Life is ProPulsion

The pulse of life. Propulsion. Pulsate. Propel. It never ceases to amaze me how linked the word “pulse” is to both the heart and the forward thrust of walking. “Walking is good for the heart” they say. The rhythm of our walk is part of the rhythm of our life, the rhythm of our heart, the rhythm...

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I Move Therefore I Am

The Blessing and the Curse of Movement Habits Habits are learned and stereotyped responses: set movements that once triggered get replayed verbatim regardless of context or appropriateness. Habits are necessary; they save us from wasting time and energy in preparing new responses to the...

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Seeing the Bigger Picture: Fixing the part by working on the whole

It’s a running joke with my life partner that whenever something ails him or me, physically or emotionally, I will invariably blame it on the weather or some other atmospheric and far removed factor. It’s not so much that I’m trying to shirk off my share of responsibility for the current situation;...

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Movement as a a Quest for JOY

I love to move; I derive endless pleasure and reams of personal insight from it. I practice several choreographed and un-choreographed forms of movement and am always avid to experiment with new forms. It hasn’t always been this way for me, however. Being an inveterate perfectionist, moving...

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My Problem with “Posture”

Good posture is more about how you move than how you keep still.  During my early twenties posture was a nagging concern for me. One of my grannies had osteoporosis and a noticeable hump and the general postural tendency in my family is towards a rounded shoulder outline. My other granny,...

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The 3 Awarenesses that Unlock your 'Joy for Running'

Post originally published at www.joy4running.wordpress.com Written by Victoria Stanham Most of my non-running friends’ response to “Why don’t you run?” is something along the lines of, “I love the idea of running… I just hate the actual running itself.” If we are all...

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4 Keys to Motivate Myself to Go for a Run

This blogpost was originally published in my running blog at www.joy4running.wordpress.com It’s winter here in Uruguay, and it’s difficult to start (or keep up) a running routine. No matter how much I enjoy the actual running, and the post-running bliss, stepping out into the cold and the...

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