Finding Connections
Finding Connections
When you create a fresh attitude towards exploring an individual concept, these become the building blocks in developing a strong foundation where learning starts to happen. This is how infants process new information by building. While adults often are in a process of deconstructing a problem to figure it out. Now, you can start from either end, however, it’s a lot easier and simpler to create a strong foundation to build upon compared to taking something apart.
Start with the question; What does easy feel like? This can be a matter of how we move, as well as how we think and feel about ourselves. We all seem to know what discomfort feels like while too often we ignore the sensations until we cross a tipping point of no return. This is counterproductive so isn’t better to learn how to shift out of the discomfort by noticing where you are in that moment.
How are you breathing, where are your eyes and what’s happening in your tongue? From there, you can begin to move out of discomfort into ease simply by reminding yourself, what does easy feel like. It will start with your breath.
With Feldenkrais, this is how we learn to improve the process, to start small in the beginning, comparing what easy feels like so that you turn your attention to compare and explore movement from this novel and new way of approaching how to find more efficient connections within. This enables you to not only respect yourself, you will also begin to recognize how to adapt and modify not only any ATM to serve you best, but also how to live your life with greater ease and comfort, finding these connections.
No matter how closely we look, it is difficult to find a mental act that can take place without the support of some physical function. – Moshe Feldenkrais
A new lesson I’d like to highlight is all about what do you do when you are Sitting and waiting at an airport for way too long. How do you use the time despite the chairs being less than optimal and yet you use the time, the constraints the situation creates and find a way to move out of your discomfort to explore improvements to sense what easy feels like. Now for those that simply sit too long in front of a computer or long hours in the plane, how might you explore little movements to affect an overall improvement. Here’s a great lesson to play with anytime, in any situation even when sitting on your sofa. For some it offers a great way to come up to stand!
I hope I have earned the privilege of your time and attention.
Wishing you all well moving further into Spring and hope you enjoy your process of finding building blocks to move forward into ease and comfort.
Warmest,
Peggi
