The body is an ideal, highly visible medium for transformation… when we relax the body and release tensions, the mind and emotions tend to reflect this change and vice versa. Conscious physical training is using the visible to mould the invisible
Dan Millman
Our posture and the way we move is habitual, developed mainly unconsciously, over time, by the way we use our body and mind. Thankfully, most of our body’s tissues, including our brain, have a remarkable and lifelong capacity for change. Becoming aware of the habitual tensions and imbalances we carry in our body is the first step to releasing them. As with any change there is likely to be a period of discomfort as we become conscious of our stiffness, tightness and weakness, however unless we persist, we remain stuck in habitual patterns that limit and restrict us.
Movement is usually considered to be an activity of the body, but could more accurately be seen as the brain visibly expressing itself
Joanne Elphinston
Young children are masters of relaxed movement. They have yet to develop the tensions, imbalances, comparisons and limiting self-beliefs that embed themselves in our body and can plague us as adults. They progressively, playfully, yet determinedly continue in exploring and developing their movement potential every day. As adults, there is huge benefit to be gained from restoring and refining fundamental movement patterns.
Movement that encourages release and ease; that develops greater perception, stability and smoothness, benefits our nervous systems and brain function. Less energy is expended working with our body, rather than against it; learning to calm the mind, to breathe well, to walk, to stand, to sit and move in ways that centre and align our bones is vital for our physical and mental wellbeing, enabling us to function and live more fully and freely. The key is to be willing to open our awareness sufficiently so we are able to recognise, acknowledge and evolve our own physical and psychological habits and patterns.
the mind’s first step to self-awareness must be through the body
George Sheehan
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