Refinement

I’ve been working a bit more in depth with learning and tweaking my body mechanics as well as trying to operate my mind with more ease. 

During my morning tread mill warm up prior to leg physio and work out, I’ve really tried to stay focused on all body mechanics

• such as foot strike: where is my foot landing on the ground and am I landing with my foot under my body correctly? Or is it too far ahead of my body? 
• Back engagement: is my lower back arched or is it more erect?strong and engaged - if overly arched, is it due to a lack of quad flexibility.
• Am I running too erect? Do my knees need a bit of bend to reduce lower back impact and to allow and long stride?
• with treadmill at same speed, slow my cadence to lengthen my stride and lower my body slightly to allow Center of foot strike more under the body…like a large wheel and the Center of the wheel being the hip region and the wheel contact on the ground being the Center of my foot.
• Shoulders and head to far ahead? Creating skeletal issues?

Over the years a person can function through a lot of muscle imbalance and skeletal misalignment, because the body is amazing, it will continue to adapt, meanwhile disfiguring your body until such point of being crippled or in excruciating pain on a daily bases. I find this fascinating to dissect, learn and try to correct or at least try to make better.

Back to my workout. So after I moved from the treadmill I started on the weight bench and got into leg workout reps; with a mix of music in the background that I haven’t updated for 10-15 years. Some songs that came on I have listened to for 25 years, but not until this weight session did I actually hear the words and get the messages to some of these old songs.

This really made me think about my mental status over the last 30 years or so, or even more so that particular morning. What was different this morning? The thought of my stress levels and how much I’ve missed over the years can to light. I thought of the potential I could have had, if I would have had the ability to “really” think and listen, with a clear unobstructed brain. How much more potential do humans have with truly clear and stable minds. 

Hmm…meditation, during my physio that morning I really worked a longer meditative component into it. The power of meditation surfaces again! I wonder if a larger volume of stress is working itself into my mind and body again and one concentrated meditative session was able to reveal its worth?