Getting back mobility, skill and co-ordination...
“I’m so uncoordinated! I fumble things, I can’t catch things.
When I try to get something together, one bit of me
never knows what the other bit is doing!
There is some sort of skill barrier that I can’t seem to get past.
I think I have an Inspector Clousseau somewhere inside.”
Maybe you recognise yourself there. We all have
these moments sometimes.But a problem exists
when sometimes becomes often.
Mobility and co-ordination, however, are natural things.
We are born with them. Only under special
circumstances are they missing. Skill in action is
acquired just by using them.
The motion of your mind is fluid and circular.
When your body moves with that
you automatically have mobility, skill and co-ordination.
It is this motion however that is quite easy to disrupt.
That's when we experience being uncoordinated, stiff and stilted.
If you are seizing up in action then you are
keeping a grip on things.
If you push at your arms or pull at your legs
while you move, if you hang on to keep control,
if you try to make it work, if you worry about the activity,
all of these will disrupt the motion of your body/mind.
Look for the little signs.
Let’s say you grip your knife and fork really tight,
or that you
‘white knuckle’ the steering wheel.
Perhaps you clench your jaw or often hold your breath.
Let’s say that you are always ‘ready’,
you just can’t quite relax, or you are often anxious.
Maybe you are snappy or irritated.
These all tell you that something is going on
that is disrupting mind as motion.
Here’s how to fix it. To restore natural motion
move your attention to your ‘edge’.
A surge of releasing, easing, flowing motion
passes through your body.
No kidding. It happens every time.
Now, use that as you do things. Anything.
You will love the feeling of integration and ability.
