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.
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.
