Introductory Practical Yogametrics(R). Lesson 2. Get Your Body Working For You...
Every endeavor must be taken in stages.
You will then integrate your own development systematically into your life. The growth is comfortable, simple and natural.
The simplicity of the plan lies in the basic steps.
As you practice them, you will already have started on your journey. All you have to do is keep taking the steps. At your own pace. Don’t hurry. Keep taking them.
Let it happen. You will travel comfortably, inevitably. As you reach different stages you will find that your view of the journey alters.
Your health will improve, and you will be getting exactly where you want to go, just as you would in a journey where you intend to walk from A to Z.
Then you keep putting one foot in front of the other.
The first stage is laying the foundation.
Good performance in anything needs a good foundation in the basic skills.
The best athletes train, drill, rehearse, practice the basics, no matter how advanced they are.
This is the part that makes everything else possible. All the skills and abilities you develop in the future will depend for their effectiveness on the knowing, the understanding and the practice of the rudiments.
Read that again. Absorb it.
Fitness, Health, Wellness, respond to the same principle. Provided you’re not clinically ill, you can learn the principles of Health, Wellness and Fitness.
The these skills are simple. In fact, you’ve been doing them all your life, so far.
All you’ll need to do now is get better at them, to get them working for you.
It Starts Here
The first thing you're going to do is give yourself a good posture.
How you walk, sit, stand, carry yourself has a profound effect on many aspects of your life.
The first thing it does is open up channels of energy so the power of nature can flow through you as it was intended to do.
Secondly, it releases stress from muscles as they let go and relax into a position of balance and harmony.
And thirdly, it impresses the nervous system and the mind in a way that has been believed for centuries, and is now being supported by scientific evidence.
Good posture, naturally practiced, transforms not only how we think and how we feel, but gives value to every move we make. It serves as a self-perpetuating stem of keeping fit, healthy and well.
To learn to use your posture is simple.
Remember the three factors involved in reaching your goals:
• Knowing what to do
• Knowing how to do it
• Getting on with it.
So, let’s look at the first thing that needs to be done.
Contrast the two images below. Refer back to them as you read through the lesson.
You will then integrate your own development systematically into your life. The growth is comfortable, simple and natural.
The simplicity of the plan lies in the basic steps.
As you practice them, you will already have started on your journey. All you have to do is keep taking the steps. At your own pace. Don’t hurry. Keep taking them.
Let it happen. You will travel comfortably, inevitably. As you reach different stages you will find that your view of the journey alters.
Your health will improve, and you will be getting exactly where you want to go, just as you would in a journey where you intend to walk from A to Z.
Then you keep putting one foot in front of the other.
The first stage is laying the foundation.
Good performance in anything needs a good foundation in the basic skills.
The best athletes train, drill, rehearse, practice the basics, no matter how advanced they are.
This is the part that makes everything else possible. All the skills and abilities you develop in the future will depend for their effectiveness on the knowing, the understanding and the practice of the rudiments.
Read that again. Absorb it.
Fitness, Health, Wellness, respond to the same principle. Provided you’re not clinically ill, you can learn the principles of Health, Wellness and Fitness.
The these skills are simple. In fact, you’ve been doing them all your life, so far.
All you’ll need to do now is get better at them, to get them working for you.
It Starts Here
The first thing you're going to do is give yourself a good posture.
How you walk, sit, stand, carry yourself has a profound effect on many aspects of your life.
The first thing it does is open up channels of energy so the power of nature can flow through you as it was intended to do.
Secondly, it releases stress from muscles as they let go and relax into a position of balance and harmony.
And thirdly, it impresses the nervous system and the mind in a way that has been believed for centuries, and is now being supported by scientific evidence.
Good posture, naturally practiced, transforms not only how we think and how we feel, but gives value to every move we make. It serves as a self-perpetuating stem of keeping fit, healthy and well.
To learn to use your posture is simple.
Remember the three factors involved in reaching your goals:
• Knowing what to do
• Knowing how to do it
• Getting on with it.
So, let’s look at the first thing that needs to be done.
Contrast the two images below. Refer back to them as you read through the lesson.
Remember the three factors involved in reaching your goals:
• Knowing what to do
• Knowing how to do it
• Getting on with it
So, let’s look at the first thing that needs to be done.
How do you stand? How do you sit? How do you move when you walk?
Never underestimate the value of a working posture. That's a posture that allows your system work for you, ALL the time.
When you walk straight, carry yourself as nature intended, you have presence in your own mind and you also afford the brain and nerve cells the oxygen they need for efficiency. And that’s not overstating the case.
How you walk suggests to you, and to others, how you're thinking and how you're feeling.
This is one of the reasons why corporations today attach great importance to the subject of body language.
Body language, infinitely more expressive than any words, can reinforce, or betray, whatever someone may be trying to communicate.
Corporate Strategy
What gets a message across more effectively than the words we use, is HOW we say them.
Which is why, in the world of Business Communications now, people are brought on courses to make sure that their body language is compatible with the message they're trying to give.
