Somatic Movement: Grace, Power, & Ease In Walking

We don't think of power and ease going together. Power implies struggle or push and ease means what? What does ease mean to you? There's a lightness to ease, a sense of going with the flow. A contentedness in body and mind. Here, you can discover how the simplest shifts in awareness bring grace, power, and ease to your movement.

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Excellent in every capacity! Are the information, exercise, science, voice, recording, quality, art, and wonderful. I will share this with my Long Covid Recovery group here on IT.

Thank you 🌷🌷🌷for the wonderful movement 🌀I enjoyed doing this movement and the sensations throughout my body 🔆I appreciate how you doing this 🙏Namaste

Nicely done. Definitely felt the difference. I do a 3.5 mile walk almost every day after work (and sitting most if the day between work and a 35 minute commute each way) to mobilize my spine and body in general. While I have found techniques such as chi walking helpful, and I Nordic walk as well, the biomechanics are helpful too as I have multiple spine, pelvic, and foot issues (structurally). This Feldenkrais style of practice is incredibly effective for that. I just wish there was a little more attention paid to the actual walking at the end and the changes in sensation.

Something I find incorporates the two halves (practice and action) very nicely -

My physical therapist has me walk around and assess the sensations, then we do table or mat work, then more walking to "settle in" after the work and see what changes there may be. This seems quite effective as well, recognizing the connection between the small movements and the action of walking. Perhaps a future practice could include a bit more of the compare/contrast for learning purposes.

Either way, this was a nice practice with which to start the movement day. Thank you for sharing this with us here. I see you and the light within you. 🤲🏻❤️🤲🏻