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SHIFTING BY GOING SLOW AND AWARE AND SMALL AND SMART

1)
Most people are functioning, but they really don't feel good and happy in their bodies. Sitting in chairs, watching television, worried and full of stress and then exercising either mindlessly or with a sort of punitive self-punishing "it's only real if it hurts" kind of attitude, they are "getting by," "doing okay," "everything's fine."

Ho hum. …. This is the way life is set up for many people.

Little bits can do a lot. Change is near, as near as awareness,
awareness plus very gentle movements.
Gentle movements that require attention, and delight by bringing
us back to our here and now brain/ body/ heart selves.

So: change is near and easy:

If you go slowly and you experiment and are willing to discover
the wonders
of being in this wonder
ful
life.

Throughout this blog there are mini-lessons, or mid-sized lessons, and all have to do with noticing and awareness and self discovery.

2)
a)For example:
Come sit at the front edge of your chair. It's probably best to move it away from your desk.
Now, slowly and with delight in being you,
move your right shoulder slowly forward. See what else of yourself participates. (E.g. ribs, pelvis, eyes, neck, and so on)

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

b) Now move your right hip forward by moving your right knee forward. What else participates?

Can you feel your spine and ribs taking part in both these movements.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

c) Now try bringing your right shoulder backward. Do this a number of times, slowly and with pleasure. Again, see how
much pleasure and learning you can bring to this.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

d) Now try bringing your right hip backward, which means you have to shift your weight over to the left hip while you bring your right hip and knee back.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

e) Now, slowly experiment with both shoulder and hip forward, and both shoulder and hip back.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

f) Now, slowly, and just little movements are fine to get learning going in your brain:
bring your right hip forward as you bring your right shoulder back (small, small: make it delicate and aware).
Be simple,
move small. Just come back to a neutral.
Do this a number of times,
remembering to breathe,
and look for ease and learning.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

g) Now, slowly, take your right hip backward, in little
aware movements,
as you bring your right shoulder forward at the same time
and same rate.
Just do this, an return to neutral, a number of times.
Again, easy and aware does it.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?

h) Now put f and g together, moving both ways with both parts.
Shoulder back as hip comes forward
and
shoulder forward as hip comes back.
This is NOT a stretch,
except for the awareness part
of our brain.

It's a chance to learn
and enjoy
and slow down
and reconnect
with skills that will help
lots and lots that you do.

Go slow.

Go small.

Go with discovery and following your breathing.

Pause in neutral and sense yourself. What has changed? What do you notice?
Getting up and walking around
is another very nice way to notice differences
after a lesson.

Enjoy your you-ness, and the new-ness you may be experiencing.

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