One of our weaknesses is that we don't have any stories of the adults we work with, and we'll try to do this in the last quarter.
Besides all this, we have done work in Malayalam, creating many recordings with the help of volunteers, and we have also done recordings in Hindi. We're in the process of adding the LISTem protocol to our Tomatis repertoire... it's still early stages with that at the moment. It is a very interesting measure of listening especially in the absence of Listening Tests.
The Lab is also doing very well, with lots of students in different languages, and great work by volunteers.
As for the building, which is the base of all this work, we have revived our Elitech sensors for temperature and relative humidity which we had bought and worked with some years ago in 2019 or so. We will start the data collection soon. It's a great feeling to finally have a proper floor upstairs at Tomatis. It's also great to hav6051e finished the First floor to the Second Floor staircase. Roof repairs go on every now and then. Research towards materials and possible costs of the remaining inlet and all the outlet shafts is ongoing. We have taken a loan and started work on the windows on the second floor, which are a crucial part of the system of cooling without AC. The Northern side had been done some years ago, and now the southern side is being done as we write. We have also been finishing the tops of the inlet shafts upstairs.
This year has seen terribly alarming temperatures around the world, with several parts of the US and Europe reaching unheard-of temperatures. In such situations, we humbly believe our building can offer an example of how to build. We need to spread information the world over that more sustainable buildings are very much possible and there are healthier, more sustainable alternatives to air-conditioning. Our building is one of them.
Warmly,
Mita,
On behalf of the Auroville Language Laboratory and Tomatis Centre team.
Auroville Language Lab
International Zone,
Auroville, Tamil Nadu - 605101. India
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