An "Ode" to Effort
We all need more effort in our lives
Once you’re awake, sit up, don’t think twice
Quickly, post-haste, jump out of bed,
Never, oh never try rolling instead.
Then sit on the toilet and push, push, push!
Suck in your belly, shush, shush!
Run, run around and hurry away:
Restrooms are never for rest anyway.
Effort means power, effort means grit,
If a woman is strong, she’ll never quit.
Never adapt, it’s you who need tweaks;
Only the weakest are guilty of leaks.
Stronger means muscles, no pain means no gain
Boom it, then bust it again and again …
If follow these rules, you’ll be paying a price:
When more than required, effort IS bad advice.
(c) 2022
Before the festive season madness starts whirling around at full speed, I wanted to remind you that more effort is not necessarily useful. And these were the words I found.
When we use more effort, we are less sensitive to feedback and more power can't replace precision, coordination and adaptation. In whatever you do, not just while moving.
Please please please:
Start looking for ways to reduce the effort and use only what's absolutely required.
Then notice what else you could do to make things easier - usually, it's about involving more of yourself or your networks.
Listen to how you can make it more precise and coordinated.
Use more resources that are already in place internally - like your skeleton; or externally - like the floor or ground.
When a client comes in with long-term pain, we will work a lot on reducing the effort they don't even notice they are making.
When a client comes in with pelvic floor dysfunction, reducing the effort will very often be key.
And yeah, heavy lifting with your vagina or playing the flute with it doesn't make your pelvic floor more functional. Just saying.
Can you think of areas of your life where less effort could be beneficial? What could you do to reduce it?
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(📷 the original photo used for the image is found on Deccan Chronicle with reference to Instagram)