Turning / Spirals
Every movement we make is activated by turning about an axis. This means that an opponent's force can be emptied without having to retreat – instead we turn about them leading them on and drawing them through with one side of the body whilst advancing around them with the other side. This is yin/yang – one side of the body being yin (yielding) and the other yang (attacking). If we sink as we turn then a spiral movement results. Because of the way the body is constructed we can only turn a limited amount in one direction before the body is fully twisted and is compelled to turn back. If we rise on this turn then we effectively trace a returning spiral – a figure of eight – the shape central to Heartwork.
Single-weighted
The place in the body where our yin and yang sides meet needs to be as insubstantial – light and airy – as possible if we are to be truly soft. This means that our place of essential stillness – our peace of mind – needs to be energetic rather than material. Peace resides not in material security – temporary and full of compromise as that always is – but in a consuming commitment to energy and the laws of energy, the most fundamental of which is that of connectedness: everything is connected, or as my teacher puts it: everything touches. A life and a being that has this truth at its core becomes more and more energetic and less and less material.
Every movement we make is activated by turning about an axis. This means that an opponent's force can be emptied without having to retreat – instead we turn about them leading them on and drawing them through with one side of the body whilst advancing around them with the other side. This is yin/yang – one side of the body being yin (yielding) and the other yang (attacking). If we sink as we turn then a spiral movement results. Because of the way the body is constructed we can only turn a limited amount in one direction before the body is fully twisted and is compelled to turn back. If we rise on this turn then we effectively trace a returning spiral – a figure of eight – the shape central to Heartwork.
Single-weighted
The place in the body where our yin and yang sides meet needs to be as insubstantial – light and airy – as possible if we are to be truly soft. This means that our place of essential stillness – our peace of mind – needs to be energetic rather than material. Peace resides not in material security – temporary and full of compromise as that always is – but in a consuming commitment to energy and the laws of energy, the most fundamental of which is that of connectedness: everything is connected, or as my teacher puts it: everything touches. A life and a being that has this truth at its core becomes more and more energetic and less and less material.
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