Connection in Body - External Cues
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- Now, uh, we have this whole series of videos on,
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- on mapping and having your body connected and, and,
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- and lengthening and alignment
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- and all these other great topics.
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- But I want to call out that one of the key purposes
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- of this actually is as a road towards getting, uh,
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- better movement from your center.
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- And these are things that will create an environment
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- where then your center can infuse the whole of your body,
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- which then can be connected and expressive in many ways.
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- Um, this current video is about the way that you can,
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- uh, use the kinesthetic sense.
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- So I, I'm holding in my hand two books.
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- Um, I haven't read them yet.
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- One, actually, I've read this one, the Powerful Engagement,
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- and the other one is Tiny Habits.
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- So, so you can know what my reading list is.
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- Um, but as I hold this book, if I hold it like this,
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- it's separate from me because I'm using too
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- much force to hold the book.
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- But on the other hand, when I lift the book, I can say,
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- you know, how do I feel the weight go through my body?
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- And at the beginning, people are aware of, let's say, my,
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- my shoulder, but I could say,
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- Let energy sink down.
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- And now I can be more aware of the back.
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- Now I can be more aware of the way that these, uh, relate
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- to my hips, you know?
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- So if they're not as far, maybe be a little closer in,
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- I can hold it like this,
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- where I'm holding it with my shoulder.
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- Here, I'll zoom in for you.
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- Uh, so right now I'm holding them with my shoulder,
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- and right now I'm holding them with my hips,
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- meaning my shoulder doesn't have
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- to have that excess tenseness.
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- Uh, so let's, so then as I lift these books,
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- I'll pay attention to it.
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- Where do I feel the pressure? Oh,
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- right now I feel it right here.
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- And instead of feeling it right there, I can choose to let
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- that work less and I can choose to feel it lower can.
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- Now it's more in my back. You can
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- feel it more in your shoulder blade.
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- And then eventually the goal is that you feel this weight
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- in your hips rather than, uh, in, in your, in your arms.
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- So, right, so this is my arm's doing too much.
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- This is taking the weight in my hips.
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- And you can just imagine that,
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- imagine it's like you're carrying something.
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- You say, oh, there's a thing. Am I carrying it with my arm?
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- Or can I feel the weight going to my hips?
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- And if it's close to your body, you could hold the jug.
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- And many times you'll see this, you'll see people holding,
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- you know, maybe a, a a gallon or two gallon jug of water,
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- and they'll hold the jug of water like this,
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- and they're holding it with their shoulder.
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- And it's a, and you could also imagine someone holding it
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- like this, and that person
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- is holding it tipped over that hip.
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- Uh, a different example, sim similar,
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- you could imagine pushing something.
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- And if you, if you push something, uh, then the question is,
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- are you pushing it like this with your top,
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- or can you imagine pushing it with your bottom And
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- to work on these different coordinations
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- that send the pressure lower into your body?
