What is the Will For? Attention

It is easy to slide into a negative way of talking about that Big Bad Bossiness, the consciousness. But that's too simple! Feldenkrais's lessons are designed to maneuver the consciousness into its best side, not to smack it down entirely. There are many positive roles for the will in Feldenkrais, although it always seems a bit quirky and paradoxical. And the most obvious example is using the will to pay attention. The will's blustering is often what gets in the way of noticing. So give it a job! Get it out of the way. And its job? To will yourself to pay attention. (In a soft, accepting kind of way.)