Calm : Excited
Earth : Heaven
Downward : Upward
Still : Moving
Cold : Hot
Dark : Light
Hidden : Exposed
Yin : Yang
Last week we were looking into a few different elements of movement, why does Zumba make me feel so energetic? What happens when I've had a slower session and I'm tired afterwards?
It's wonderful, your complex nervous systems are responding to what you've been doing, whats left in the "tank" and what you're planning next. You can create energy through certain movements, you can change the way you feel by moving certain ways...
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Try this;
Stand up & lengthen your spine, shoulders rolled back, palms forward, belly soft and an outward curl to your lower back, legs a little apart, full upward breath. Feels good right?
Now try this;
Standing upward, on an exhale let your shoulders droop forward, palms back, still looking forward, but your tummy engages a bit, your tailbone curls under, your entire muscular structure is reversed.
Not so good, right?
Play with these extremes and make them less exaggerated till you find yourself in a central neutral balanced position, and ask yourself how it feels...
We are in a time where our balance can be taken off that equilibrium usually by external stimuli fairly easily, and our bodies will feel it.
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But not only this physical shift, your inner world (mind) can affect your outer world (body) and the simplest way to find strength there is through affirmations, intentions, focus, your Sankalpah.
This could be an image
a word
A feeling
a sentence
It is personal to you and has immense power for you if you choose to take it on as your Sadhana, or mantram.
Repeating it has a huge affect on your psyche and therefore will affect your body.
Heres a beauty I was fortunate enough to have a client share with me;
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Look familiar? I wonder if it will find its way into your day today...
