Movement with Attention

 

"Movement with Attention:  Our brains are organized through movement.  This includes movements we already know and do and movements we have yet to learn.  The move habitual our everyday movements, the less we are able to satisfy the brain's need for growth.  As we introduce new patterns of movement, combined with attention, our brains begin making thousands, millions, and even billions of new connections.  These changes quickly translate into thinking that is clearer, movement that is easier, pain that is reduced or eliminated, and action that is more successful.  As a result, new activities that we may not have even dreamed were possible, become possible."
-   Anat Baniel, Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality, p.18.

Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality  By Anat Baniel.  New York, Harmony Books, 2009.  Index, bibliography, 306 pages.  ISBN: 9780307395290.  VSCL.  

Lifestyle Advice from Wise Persons 

Valley Spirit Yoga, Red Bluff, California

Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality
"1.  Moving with Attention, Wake Up to Life, Mindful Movements
2.  The Learning Switch, Bring in the New, Lifelong learning, Retraining
3.  Subtlety, Experience the Power of Gentleness
4.  Variation, Enjoy Abundant Possibilities
5.  Taking Your Time, Slowing Down, Not Rushing, Luxuriate in the Richness of Feeling 
6.  Enthusiasm, Turn the Small into the Great
7.  Flexible Goals, Make the Impossible Possible  
8.  Imagination and Dreams, Create Your Life
9.  Awareness, Cultivating Mindfulness, Thrive with True Knowledge"
-   Anat Baniel, Move into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality