Those darn bones and breath
When I run by myself, I am able to focus on the bio mechanics of my breath and athletics. When I run with my dog Modo, I am able to focus on something else that I find important, but of course hard to describe. Here I go….
Modo, with the stick in his mouth, seems very primal when he runs. I struggle with getting out of my head. Where do we meet? I think about the rhythm of our run. There is the percussive grounding sound of our feet, legs and pelvis (appendicular skeleton) joining with the breathy almost hornlike feeling in our skulls, laryngeal skeleton, ribs and vertebral column (axial skeleton). They both have an element of vibration, which is coming from the spinal cord.
When you do aerobic activity:
- Feel the steady percussion of your upper and lower appendicular skeleton
- Feel the billowing horn section of your axial skeleton.
- Feel them working together
More advanced:
Try to feel the connection of the upper and lower appendicular skeleton percussive beat and the axial skeleton hornlike quality along with a sense of the spinal cords vibration throughout the body.
Stretch for everyone:
When you stretch, the point is to allow your nervous system to relax. You are definitely overstretching, if it is not an exercise in just deeply understanding what is willing to let go.
Obviously this can be used when you run or do other athletics. What can you let go with to aim your muscle contraction to only move you forward?