From a Distance

Movement is about change. In order to change you have to let go of one movement to make room for the next. This is the key to moving easily. It allows change to evolve smoothly. When you're Noticing you can watch the way a movement evolves as if from a "distance". That "distance" allows us to observe without getting in the way. We get in our own way when have an agenda about how we think the movement is supposed to feel. If we are constantly checking to see if the movement is feeling how we think it should feel, we interfere with the movement.

As we move it is natural to experience changes in the way our body feels. Some of those sensations are more pleasant than others. Some sensations are familiar; some are not. The key is not to take those sensations too seriously. As the movement passes through you, let the sensations pass through you as well, without your evaluating them. Instead, ask yourself: "Am I Noticing right now?" That way you stop evaluating how you are doing in terms of your old idea of how you think it should feel; you keep track of how you're doing from a "distance" by knowing whether or not you are Noticing.

Noticing allows you to evaluate the movement objectively by focusing on the process instead of the results. This frees you from your old habits and gets you out of your own way allowing your whole self to function as it was designed to