Movement is Not Pass/Fail

Categories: Blog Feb 01, 2015

Is there a right way to move? Sure. Is there a wrong way to move? Maybe in Chess, Checkers, or Monopoly, but really, when it comes to moving your body, any movement is good. We often get asked about the right way to press reset versus the wrong way to press reset. As people we generally categorize things as right or wrong, good or bad, and pass or fail. But inside Original Strength, when it comes to pressing reset, we only see things as good, better, best.

There really is no "wrong" way to move. When it comes to moving your body, any movement is a good thing. The only wrong movement, or bad movement, would be no movement. Not moving is not right. We were all made to move. So, being that we were made to move, moving is not bad, wrong, or failed.

"Yeah, but I don't look like ______ when I roll. He does it so gracefully." That may be so, but (insert name here) did not start out moving gracefully. In fact, all of us, when we started moving as a child, looked like an accident. Accidents happen. And when we are first learning to move that is how we learn. The first time a child rolls over on the floor, it is probably more than an accident than it is purposeful. And, truly, it is not a movement of grace. However, it is an accidental movement that teaches the baby's body and starts tying the child's body together. The more and more the child moves, the less and less he looks like a moving accident. Eventually, grace starts to express itself in all the child's movements.

The same is true for adults. It is OK to look like an accident when you are remembering how to move. When you are pressing reset, it doesn't have to look "perfect". Pressing reset, no matter how you move, is GOOD. Good things will still happen if you cannot rock while holding your head up. Yes, BETTER would be to hold the head up, and BEST would be to keep your back flat, but any rocking, no matter how it looks, is still GOOD. Eventually, just as a child refines his movements from looking like an accident to looking like poetry, you will too - as long as you keep engaging in movement - at least in the movement you were designed to make.

Movement is not pass/fail. But there are some people who will try to move beyond the foundation of their reflexive strength. The truth is every movement we make should be a "BEST" movement once we have our solid foundation of original strength. But some will not restore their movement foundation by pressing reset; some will not remember how to breathe, roll, or crawl. BUT, that doesn't make the movements they make "bad."

You will see some people running in your neighborhood who have no reflexive foundation, and as a result, they may look like a bunch of disjointed moving parts; They have zero grace about them. And even though this could set them up for issues of pain and discomfort, it is still not horrible that they are running. Why? Because they are trying to move. What is their alternative? To not run? To not move? Face it. People are funny. When they decide to move, they would rather run than walk. If you take running away, they won't do anything because walking won't help them reach their goal. That is truly a belief problem. Most people believe that running will usher their body into health and they will completely balk at the idea that walking may actually do it better - but that is another blog post for another time.

You will also see people weight training without a solid foundation of reflexive strength. They are trying to build a strong structure on a weak, shallow foundation. Will this cause them problems? Maybe. But, they are doing something. Would they be better off to weight train on a solid foundation of original strength? Yes, absolutely. That would be best. But if they are not willing to add crawling like a baby in with their bench press routine, their bench press routine is still good. Especially if it gives them joy and an hour of peace once or twice a week. I guarantee that strength trainer would crawl though if he knew it would increase his bench!

Anyway, the point is not everyone has a solid foundation of reflexive strength and not everyone is going to be willing to spend time pressing reset; at least not until they are ready. So, any movement someone engages in for joy, hope, adventure, or survival is still GOOD. It is only when a person gives up and decides all hope is lost that NOT moving becomes BAD. Not moving is a "Fail."

I know this has been a post of tangents, but the take home message is this:

You can't move wrong if you move.

Press reset to move to the BEST potential and expression of your design. It is okay if you start out looking less graceful and more accidental.

Encourage others you love to restore their Original Strength too by teaching them how to press reset. Understand that not everyone will buy into the idea - it is just not the right time for them. But encourage them to move, nonetheless. Any movement is good. Even if they look like a squirrel on a unicycle when they are trying to run, if it brings them joy and hope, encourage them to squirrel on....

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