Monday 28 November 2011

Feeling rather than Thinking

We are highly geared to think and we also bring this mode of mind to a class. Thinking is a result from filtering sensory input through many layers within the mind process and within split seconds, we react. Many times, we see ourselves concurrently following a teacher's demonstration (either by himself or using another student's body) of certain poses, almost imitating, rather than to wait for the step-by-step instruction from the teacher after the demonstration. We almost always like to get a-HEAD (brain thinking). In the process, we miss out the experience of feeling ourselves attempting the poses and get ahead to present a form/shape. This seems very much alike of us in the modern day to get as many things done as possibly within a short period of time. Let's slow things down, and allow the Heart to feel. It's to be safer and respectful to the body's strengths and limitations.

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