Aikido of Columbus

Dec 2018

My first visit to Aikido of Columbus was for a workshop for Being in Movement for everyday applications. Paul Linden is one of the best teachers I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, truly empowering his students by listening and trusting us to experiment. Throughout the workshop as well as Aikido classes, Paul taught me to listen to my body, and helped me uncover truths about myself I thought didn't matter. Paul, thank you for the life changing experience, the community, the sacred space you've created (both in Columbus and in our minds/bodies), and for the global work you do building peace and healing trauma.

Dec 2018

Paul, you've opened my eyes to parts of myself I didn't have the tools to look at.Thank you!Here you have a teacher who constantly tests his ideas in the classroom, who challenges you to not follow a dogma, but decide for yourself if something works or doesn't.It was a life changing experience, and I hope to visit you again soon.I will make sure to yell our message of embodied living and peacemaking from the rooftops in Kansas City.Your work has touched me deeply.Jonathan