We often think of movement and posture as being physical aspects of our life that are somewhat seperate from our emotions and our thoughts but the opposite is true. Postural and movement habits are tightly linked with our mind and emotions and being able to understand this connection opens the way to a simple yet effective tool everyone has at their disposal once made aware of it. This article is the tip of the iceberg and dives into the connection and how it can be understood.
The most common and logical approach to talk about movement is still to think of muscles that move bones, that again are somehow connected to all the other bodily structures. This is, although by now it is also common knowledge and result of numerous research that this simple approach to human movement is not sufficient to describe all biomechanical aspects, and that it is extremely important to add at the very least the functionality of fascia and bigger myofascial pathways of the body to the equation. It is actually this more holistic point of view that makes it…
Our human bodies are capable of incredible movement diversity and we are built to use it. When we talk about natural movement different thoughts will jump to mind for different people. While some probably instantly see themselves running barefoot through the forest many others probably think of simple every day movement like getting up walking to a neighbor’s house or cooking something. There is certainly also a large number of people who don’t get triggered in any specific way when hearing natural movement simply because they never gave it any thought at all. In the following I will give you some insight into different perspectives and lead on to a definition of it that’s quite functionally oriented.
Beyond Systems is an approach that literally and figuratively lies beyond regular systems and methods of describing and using ones body, mind and consciousness.
To illustrate how “Beyond Systems” relates to the familiar jungle of fitness, movement, therapy and bodywork I formulated this short blog post.
For most, there is probably not that big of a difference between a fitness approach, sports, dance martial arts or movement and yet, a closer observation uncovers interesting differences.
We can agree upon one thing, which is that the physical human body is involved in all of them, like a car is in driving. But to stick with this analogy for a second, using a car can have many different reasons. For some it is a means to get from “A” to “B” in order to survive and buy or sell food, for others, it’s a tool to explore the world and again someone else might just use it for fun because he or she likes driving so much.
