{"id":135,"date":"2014-09-14T12:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudtag.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2014-09-17T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T09:47:10","slug":"you-are-an-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudtag.com\/blog\/you-are-an-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are An Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

You Are An Orchestra.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI can play all the right notes, they\u2019re just in the wrong order\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Morcombe and Wise.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you are exercising, moving, playing, consider that all of this is also skill development, which means practice and good repetition leads to mastery.\u00a0 By coordinating your movement rhythm with your breathing and your thinking, you\u2019ll move with efficiency, grace and power; you\u2019ll FLOW.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\"Flow You\u2019ve probably noticed that people who do things well make whatever they are doing look easy.\u00a0 Behold the Federer backhand, Messi\u2019s movements on the field,\u00a0 the way Lindsey Vonn negotiates the mountains she skis. These people are movement symphonies and they\u2019re tuned into the most efficient way of doing what they\u2019re doing. Start by being mindful of your quality of exercise. \u00a0It\u2019s easy to start thinking you just need to \u201cget through it\u201d.\u00a0 Consider how you pick up the weight, how close your knee is to the ground when you lunge.\u00a0 In short, are you maximizing every exercise? Are you breathing through every repetition?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0 Extreme flow.<\/strong><\/span> Consider the runner, who looks like his shorts are full of ants and he\u2019s being chased by a mountain leopard, running for his life.\u00a0 See the bench-presser, squirming around like they\u2019re wrestling John Cena?\u00a0 Now watch a top power lifter, confident set up, positive simple self-talk and breathing timed to perfection with the movement.\u00a0 That\u2019s what we want to aim for. Feel the rhythm of your running steps.\u00a0 Allow your in and out breath to synch, repeating a phrase like \u201csmooth, light\u201d as you run\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Bad-Dancing\"<\/p>\n

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Bench Press this, squirmer.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> \"wrestler\"\u201cEntrainment<\/em><\/strong>\u201d means simply \u201cthe synchronization of organisms to an external rhythm.\u201d\u00a0 Drop that one at your next dinner party.\u00a0 If we consider how music motivates us, it\u2019s because we can find our rhythm in the music\u2019s rhythm and our breathing can find it\u2019s rhythm in those rhythms and then we can find words that describe that experience.\u00a0 Combine that with a runner\u2019s high and you\u2019re on your way. Your body loves rhythm and it\u2019s designed to find it.\u00a0 Often, simply relaxing a bit, taking some pressure off, will allow better \u201centrainment.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong> Tai Chi, Yoga, dancing of nearly every kind, martial arts like Capoeira, Aikido, Judo and many more all ask us to loosen up (see second picture) find some rhythm and get into the \u201cflow.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s your second dinner party winner to drop: \u201cFlow is <\/em><\/strong>the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Thanks Wikipedia.<\/em><\/strong> No ants or Leopards were hurt in the writing of this blog.\u00a0 Now go flow\u2026<\/p>\n

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