Learning to Pay Attention
A reflection on how years of movement practice shifted the focus from achieving positions to observing weight, direction, posture, and what the body is already doing.
BETTER MOVEMENT
For years, technique was something I practiced every day. At first, the goal seemed obvious: improve the movement.
But repetition started teaching me something else.
I became interested in where movement begins. Where is my weight? What happens before I transfer it? Where is my center? What changes when I adjust my posture, my direction, or simply pay closer attention?
Dance taught me flexibility and coordination, but it also taught me how to observe myself.
That eventually became more important than achieving a particular position.
The same idea now follows me into stretching and teaching. Before trying to correct something, I want to know where I'm starting.
Try this: Before your next workout or stretch, take one minute without changing anything. Stand, breathe, shift your weight and notice what is already happening.
Sometimes awareness is the first movement.
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