The feedback on this interview has been really interesting. Some of my listeners, I am guessing those who have had experience in movement training (Tai Chi, martial arts, yoga, dance, etc.) seemed to connect more easily to much of what Susan McCulley was saying. Others had a more difficult time. In either case I think it is important to also hear what Susan was saying as metaphor in the living of our lives. Underpinning everything we talk about is the goal of moving ourselves towards a state of balance and alignment (or B&A as one of my friends calls it) as a way of increasing the joy in our lives.

When we spoke of making small incremental shifts to find physical positions of increased comfort or pleasure, I thought that this is what we can do wtih our lives, not just our bodies. If there is pain in a relationship, or at work, or with family, what can you do, what small incremental change can you begin to make that increases your pleasure? (And probably those around you as well.)

But, like listening to our bodies, we often lack the experience in how to listen. We are challenged with the white noise of life that blocks our ability to listen to and with our hearts, blocks our tiny quiet voice within. Those noises include the ones we make ourselves– justifications, rationalizations, excuses–all of which serve only to keep us from hearing and making those adjustments.

I know for me that I hear best in stillness and that I have to make the time and take the time to have moments of quiet everyday, without the interruptions and chaos of life, in order to truly hear what my heart and body are telling me.

TIP OF THE WEEK: Scan your body every morning before you get out of bed. Simply notice what is going on in your body. No judgment.

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