In that world, it is generally accepted that the quality of communication is dependent on the verbal content accounting for 7% of the process, voice tone for 38%, and body language for 55%.
Can't you see the difference this awareness can make to a statement?
This is why posture, breathing patterns, speech rate and tone are now as essential a part of commercial training as previously taught traditional modules.
Adapted as strategies by forward-thinking businesses, these components have been instrumental in projecting whole businesses into a new and developing area.
Companies have seen that they help improve the state and the performance of any corporation's most vital asset; their people.
Look again at the two images above.
Check the difference and be aware of the difference.
When posture is out of alignment, there's a strain on skeletal muscles. Muscles get tense. Circulation is affected, it slows. There's a strain on the heart and arteries, they have to work harder, all the time. Lungs get congested. It's difficult to breathe. There's a shortage of oxygen. Tension mounts as the muscles fight to hold the body in position. This leads to stress. People get tired, not only physically, but mentally. They get too tired to be active, the lack of activity makes them more tired.
When posture is good, there is harmony and flow in the circulation, an evenness in breathing, the muscles and the brain and the nervous system is charged with oxygen, life force. Energy abounds, the brain and the nervous system function at optimum level. People find it easier to do what they set out to do, and to cope with problems that may arise.
So, how do we get a good posture into being?
Go to a wall. Put your back to it. Let your head, shoulder blades, buttocks, calves and heels either touch the wall on all points, or come close to it. Don’t force the issue. Relax. Stand straight but loose. Feel yourself touching the wall. Let yourself ease into the wall, so you feel at ease but straight.
These are the key words: Straight but at ease.
Mindful Awareness Starts Here. Let yourself settle into the wall. Move your shoulders up and down. Loll your head from side to side. Move your hips and shift your calves and heels against the wall. Be aware of all points loosely touching. Be aware. Stay at ease. Let your arms hang loose at the sides, wrists loose and hands dangling. Be loose. Stay loose. Be aware of your body weight travelling down your skeleton and meeting the ground squarely on your heels and the entire foot. Feel the weight evenly distributed between each foot. Think about the weight spreading over the heel, the sole, the ball of your foot. As you do this, you connect and ground your body. This brings refloxology into play. The points in your feet which correspond to the various muscles in your body send the messages to those muscles to co-ordinate and move into balance, helping the entire body be straight but at ease, relaxed.
Feel the weight evenly distributed between each foot. Have your knees straight, hips and pelvis level; keep your back straight but not rigid. Be at ease. Imagine a plumb-line going directly from your head, down through the centre point between your shoulders, down along the back and through the pelvis and cutting directly down between your knees and ankles, so your legs are comfortably straight and your feet equidistant from the line, your body weight carrying evenly down each leg and on to each foot. Feel that position. Be aware of each point and of the stance. Now, gently holding everything in place, step from the wall. Stand with everything as it was when you were at the wall. Feel the ease and correctness of each position as you allow it to remain, gently but firmly, in place. Let yourself stand like this for a while. Experience the straightness, the balance, the evenness of your stance.
It may feel awkward at first. Don’t be alarmed if this is the case. Most people feel as if they’re out of alignment. This is because, having become accustomed to an incorrect posture, they now feel this to be the wrong one. But that’s only for a short time. When you’ve stood like this for a short while, go back to the wall and check your alignments again. You may find you’ve more readjusting to do because even in the couple of minutes you’ve been free-standing, your posture may have reverted to some or all aspects to which it had become accustomed.
• Knowing what to do
• Knowing how to do it
• Getting on with it
So, let’s look at the first thing that needs to be done.
How do you stand? How do you sit? How do you move when you walk?
Never underestimate the value of a working posture. That's a posture that allows your system work for you, ALL the time.
When you walk straight, carry yourself as nature intended, you have presence in your own mind and you also afford the brain and nerve cells the oxygen they need for efficiency. And that’s not overstating the case.
How you walk suggests to you, and to others, how you're thinking and how you're feeling.
This is one of the reasons why corporations today attach great importance to the subject of body language.
Body language, infinitely more expressive than any words, can reinforce, or betray, whatever someone may be trying to communicate.
Corporate Strategy
What gets a message across more effectively than the words we use, is HOW we say them.
Which is why, in the world of Business Communications now, people are brought on courses to make sure that their body language is compatible with the message they're trying to give.
In that world, it is generally accepted that the quality of communication is dependent on the verbal content accounting for 7% of the process, voice tone for 38%, and body language for 55%.
Can't you see the difference this awareness can make to a statement?
This is why posture, breathing patterns, speech rate and tone are now as essential a part of commercial training as previously taught traditional modules.
Adapted as strategies by forward-thinking businesses, these components have been instrumental in projecting whole businesses into a new and developing area.
Companies have seen that they help improve the state and the performance of any corporation's most vital asset; their people.
Look again at the two images above.
Check the difference and be aware of the difference.
When posture is out of alignment, there's a strain on skeletal muscles. Muscles get tense. Circulation is affected, it slows. There's a strain on the heart and arteries, they have to work harder, all the time. Lungs get congested. It's difficult to breathe. There's a shortage of oxygen. Tension mounts as the muscles fight to hold the body in position. This leads to stress. People get tired, not only physically, but mentally. They get too tired to be active, the lack of activity makes them more tired.
