24/02/2025
"๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
Habits can be useful things. Without them we would have to decide how to do everything each time we did it! Not only which hand should I use to open a door but which part of the hand to touch the door with, how high to lift the arm, which foot to put forward and so on. We would not get much accomplished in a day...
A habit is a sign of something we have learned well and we all have a vast number of them -- from a favoured hand to open a door right down to how we take each breath. But when we have no alternative to our habitual action, when we can't do a thing differently, it is a compulsion. Sometimes a thing is so well learned that we do not even realise that there is an alternative. Many habits are very useful, essential even, but others may have outlived there usefulness and can hold us back or cause pain and injury over time.
Examining our movement habits is a fundamental part of a Feldenkrais class. Discover different ways that you can perform basic functions like standing, reaching, walking and more. In discovering alternatives we can release ourselves from compulsion and develop choice and freedom in our actions. We can stop doing the things that prevent us from doing more.
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*Apologies for the lack of attribution for this quote - I found it in a note I'd written on a scrap of paper. I think it may be from one of the authors in the book "The Feldenkrais Method" by Staffan Elgelid and Chrish Kresge.
