Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
AVAILABLE HERE
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Thinking positively
What can we do if we find ourselves stuck in our thinking and cannot shift out of a negative train of thought? This was asked of me yesterday on US national radio as it's so important to think positive as much of the time as we can. 'What we think is what we get.' Negative thinking is something that can affect us all. But there is one very effective thing we can do, that we can do for ourselves. Free up your body and you'll help free up your mind.
If we're stuck in our thinking, we're probably stuck in our body too. We hold onto habitual muscular tensions from our neck downwards, and one affects the other. But if we can let go of some of these physical tensions by choosing to release them, then we'll find that our thinking also frees up. One affects the other; emotions and and postural tensions are inextricably linked. And although we have specialists in different fields such as psychology, psychiatry and physiotherapy and osteopathy, it doesn't mean that we can separate the emotional from the physical. Our body works as a whole....all of the time.
So if we can free up our body a little then we are likely to find that we shift in thinking and emotions. If you're stuck....move. If you've had experience of the Alexander Technique you will have an idea how to think yourself free in your neck and shoulders, to bring your body back into balance and breathe freely. This technique is a method we can learn to use to help ourselves in any situation.
By thinking we are communicating throughout our body via our nervous system....right down to our toes. We don't need to worry if that's working or not. If we're healthy, it is. Think of loosening, particularly in your neck. This is most important. Think free and tall. Let yourself come up to your full height and see how different it can be. Read about how I changed my emotions after a near motorcycle accident a few weeks ago.
