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Body School
Written By: Ashby Underwood - Yoga Highlands | Issue: August - 2022
Working with the body is a process requiring a range of skills, critical thinking and intuition.
We are trained to see your potential, even whenyou can’t.A smart body is moving through its architecture asit has been designed with balance and strength.The smart body has reached the point where the ability toperform a task, as in a squat, or naturally walking down thestreet in a good movement pattern comes without an over-effortof thought.The ever-evolving field of body training offerspoignant solutions to helping a body that moves randomlytoward one with better organization.What I expect from a healthy and strong functioning body is:Durability: to remain in good condition for a lifetime;Utility: to train the body so that it is suitable for thepurpose intended;Beauty: to move with grace and ease for any body type or age.In addition to science, the experience of self-discovery basedon smart movement education is just as important as “getting itright” mechanically.Each new skill becomes something to master, a language formovement, which can increase neural pathways for a person.Each client is enlightened, somewhat surprised and relieved,when they feel new things. And this teaches us new things aboutourselves that we can express more fully and with more purpose.People say to keep sharp we should try learning a new language.But instead of Italian or Portuguese, we can learn thelanguage of movement.Movement becomes expression.If we struggle in our everydaymovement over time, we manifest pain.If we have a goodteacher to watch, assess and make suggestions to enhance ourmovement, we benefit.We learn something new that moveswith us and moves us.Peter Melchior, a great Rolf Mentor said, “You cannot experi-ence true movement until you allow yourself to be moved”.Each body part contributes to the overall smoothness of bodymovement and balance.And each part from the foot to the knee, to the hip and ribs, tothe spine, head, neck and arms, should all be communicatingtogether.When we take time to narrow our focus throughprecision on each part working well, we expand our ability tofeel unified and our mind becomes serene. Learn more aboutour approach atYogaHighlands.com.by Ashby Underwood-GarnerYoga Therapist, Rolf PractitionerOwner of Yoga Highlands
