movement and Independence

Independence

indie
independence

freedom
from what?

to do
what?

and sure
it's nice to have
some habits,
know how to walk,
say,
or tie our shoes,
though that's not needed
much,
how to hold a fork,
or chopsticks,
how to speak a language
all nice habits

and what would freedom
in thinking
and movement
feel like
look like
be like?

what if we had a bunch of
things in our lives
that were new and
not scary
but new
and curious
new and
interesting
new
and exciting:
that good old
freedom from the place:
i don't know?


what if
instead of rushing
through something new
we slowed down enough
to know
that we had possibilities
for change
for a larger way
of seeing
and knowing
ourselves and the world?


what if
instead of
going to yoga
class and
trying to "do it right"
and not giving ourselves rests
and not exploring whether
the "rules" these barely
trained "teachers" are passing down

we actually sensed ourselves
and discovered
inside what was going on
not what we were told was going on?

what if same
with tai chi,
instead of slavery to the form
and the rules
we explored
slowly
each pose,
what does this give us,
how could we do it easier,
how could we connect down to Earth better,
to ourselves
better
to ease and strength
better?

what if
in chi gung,
when they tell us to tuck of tailbone
under,
a great way to tighten up and restrict
freedom of breathing and movement,
we instead tried this
and tried to opposite
and learned
what was real for us
and how we fit together?

can we be free
to not know
which is to be free
to learn
which is to be
free
to become more
than what we
are
so
far??




and pain
back
shoulder
neck

do we crank away
or message away
or "adjust away"
at the pain

and other than gnawing
like an animal chewing off a
trapped paw,

what would a free and independent
way of exploring and
transmitting
this "pain"
be

and our attitude
to "pain"
how conditioned
and stuck is that

and our attitude
about going from something
we are good
(or adequate) in
to more fine, more delicate

from good to great

from effort to exploration and ease

these are some
possibilities

do we see life as
a bunch
of possibilities

that is
nice
when we are there,
isn't it???


happy 4th

get high without drinking
and what fireworks
can be find in inner silence???