Elvis moved his pelvis and started a revolution: Ohmygod, white people can move that thing, too.
This is good news: we all have a center and if we are going to be "centered" we are going to connect with that center of ourselves a few inches below the navel.
We have legs.
We have a spine.
Between legs and spine comes the PELVIS.
This makes for many possibilities, in living and moving.
AND LEARNING.
And right, now, this now, now, we can do this:
Notice how we are sitting on our pelvis.
Notice how our spine comes up from our pelvis.
Notice how our legs come out from the "hip" area of the pelvis.
And we can begin to move, learn, improve, delight, unstress:
1) Pushing our belly out a little and rocking a little forward on our pelvis. What does that encourage us to do in our spine and ribs?
2) Bringing our belly and navel back and rocking toward the back edge of our pelvis. What does that encourage us to do in our spine and ribs?
3) And, for the delight and learning of it, many times, slowly, eyes closed, paying attention, rocking back on our pelvis and letting our spines follow into a new shape, and then rocking forward on our pelvis and letting our spines form the opposite shape.
4) Back and forth. And, hey, since this is about learning try these two: One: when the belly goes out breathe in. Two: when the belly goes out breathe out. At first do a bunch of times belly out breathe in and a bunch of times belly out breathe out.
5) Then get fancy and alternate: belly out breathe out, and then belly out breathe in. All the while feeling the shifting in your pelvis and your spine and your ribs and your head and even your feet. Notice the little changes.
This is life, this is learning, this is relaxing, this is undoing stress, this is coming to the present.
This is connecting your self to yourself in sweeter ways.
This is good.
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