The Bodily Posture of Speech & Mind

In modern times, we talk about the "physical, emotional and spiritual" Self.

But not Buddha. He thought differently…

Buddha taught to pay attention to three things: Body, Speech & Mind. 

If I am suffering for neck and back pain – why do I care about this?

Because pain is the sign that something needs your attention. What that something is, and how to give it attention, is a mystery of course. 

Is it body? Emotions? Spiritual life?

We need to be a detective of the Self to find out what it is…

I think Buddha got it right. It's not about emotions and spirituality; it's about speech and mind. AND – it all starts with the body.

The body, the physical – this is something everyone agrees upon. We pay attention to our aches and pains, and we do something about them.

But emotions, what are emotions anyway?

Emotion is the fabric of your thought: it is how your mind makes itself felt. As you feel, so you think – mind give context to your emotions, then words communicate to others…

Body – Speech – Mind.

Alexander's discovery starts with your mind. It begins with how you think. It begins with how you talk to your Self. You learn a new way to manage your thoughts; you make up a new speech to say to your Self (and others).

And Alexander's discovery affects how you feel. You can experience freedom, lightness – even joy. The way you change your mind liberates your body, because they were never two different things.

You don't need to "fix" your body – there was never anything wrong with you to begin with. When you are in pain, this is what is right about you. This shows you are working as designed: your system is telling you it’s time to change.

How do you change?

You discover new ways to think - you learn to talk differently to your whole Self.

People need meaning in their lives – Alexander's discovery can give them that meaning. You can transform lives by slipping into the back door of “Posture”. No-one will ever suspect the momentous transformation you are about to usher into their lives.

My new coaching program explores how to communication the deepest ideas of the work – how to reframe the work in terms that a novice can quickly grasp. No more jargon, no more Edwardian-wrapped explanations that leave people wondering if you were just transported out of a Dickens book.

Hey – just kidding. Keep tuned, I’ll be launching soon.