Awareness Through Movement?

Think of it as meditation without having to sit still and yoga without having to move. It was developed before the word neuroplasticity existed and is based in physics and developmental biology. It provides alternatives where we think there are none, opens new avenues to doing things that we thought were impossible and allow us to do those seemingly impossible things by adding one tiny action on top of another to bring about monumental change. Having said all of that, I hate overblown word salad. Below is a concrete example of what I’ve just said.

My lungs collapsed immediately after I was born. The resulting lack of oxygen affected my right side such that by my twenties my right arm hung by my side with the fingers clenched or overly stiff. I imagined being able to play the piano but knew it was impossible. Doing everything with my left hand led a friend to comment that my hands looked like they belonged to two different people. They still do. But now I use my right hand as much as my left. My handwriting with either hand is as legible as the other. Whenever I feel hopeless, I write the following with my right hand “To believe that change is impossible ensures that it will be. Millions of tiny actions done persistently, approached with hope and curiosity ensures that what is thought to be impossible becomes possible, what is possible becomes easy and what is easy becomes elegant.