Seymour Carter, Big Sur, California
Seymour Carter has been a Gestalt teacher at Esalen for more than three decades. He combines studies in family systems theory with Buddhism, Sensory Awareness and other Mind/Body oriented practices.
He is a lifelong student of the ever evolving models of personal identity. He teaches Gestalt Practice and Sensory Awareness in the US and Europe.
Seymour was a student of Fritz Perls at Esalen in the 60's, and he was a student of Charlotte Selver from 1967 until her death in 2003. He considers Charlotte Selver and Charles Brooks to be his primary teachers. Seymour’s work has its base on their teaching of Sensory Awareness.
In 1936, Seymour was born in Spokane, Washington, on the edge of the penetration of Western European culture into the lands of Native American people. Growing up surrounded by examples of vastly different ways of life, he was early and deeply moved into the questions of identity.
From 1950 to 1962 Seymour’s major interest was the study of graphic arts. In 1963 he began his studies of the natural sciences at San Francisco State University, concentrating on Psychology, Cultural Anthropology, and Linguistics.
Seymour participated in and was deeply influenced by the revolutionary student movements of this era of US history. He continues to be fascinated by the political issues of a personal identity and personal autonomy.
Seymour's Website: www.seymourcarter.com