All this moving and learning
is so great
and then the grand question:
why aren't we in awareness and learning
all the time?
Think about how great you feel when you do a movement
lesson.
BE curious: what would it be like to be
like
that all
the time
Or, hey, since perfection and always
is the hobgoblin of the attached ego mind:
more of the time.
(Remember the discussions in here about "getting better"
as a lifelong joy
vs "getting it Right" as lifelong hell).
So, you sit in front of a computer reading this.
I sit in front of a computer writing this.
What shift can we create by awareness and variation
and a bit of playful exploration?
One:
What shifts if we become aware of our breathing?
Notice this isn't about: Thou shalt be aware of thy breathing.
This is about: what shifts when we become aware,
now,
this now,
even before this sentence ends,
as this sentence is unfolding,
aware
of each breath?
It goes in.
It goes out.
We don't command it, and it goes
and goes.
Nice.
And curiosity is our game here:
what shifts when we wake up to our breathing?
Okay, that's one.
Next must be two:
Two:
Let's do two things at once as per the hint
of the number two.
Let's look up, and beyond the computer, and look for the farthest away
thing we can see.
Let's pay attention to how we use our backs to be part of/
or not to be part of looking up and beyond.
And then come back to the computer.
Two objects of attention in looking: the computer, the up a bit and farthest away thing,
and two places of attention in our bodies: our neck shifting
and something happening or not happening in our bodies.
Three:
rest a bit, and see how the idea of following our breathing is faring.
Good, breathing awareness in the movements and in the reading this
and in the rests and in and out throughout your day
IF YOU LIKE THE SHIFTS
THAT BEING AWARE of your breathing brings.
Pleasure should/ could/ might/ delightfully be a motivator in
our lives, think you / feel you not?
Okay,
three:
feel your pelvis on the chair.
Rock forward and back a bit on your pelvis,
and then make this more pronounced by pulling in your belly and
slumping down a bit in the front
as you rock back on your pelvis
and then
when you rock forward on your pelvis
push your belly out a bit
and raise your sternum some.
Do this slump and unslump
back and forth
two ways:
way the first:
breathe out as you slump down
and
breathe in as you unfurl up
way the second:
breathe in (feel it in your back lower ribs area) as you slump down,
and
breathe out as you rise up and push your belly forward
rest,
and breathe
and notice
whatever you notice
Four:
Now combine
looking up beyond your computer
to the farthest thing away
with unfurling a bit and pushing your belly forward,
and then don't curl up/ slump,
but do come back just a little on your pelvis
as you look at the computer
and then come forward on your pelvis a bit as you look up
and
beyond
and let your belly come forward
This is enough for playing with now
and movement today.
I hope you enjoy this.
Chris
is so great
and then the grand question:
why aren't we in awareness and learning
all the time?
Think about how great you feel when you do a movement
lesson.
BE curious: what would it be like to be
like
that all
the time
Or, hey, since perfection and always
is the hobgoblin of the attached ego mind:
more of the time.
(Remember the discussions in here about "getting better"
as a lifelong joy
vs "getting it Right" as lifelong hell).
So, you sit in front of a computer reading this.
I sit in front of a computer writing this.
What shift can we create by awareness and variation
and a bit of playful exploration?
One:
What shifts if we become aware of our breathing?
Notice this isn't about: Thou shalt be aware of thy breathing.
This is about: what shifts when we become aware,
now,
this now,
even before this sentence ends,
as this sentence is unfolding,
aware
of each breath?
It goes in.
It goes out.
We don't command it, and it goes
and goes.
Nice.
And curiosity is our game here:
what shifts when we wake up to our breathing?
Okay, that's one.
Next must be two:
Two:
Let's do two things at once as per the hint
of the number two.
Let's look up, and beyond the computer, and look for the farthest away
thing we can see.
Let's pay attention to how we use our backs to be part of/
or not to be part of looking up and beyond.
And then come back to the computer.
Two objects of attention in looking: the computer, the up a bit and farthest away thing,
and two places of attention in our bodies: our neck shifting
and something happening or not happening in our bodies.
Three:
rest a bit, and see how the idea of following our breathing is faring.
Good, breathing awareness in the movements and in the reading this
and in the rests and in and out throughout your day
IF YOU LIKE THE SHIFTS
THAT BEING AWARE of your breathing brings.
Pleasure should/ could/ might/ delightfully be a motivator in
our lives, think you / feel you not?
Okay,
three:
feel your pelvis on the chair.
Rock forward and back a bit on your pelvis,
and then make this more pronounced by pulling in your belly and
slumping down a bit in the front
as you rock back on your pelvis
and then
when you rock forward on your pelvis
push your belly out a bit
and raise your sternum some.
Do this slump and unslump
back and forth
two ways:
way the first:
breathe out as you slump down
and
breathe in as you unfurl up
way the second:
breathe in (feel it in your back lower ribs area) as you slump down,
and
breathe out as you rise up and push your belly forward
rest,
and breathe
and notice
whatever you notice
Four:
Now combine
looking up beyond your computer
to the farthest thing away
with unfurling a bit and pushing your belly forward,
and then don't curl up/ slump,
but do come back just a little on your pelvis
as you look at the computer
and then come forward on your pelvis a bit as you look up
and
beyond
and let your belly come forward
This is enough for playing with now
and movement today.
I hope you enjoy this.
Chris
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