Fixing is a Heavy Box

When you are lifting a box, that is not the time to reorganize how you use your spine. Put the box down. Lie on your back. Bend your knees, if that is more comfortable. Sink into the floor. Breathe. Shift to your parasympathetic system. Now you can be aware of how you organize your spine. (And then in sitting, and in standing, and in walking… but first flat on the floor w/o the @#! box.) Having the intention of fixing something is another form of carrying the box. It is an imposition of will. It is a weight. It is very much from the 'conscious,' analytic, striving part of humans. Sure, we value those parts. But I think it is a general rule that almost everything within us should be capable of taking a break some time. Body Wisdom is a time to take a break from carrying that heavy box of 'ought.' And then just feel… just explore… just give your brain a chance to play in this immensely spacious panoply of possibilities. Therein lies the magic.