We start the week at Hummingbird Dojo with a Feldenkrais class. This week it was about walking. As we get older our walking becomes less efficient and less pleasurable. Fortunately, the process of reversing this is itself pleasurable and interesting.
Our movement thrives on awareness and innovation. In the class we focussed on exactly what part of ourselves are actually doing (or not doing!) when we walk. Most often we don't know for a while; then we tune in and get surprising information.
There are no instructions for how to walk better. We make lots of experiments in walking differently - a Ministry of Silly Walks class. The result is that we all start to move more elegantly and joyfully in a spontaneous way and then take that out into a more joyful, optimistic day.
The class was appreciated by the participants and I think I'll dedicate the next few classes to walking with ease and pleasure.
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