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Feel Your Body-Move Slowly and Relax

One of the reasons for feeling the body is so that we can notice when it feels good and enjoy the feeling. Another reason is so that we can notice when there is a lack of sensation. Yet another reason is so that we can learn how the parts of ourselves relate.

If we don’t [...]

Building Chataranga Dandasana From the Ground Up

What is the correct height for Chataranga Dandasana (Four Limbed Staff Pose or Push up Position to you and me?) How high of the ground should our body be? What should we do with the shoulders or shoulder blades? How should the hands be positioned? Where do the elbows go?
It’s pretty complex.
I prefer simple.
Rather than [...]

The Science and Technology of Taking a Dump

(Why is it that I Often need to Go to the Bathroom While Swimming?)
Notice what happens next time you go to the bathroom for a number two (rhymes with poo.) Notice your abs tensing and a downwards pressing feeling. Each time you push, does your lower back feel like it is being pulled forwards?
The supposed [...]

Doing the Dance of Shiva Slowly

In any exercise that we do, we can focus on feeling our body.
By practicing feeling our body, the parts and how they relate, we allow energy to flow because to feel our body we have to position it just right.
In anything that we are learning to do we can focus on using our senses to [...]

Feeling the Body

One of the things I talk alot about and do alot of is try to feel my body.
Generally, the better I put my attention into feeling my body, noticing the relationships between the parts, the better I can operate it or respond to what I sense. As an example, practicing Tai Ji recently, I’ve been [...]

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