When posture is good, there is harmony and flow in the circulation, an evenness in breathing, the muscles and the brain and the nervous system is charged with oxygen, life force. Energy abounds, the brain and the nervous system function at optimum level. People find it easier to do what they set out to do, and to cope with problems that may arise.
So, how do we get a good posture into being?
Go to a wall. Put your back to it. Let your head, shoulder blades, buttocks, calves and heels either touch the wall on all points, or come close to it. Don’t force the issue. Relax. Stand straight but loose. Feel yourself touching the wall. Let yourself ease into the wall, so you feel at ease but straight.
These are the key words: Straight but at ease.
Mindful Awareness Starts Here. Let yourself settle into the wall. Move your shoulders up and down. Loll your head from side to side. Move your hips and shift your calves and heels against the wall. Be aware of all points loosely touching. Be aware. Stay at ease. Let your arms hang loose at the sides, wrists loose and hands dangling. Be loose. Stay loose. Be aware of your body weight travelling down your skeleton and meeting the ground squarely on your heels and the entire foot. Feel the weight evenly distributed between each foot. Think about the weight spreading over the heel, the sole, the ball of your foot. As you do this, you connect and ground your body. This brings refloxology into play. The points in your feet which correspond to the various muscles in your body send the messages to those muscles to co-ordinate and move into balance, helping the entire body be straight but at ease, relaxed.
Feel the weight evenly distributed between each foot. Have your knees straight, hips and pelvis level; keep your back straight but not rigid. Be at ease. Imagine a plumb-line going directly from your head, down through the centre point between your shoulders, down along the back and through the pelvis and cutting directly down between your knees and ankles, so your legs are comfortably straight and your feet equidistant from the line, your body weight carrying evenly down each leg and on to each foot. Feel that position. Be aware of each point and of the stance. Now, gently holding everything in place, step from the wall. Stand with everything as it was when you were at the wall. Feel the ease and correctness of each position as you allow it to remain, gently but firmly, in place. Let yourself stand like this for a while. Experience the straightness, the balance, the evenness of your stance.
It may feel awkward at first. Don’t be alarmed if this is the case. Most people feel as if they’re out of alignment. This is because, having become accustomed to an incorrect posture, they now feel this to be the wrong one. But that’s only for a short time. When you’ve stood like this for a short while, go back to the wall and check your alignments again. You may find you’ve more readjusting to do because even in the couple of minutes you’ve been free-standing, your posture may have reverted to some or all aspects to which it had become accustomed.
How to Cure Yourself of Fatigue
Posture is the basis of all fitness benefits. If your limbs, muscles, tendons and ligaments are not being used in their natural positions, they try to use themselves unnaturally. This is difficult. It is also dangerous. The first thing a trained posture will bring you is ease. With one muscle helping another and each one working individually as it should, the balance of the whole is in harmony. This helps your body to function efficiently from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute. In this environment, the lungs, heart, diaphragm, circulation, all find their balance. The heartbeat, breath, digestion, elimination, glandular secretion, are all more likely to work in the way nature intended. If our posture is incorrect, we can’t use our lungs fully. The circulation will be impaired, diminishing the value of any exercise. Good posture helps the lungs and the stomach muscles. This promotes a kneading of the main organs and helps the circulation, carrying in fresh oxygen, getting rid of wastes. Its peristaltic effect on the intestines and the large bowel helps regularity. Posture is a vital factor in health and wellbeing. When your posture is adequate, everything you do, from climbing a stair to running for a bus, influences the abdominal muscles and on the whole area of the bowel. When the posture is right, all the major muscles work more efficiently. The blood pulses through the veins, revitalising the circulation. Poor circulation is one of the greatest known causes of fatigue
Posture is the basis of all fitness benefits. If your limbs, muscles, tendons and ligaments are not being used in their natural positions, they try to use themselves unnaturally. This is difficult. It is also dangerous. The first thing a trained posture will bring you is ease. With one muscle helping another and each one working individually as it should, the balance of the whole is in harmony. This helps your body to function efficiently from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute. In this environment, the lungs, heart, diaphragm, circulation, all find their balance. The heartbeat, breath, digestion, elimination, glandular secretion, are all more likely to work in the way nature intended. If our posture is incorrect, we can’t use our lungs fully. The circulation will be impaired, diminishing the value of any exercise. Good posture helps the lungs and the stomach muscles. This promotes a kneading of the main organs and helps the circulation, carrying in fresh oxygen, getting rid of wastes. Its peristaltic effect on the intestines and the large bowel helps regularity. Posture is a vital factor in health and wellbeing. When your posture is adequate, everything you do, from climbing a stair to running for a bus, influences the abdominal muscles and on the whole area of the bowel. When the posture is right, all the major muscles work more efficiently. The blood pulses through the veins, revitalising the circulation. Poor circulation is one of the greatest known causes of fatigue
