Movement as long-term relationship

If you are in or have been in a long-term relationship, you know that it never stays the same. We have the choice to work with that reality or fight it.

The same could be said for your relationship with movement. I hope to move my body in one way or another until the end of my life. Knowing that, I must accept that it won’t always be exactly how I move my body right now. Just as the ways in which I choose to move now are different from 10 years ago.

​Any long term relationship includes good days and bad days. It includes short or long periods of time during which you feel differently about one another. And it includes constant negotiation and adjustment.

​If you were to think of your relationship with movement as a long-term relationship, how might that affect what you choose to do?

- what would you prioritize?

- how would you approach it?

- how would you like to explore various types of movement?

- do you have anything that you need to grieve and let go of?

- do you have specific goals for how you move?

- could you consider how you might respond if your body responds to certain types of movement negatively?

- could you imagine deepening compassion for your body through movement?

​I love thinking of movement as a long-term relationship. It takes the pressure off of me to do anything other than work with reality. You can as well.