Showing posts with label balance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label balance. Show all posts

Monday, May 27, 2013

Presence & balance


When Tom Atlee shares a video, I pay attention to it. These ones came from him. They show great human abilities of presence, balance, concentration,.. the day I started to try meditation, said to be one of the many ways an Open Space facilitator could use to improve :-)!



Michael Grab (Gravityglue.com) explains his adventure...

The challenge here was making this balance happen within the 5 minute video limitation of my camera... it took about 5 takes to finally get it (AFTER getting to know the rocks). *FOCUS. Relax. the coolest thing is that the camera was able to capture the creation AND natural collapse of the balance before the 5 minute limit. completing the cycle. :)) so here's how it's done. *notice the technique of bracing the lower rocks while placing the next. the top rock acts as a pin to stabilize the whole structure, which is why it is very helpful to use a LARGE rock on top. plus, i like the overall design balance that the large top rock adds. and i love shades of red. as soon as i found that red rock, i knew it must go on top. it was a beautiful rock. :) contemplate, try it for yourself. all about presence in the moment. SLOW down. become the balance. :)
Another gem in a longer one (16´ with relaxing music): Miyoko Shida Rigolo (http://www.myspace.com/miyoko.shida), 53 years old, with palm beach sticks and a feather,

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

STABILITY, FLUIDITY, BALANCE AND BODY

 From @Havi Brooks (and duck) I got this criptic and appealing message: "SPECTACULARLY great post fromJesse, a.k.a. @persnicket: The Balance Expedition: sad monster & snakes. http://bit.ly/bT38qF".  

I got there, discovered MY SEED HOUSE and read through the post. I´ll pick this lines from it, that will sure be a good reminder for you, too.

... The two different pieces of balance

One image I got from Shiva Nata-ing about balance looked something like this:

Two powerful things held together by a bond of energy. When I asked for more clarity about this, I realized that the two things are the two parts of balance: stability and fluidity. These are the two qualities that must be maintained together in order for balance to work, of course.

Stability is:
  • Structure
  • Rationality
  • Strength
  • Knowledge
  • Stillness
Fluidity is:
  • Openness
  • Creativity
  • Flexibility
  • Intuition
  • Flow
Stability without Fluidity is: rigidity. Painful tension. A rut.
Fluidity without Stability is: floppiness. No boundaries. Chaos.
(One caution: these are true for me. Not universally true!)
The connection between the two is the body. This was an important clue for me, something I know but perhaps hadn’t solidified into words. Connection with the body brings these two things together. Bringing stability into the body, bringing fluidity into the body, this creates balance.
Pursuing balance seemed kind of tricky when I started this week of inquiry: because isn’t balance just a state you achieve? Like mindfulness — easy to get, but hard to maintain? So shouldn’t I be able to get there instantly?
Well, maybe it’s a little bit like that. But this image and the idea of the two qualities I need to cultivate, fluidity and stability, this gives me a path to follow. I can choose activities that cultivate one or the other.
So helpful...

Very helpful for me, too, indeed!


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