14/05/2021
Ever had a bad back – and want to avoid that happening again?
Ever clocked how out-of-condition you are, especially as the years go by – and want to do something about it?
Most people think AGE = FRAGILE. Simply not true. Rather, INACTIVITY = FRAGILE.
Does being over 60 mean that I can't get stronger? Or more flexible? Or wiser? Or learn? No. It does not. That becomes a choice.
Put the wrong fuel into your car – you’ll have a problem. Quit all maintenance on your car – you’ll have problem. You don’t debate which fuel to put in. You just put in the fuel relevant to your car. In pretty much the same way – you body has requirements for health. Meet them and there is a tendency towards health and well-being. Ignore them and there is a tendency towards FRAGILE. In the absence of underlying health issues, your decision. Unless you are lucky, health does not just fall on your head. It is a consequence.
Why me? I’m 62 this year. I’ve been practising yoga for over 40 years now, teaching for over 20 years. I qualified as an osteopath in the mid 90’s. All of this I’m bringing to the table, to my own journey of toughening up.
Muscles need work to retain and build strength. Bones need weight bearing to retain and build density. Joints need to move through their range of motion to retain their range of motion. In the absence of right weight bearing and movement, there is an inherent drift towards FRAGILE. Too much ease drifts towards FRAGILE. Not taking responsibility for your own well-being drifts towards FRAGILE. Doing nothing inevitably drifts towards FRAGILE. The passing years are going to pass anyway, regardless of what you decide or what you do. What consequence do you want to experience?
The solution does not need to be complicated, or expensive, or time-consuming. It does not need lots of equipment or special clothing and lots of ‘stuff’. You certainly can make it complex – but it does not need to be.
Antifragility Yoga is a simple, common-sense approach to getting stronger, fitter, more flexible, more resilient and inherently happier, healthier, more content, less stressed, (and hopefully) wiser and more fulfilled, a push to learn, to grow, to get better, to improve yourself and the world around you. All of this is ‘anti-fragile’. The opposite of all of this, we call ‘fragile’.
Any exercise is good – but not all exercise is equal. Walking? Counting steps? Excellent, though little arm and upper body strengthening. Nor significant spinal mobilising to end of range. Yet still excellent. Ideally, have a range of things – the sum total of which is ‘sufficient’ to lead to health. In the Core Practice we have simple easy mobilising movements, with weight bearing – stretching, strengthening, mobilising, opening up, freeing up. Start at the place you are, move forward from there – at a pace, a place and a time that is right for you.
Throughout this work, in everything we do, we thread the three principles of:
* personal responsibility,
* common sense and
* kindness.
So – what sort of shape are you in? What sort of condition? Take the “Five Tibetan Count” test – and get a ball-park picture of your condition.
See https://m.me/110042659630516?ref=5TC
Sign-up and start the Core Practice training – suitable for beginners or non-beginners. Sign up and take the 30 Day Challenge – then see for yourself how much you can improve your “Five Tibetan Count”. Do this and thrive.
See https://www.antifragilityyoga.com/core-practice-30-day-challenge/
So – what sort of shape are you in? What sort of condition? Take the “Five Tibetan Count” test – and get a ball-park picture of your condition. Sign-up and start the Bronze Core Practice training – suitable for beginners or non-beginners. Sign-up and take the 30 Day Challenge – then see ...
