Running In the Glory of Nature

On my early run this morning, the view was priceless.

A misty carpet of white fog lingering near the surface of a paddock…

A few cows are munching on the grass. 

The early morning sun is breaking out over the horizon. 

Then suddenly – an unsubtle aberration…

A huge concrete water tank barges into my view!

What was so jarring was its blandness, the lack of nuance in its structure. Compared to the wet dew of the paddocks reflecting the early morning sunlight – this concrete water tank was dead.

It was nothing – no life, no story, no subtlety — a bland, monotonous human creation standing in stark contrast to the delightful nuances of Nature.

And this juxtaposition - between the Nature-made and Human-made scenes – taught me again how little we respect our inheritances from Nature…

Your primary inheritance is your movement system. 

Everything else you have – to breath, digest food, circulate blood - has evolved to support your ability to move. Movement is paramount in the organization of your living systems.

And yet, human beings think they know better than 550 million years of evolution. At BodyChance, we are not so arrogant. At BodyChance, we understand that our ability to move efficiently is a beautifully designed system not requiring a human-inspired upgrade.

The whole idea of deliberating trying to fix your posture - by pulling back your shoulders,  or tucking in your tail – is an insult to Nature. 

Do you really think you can improve on Nature?

Human beings barge into this complex system – trying to make it behave differently - with all the subtly of a concrete water tank.

The back pains, neck pains and dysfunctional aspects that most people experience during daily life is evidence not for something being wrong, but for something being right. If your car were running out of water, you'd want to know that your engine was getting too hot, wouldn't you?

That's what pain is about – it is a message of hope.

Pain is your movement system telling you that your way of moving is out of harmony with your evolutionary design. You can move in harmony again – that's what we do at BodyChance.

Alexander made a momentous discovery – he discovered a way that humans can successfully have oversite of their movement system. And this method of oversight is as subtle, complex and nuanced as Nature itself.

Our work is a life-long journey into a whole new universe of movement. You learn a new vocabulary of sensations, and a unique method of thinking, a realignment between your sensory and motor system. 

The benefits don't end – you gain these things even if you have participated in in the work for decades – they are as incredible as the movement system itself. But you need fresh perspectives, new ideas.

Now you have an opportunity to visit Japan. Lucia Walker, Sharyn West, myself - together with many of the BodyChance teachers - will be holding a 5 day residential workshop right next to Mt Fuji!

If coming to a residential in Japan next May seems like an appealing idea, drop me a line.