When things stick: untangling your body from old patterns - sue choi

Who This Book Is For This book is for people who have tried multiple mind-body paths already and still feel frustrated that they cant see the changes they seek.

Its not a beginners book! It assumes you have practice paying attention to subtle signals from your body.

It also assumes a baseline of physical capacity--that you can move in and out of a chair without assistance and that you can walk for 30 minutes outside without getting out of breath.

This book contains 6 instructional videos.

If the exercise in the excerpt below speaks to you, youll benefit from this practical guide.

Whats Your Body Saying to You? The entire organization of the body broadcasts messages internally that you cant ignore, whether youre conscious of them or not.

Physical sensations feed how you think and feel.

You know this already-youre not a beginner.

You do yoga, meditation, tai chi-you know how much returning to your body calms your mind.

Or, maybe youve heard this is true but just dont know how to get there.

Once you understand the signals, youll discover that your body is as powerful as your brain when it comes to solving problems.

When you understand the signals you can: ● feel more physical comfort ● find more emotional calm ● get more clarity for action In this book youll learn how to make sense of body messages so you can feel whole and empowered and to be connected within yourself so you can connect with others and move forward in your life with clear intention.

This approach uses a deep dive into your posture and walking to make that happen.

Self-Control vs.

Self-Regulation When you learn how to find your sensing posture, you learn to distinguish between self-control and self-regulation.

Self-control is suppression to stop or prevent the body from doing what its doing.

Its a hierarchical approach that says: top controls bottom.

Self-regulation is giving the body what it needs so it can do things better.

Its a relational approach that says: bottom informs top, and the conversation goes both ways.

You learn self-regulation by understanding and responding to the bodys needs.

And you communicate with your own body through your sensing posture.

Before you read any further, lets try an example of how this might work in your body.

Stand with your feet 2-3 inches apart.

Now, do the following: move internally and imagine you are doing it so no one can notice it.

Position your pelvis as if you are about to take a seat and send your shins f.