Re: The E word... explanations...

[Guest guest]

Well, I who know next to nothing do know of things such as Feldenkrais which is

a movement process that one learns in groups or with a practitioner - and dance

as therapy which is available in a lot of larger cities. Not Zumba which is

much too fast for me - at least right now - but things like Ecstatic Dance, etc.

What has happened for me has been an outgrowth of the miracle of allowing myself

to make my own way through the IE principles and processes - developing a

first-time ever sense of trust with myself starting with the fact that I would

no longer allow the diet police to run my life.

Then legalizing and eating what was craved even when it didn't feel right, so

that I could face down the diet police with their blame, shame, guilt,

recrimination in order to finally experience for myself the effects of my

choices. Through the process of learning to trust myself I've been, amazingly,

coming to inhabit my life in a new way.

Moving to a more instinctive way of living has brought me into a more felt

connection to my body rather than being led exclusively by rules and subsequent

rebellion. It's like waking up.

So... this gathering I went to was one where we just did a lot of mindful

movement processes with no end-goal other than to inhabit the body and release

" parasitic tensions " through conscious breathing and spontaneous movement. Much

of which was done on the floor, with dimmed lights and great music to guide us.

And a facilitator telling us to " breathe " and be in that part of the body - the

ankle, the shoulder, the chest...and to move in the ways that arise

spontaneously.

The weekend helped remember times in the past when I was moving more and how

good that felt. Even though those memories had been there all along, they were

obscured by my obsession with diet and my weight.

In more recent years, moving had become exercise which then focussed only on

what I weighed, whether or not I'd lost weight, what clothes I was fitting into,

whether or not I was on the way down or on the way up - all that

obsessive/compulsive thinking that had conspired to make me a diet robot.

As a result, exercise of any kind felt like some form of punishment for being

fat. And thus, the exercise rebel was born alongside of the exercis police.

Same cast of characters, different uniforms.

That's probably garbled - but hope it's helpful.

I so hope that you find the thread that leads you to your own form of being in

the body and moving that is natural, makes you feel good and lights you up.

Sandarah

>

> Thank you so much for your post. I pray that I can develop the same

relationship with exercise. I believe intuitive eating and intuitive exercise

are closely linked. They both have to do with listening to our bodies. I know

this group is focused on eating but I would love to investigate healthy moving

of my body. If anybody knows a place where this is being discussed please let me

know.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Evan

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I who know next to nothing do know of things such as Feldenkrais which is

a movement process that one learns in groups or with a practitioner - and dance

as therapy which is available in a lot of larger cities. Not Zumba which is

much too fast for me - at least right now - but things like Ecstatic Dance, etc.

What has happened for me has been an outgrowth of the miracle of allowing myself

to make my own way through the IE principles and processes - developing a

first-time ever sense of trust with myself starting with the fact that I would

no longer allow the diet police to run my life.

Then legalizing and eating what was craved even when it didn't feel right, so

that I could face down the diet police with their blame, shame, guilt,

recrimination in order to finally experience for myself the effects of my

choices. Through the process of learning to trust myself I've been, amazingly,

coming to inhabit my life in a new way.

Moving to a more instinctive way of living has brought me into a more felt

connection to my body rather than being led exclusively by rules and subsequent

rebellion. It's like waking up.

So... this gathering I went to was one where we just did a lot of mindful

movement processes with no end-goal other than to inhabit the body and release

" parasitic tensions " through conscious breathing and spontaneous movement. Much

of which was done on the floor, with dimmed lights and great music to guide us.

And a facilitator telling us to " breathe " and be in that part of the body - the

ankle, the shoulder, the chest...and to move in the ways that arise

spontaneously.

The weekend helped remember times in the past when I was moving more and how

good that felt. Even though those memories had been there all along, they were

obscured by my obsession with diet and my weight.

In more recent years, moving had become exercise which then focussed only on

what I weighed, whether or not I'd lost weight, what clothes I was fitting into,

whether or not I was on the way down or on the way up - all that

obsessive/compulsive thinking that had conspired to make me a diet robot.

As a result, exercise of any kind felt like some form of punishment for being

fat. And thus, the exercise rebel was born alongside of the exercis police.

Same cast of characters, different uniforms.

That's probably garbled - but hope it's helpful.

I so hope that you find the thread that leads you to your own form of being in

the body and moving that is natural, makes you feel good and lights you up.

Sandarah

>

> Thank you so much for your post. I pray that I can develop the same

relationship with exercise. I believe intuitive eating and intuitive exercise

are closely linked. They both have to do with listening to our bodies. I know

this group is focused on eating but I would love to investigate healthy moving

of my body. If anybody knows a place where this is being discussed please let me

know.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Evan

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I who know next to nothing do know of things such as Feldenkrais which is

a movement process that one learns in groups or with a practitioner - and dance

as therapy which is available in a lot of larger cities. Not Zumba which is

much too fast for me - at least right now - but things like Ecstatic Dance, etc.

What has happened for me has been an outgrowth of the miracle of allowing myself

to make my own way through the IE principles and processes - developing a

first-time ever sense of trust with myself starting with the fact that I would

no longer allow the diet police to run my life.

Then legalizing and eating what was craved even when it didn't feel right, so

that I could face down the diet police with their blame, shame, guilt,

recrimination in order to finally experience for myself the effects of my

choices. Through the process of learning to trust myself I've been, amazingly,

coming to inhabit my life in a new way.

Moving to a more instinctive way of living has brought me into a more felt

connection to my body rather than being led exclusively by rules and subsequent

rebellion. It's like waking up.

So... this gathering I went to was one where we just did a lot of mindful

movement processes with no end-goal other than to inhabit the body and release

" parasitic tensions " through conscious breathing and spontaneous movement. Much

of which was done on the floor, with dimmed lights and great music to guide us.

And a facilitator telling us to " breathe " and be in that part of the body - the

ankle, the shoulder, the chest...and to move in the ways that arise

spontaneously.

The weekend helped remember times in the past when I was moving more and how

good that felt. Even though those memories had been there all along, they were

obscured by my obsession with diet and my weight.

In more recent years, moving had become exercise which then focussed only on

what I weighed, whether or not I'd lost weight, what clothes I was fitting into,

whether or not I was on the way down or on the way up - all that

obsessive/compulsive thinking that had conspired to make me a diet robot.

As a result, exercise of any kind felt like some form of punishment for being

fat. And thus, the exercise rebel was born alongside of the exercis police.

Same cast of characters, different uniforms.

That's probably garbled - but hope it's helpful.

I so hope that you find the thread that leads you to your own form of being in

the body and moving that is natural, makes you feel good and lights you up.

Sandarah

>

> Thank you so much for your post. I pray that I can develop the same

relationship with exercise. I believe intuitive eating and intuitive exercise

are closely linked. They both have to do with listening to our bodies. I know

this group is focused on eating but I would love to investigate healthy moving

of my body. If anybody knows a place where this is being discussed please let me

know.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Evan

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

[Guest guest]

I experienced the same thing with Pilates! And come to think of it, while the

instructor looked really 'good' she also reminded me of a mannequin more than

person. (oh I'm so bad! - giggles)

Katcha

> Classes I took were always focused on the right way to do certain exercises,

and I could never quite make myself look like the instructor.

>  

> Mimi

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