Sometimes, just when you think you are as stable and planted as a rock, a force outside yourself takes you for a ride. Whether it’s the water, the wind or a human hand. A rock can be broken in little pieces until it is reduced to fine grains of sand.
Many factors cause change. Resistance can stave off change for a little while, but eventually the flow of life pulls or pushes us. Continue reading
Monkee in South Africa
People often ask me whether it is good for the body to stretch. I think it depends on the intensity of the stretch, but read on and decide for yourself.
In general, stretching commonly involves pulling against the nerves of a muscle (golgi tendon organ and muscle spindles) which tell you by tightening when to stop a movement. In other words, overstretching is often felt as forcing the body to lengthen against this resistance. This is a special kind of message to the nervous system where the mind commands the body to overcome the body’s boundary of protection. Imagine holding on to a teddy bear while somebody else is trying to pull it away. That’s an extreme example of feeling of resistance to force.