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.
optimize your gait for efficiency and healthy joints
We all do it on a regular basis and most of us don’t pay attention to it unless we are in pain or feel some sort of discomfort. What I’m talking about is walking. Like all movements, it can be optimized, so that we need less energy and effort and actually enjoy it and its positive effects for the body.
That’s right!
Healthy walking has numerous health benefits for the whole body.
Some of the health benefits of optimized walking include:
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.
