There's a vision of who you want to become.
You know you aren't living up to your potential. Why? Each of us knows there are things we could be doing to close the gap between where we are and where we want to be. And there are things we could stop doing that hinder our progress. And yet we move through our days largely on autopilot, changing nothing and simultaneously hoping change happens on its own.
Read MoreIf we look at the origins of our movement as humans, it seems that our entire developmental journey is a quest to navigate the ever-present pull of gravity.
We begin lying around a bit helplessly. As we begin to engage more and more with our environment, looking around and reaching through space, we rock, roll, creep, and crawl. Through some miracle of self-organization we learn to stand on two legs and walk about.
Many folks in the somatic community look at this as the pinnacle of our motor development, but of course we know that our capacities are far more marvelous than that. Somehow we learn to run, leap, take to the trees, and interact with the world in ever more complex ways.
Read MoreI was struck by a question the other day:
How do we perceive what’s real? What are the boundaries we live by, and what compels us to follow them?
It’s something I’ve been deeply curious about in my work as a somatic coach. Very often I find that when someone develops more options for better movement, they unlock more options for better living. When physical limitations are addressed, people have an expanded sense of themselves and of the life they live.
Read MoreLook, there’s no clearer way to put it: pain is a signal that something is wrong with your body.
Masking it with pills or shots is only going to prolong the problem. Your pain will simmer and smolder, just waiting for its next chance to flare up. If something hurts, it’s time to address the sticky root cause. This may take some digging to find, but the alternative is a self-imposed life sentence.
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