Practices To Promote Progress

The Mind/Body headed in one direction is the path of progress. It is the way to step outside the ordinary and come closer being who we are. So what are some practices can help us achieve our potential?

Four components of life are thinking, sensing, feeling, and action (or motion) - M. Feldenkrais. All these components are inextricably linked, so to improve one may improve all.

Action is the first practical idea toward improvement and transcendence of the ordinary.

Notice that thinking and acting are tied together with sensing the environment. So learn about running form. Learn about your own running form. Learn how to cooperate with gravity, use momentum, and alignment and balance. Learn to use ground forces. Learn from others. Use video. Find a running form coach. Strip away the unnecessary. Leave what is the best use of your unique self and structure.

We have an inner sense of balance, and alignment too.

Notice that our thinking shapes our action. It interprets our sensing and creates and links with our feeling. This is key. Years ago I thought that affirmations were non sense. I did not think they could evoke change, they seemed like more of a trick , something that my mind would not buy into. But I had it backwards. The commitment exists first, and then the action takes place. We decide and then we "make it so". If we look at the four elements again, we see that the greatest affirmation is acting, which is actually expressed in motion. The united will starts with the intention in the mind and follows a path that creates a different acting, one where we act and move consistently with our intent.
Let your physical movements express your intention!

I recently decided to make an instructional video. But when I viewed my first attempt, I discovered that my facial expressions were saying the opposite of what I intended. In the second attempt, I dialed up the energy level, and connected in a much better way with the message I intended. It was a beginning. It was progress. It was not only much better but the sensing of what I needed to do spilled over into other areas of my life. Changing my physical actions changed the process.

Keep sensing !
Next - How to explore outside your comfort zone.