01292007: Right and Wrong
We're all familiar with the economic indicator of ladies' hemlines. During good times, like the Roaring '20 and the 1960's, hemlines got shorter and shorter as an indicator of the thriving economy. As the economy slows, hemlines drop below the knee and beyond! There's another theory that says that in times when the world and our future seems less and less predictable, people hunger for a "sure thing." We are much more ready to classify ideas, behaviors, and people as Right and Wrong, and to organize our lives from those perspectives.
We're not talking Ten Commandments here. You'd be surprised how many people come to see me because they believe their posture is "wrong," that they walk or breathe or stand or dance or sing or BE "wrong," in some way. They want so much to find The Right Way, believing that their lives will be better if they do. Some are frustrated, because even though they are doing everything "Right," something is still "Wrong." It still doesn't work they way they wish it did, whatever the "It" is.
One of my favorite poems by the 13th century Persian poet, Rumi, begins:
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there."
Whether you want to experience less pain and more ease in movement, maintain your fitness goals, or move toward your personal best, the Feldenkrais Method® is the field where freedom can be found. Knowing when to leave Right and Wrong behind helps each of us to be truly at our Best.
