Falling
Falling and grounding are two sides of the same coin, so it makes sense that if someone has not embodied the quality of grounding, then they aren’t aware of the internal felt sense of falling either.…
The body knows graceful movement because graceful movement feels delicious.
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Mistranslating Gravity
When the “I/me/ego” habituated to moving in a particular manner is absent, such that a space beyond words can arise, the structure (your body) can move itself. And how will it move when you allow it…
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Getting Rolfed: A “Magic Pill” for Suppleness?
My experiences with the form of bodywork known as Rolfing or Structural Integration. If you ever consider getting a massage, you should consider Rolfing.
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My Top Changes in 2017 & 2018
Some of the most significant changes in my life over the past couple years: eliminating bodily aches while meditating, Feldenkrais, FRC, caffeine abstinence, emptying the chest, alcohol JOMO, acupuncture, Focus, and phone moderation.
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Public Displays of Healing
There are few distinct, pivotal moments of my life, aligning with the cultural narrative: turning 18, going to college, turning 21, starting a career, traveling abroad, etc. But the most special to me falls well outside of any normal societal milestones. The most special to me is the moment of becoming in my body.
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Relating to the Giant Sequoias
Drawing rays of relation from natural facts about Giant Sequoia trees to myself, to society as a whole, and to Taoism. Being reminded that only from stillness and emptiness does the fullness of change emerge. Being is born of non-being.
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Defining Spirituality and The Science of Enlightenment (Part 1)
Clearing up “spirituality” and the terminology surrounding it, including meditation, mindfulness, mysticism, and enlightenment, mostly with help from Shinzen Young’s book The Science of Enlightenment.
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How I Went From the External to the Internal: My Journey in “Fitness”
I’d like to share how I became my own healer and the almost fairy tale way of how the path of fitness brought me from the external to the internal.
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ARE YOU ONE?
Thoughts on walking and disembodiment, electric self-balancing scooters, unicycles, and hoverboards. And a perfect example of absurd marketing.
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Muses Don’t Look Out Airplane Windows
I have to share a recent account of disenchantment, a condition I feel largely borne of disembodiment, and disembodiment endemic of perhaps 99% of the world.