I use the word magical intentionally...
and not lightly. Magic is a shift of percep- tion—it breaks through encrusted thought structures that keep worldviews in place. As long as we are in some way stuck in the old mechanistic worldview we will perceive our body as a physical object to be manipulated or controlled, frequently employing force and coercion. Our relationship with our body will tend to be surface or objective— third person...I...Certainly a dis-grace.
IT means there is a split—a separation
between you, or who and what you think you are, and your body. The decline model thrives in the split. Here, for better or worse, you are controlled by unconscious body- mind conditioning. Here choices elude you. Here you are without the deep inner senso- rial savvy that makes it possible to really know what you’re doing...and know who you truly are!
It’s time to come to our senses!
It’s time to sense where we’re coming from! It’s time to believe in magic!
Awareness is the key. Awareness is one of those over-used
words that can slide by. But please slow down here and take it
in...Awareness… sink into this word as if your vibrant life depended on it. Yes, Awareness does ask something of you, like learning a poem or a piece of music asks something. It calls for attention, intention, curiosity, patience, and commitment to a process. It asks you to value subtlety, for indeed it’s the nuances that enliven our sensing capacity and give birth to the new.
It looked like magic at times to watch the brilliant and delicate work of one of the great pioneers of this Body/Brain/Mind fron- tier, Moshe Feldenkrais. He knew something fundamental about how we learn, how to cultivate Awareness, and how, as he’d say, to connect to our genius and restore human dignity. His work valued skill over will and finesse over force.
Awareness is fine-tuned through a gentle, respectful approach to yourself...Go
slowly...do less...try a variation...feel into what you’re doing. Awareness carries no judgement or anxiety of achievement; it’s closer to the way an infant learns—through curious and playful trial and error. Discover- ies are made and one action builds upon another. It’s satisfying and intriguing. We are fascinating, actually, when we enter this body/mindset and yield to the self-organiz- ing brilliance of life just under our surface. This is where age can be graced; we break free of the spell of learned limitations.
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