Would you focus on re-decorating your bathroom if the house foundation was cracked?
Early in December some of
Core Restore students were caught off guard by how different the range of motion was in the left and right hip. Of course, naturally, the question arose:
how in the heck did I get to be like this? {this question is just as applicable to any
other chronic situation as it is to chronic postural imbalances}.
In class, lacking time, I just said, "think how differently you use the two sides of the body."
Reviewing my post-class notes, I suddenly remembered how well this concept was explained during one of my Anatomy Trains training, and so I created a graphic (up at the very top!) to help Core Restore students understand the
process.
You become {almost like the Velveteen Rabbit}:
Thought becomes an experiment
Experiment becomes a gesture
Gesture becomes a habit (if experiment is successful)
Habit becomes a posture
Posture becomes a
structure.
This process is etched all the deeper into our memory if it is wrapped up in emotion.
Do you wince every time you move your shoulder in a certain way?
Do you tense up your neck whenever you get angry, or tense up your belly to contain emotions?
Looking at the graphic and the
process, it is easy to understand that in order to reverse some of the chronic imbalances and discrepancies, we need to use various approaches and sometimes go to the very roots of our imbalances - all the way back to experimentation stage.
Each and every one of Satori classes - and especially the Core Restore - are built on this understanding. Tune-up your foundation.
Join us on the mat.
