1. Movement with Awareness
We counteract automatic movements with mindful movements. This is the foundation for developing awareness.
2. Variations
Variations are intentional "mistakes." You perform the same action in different ways, sometimes deliberately incorrect ones. Variations give the brain information to process. When you return to the original action—voila!—it improves "on its own."
3. Reducing Efforts
Instead of "faster, higher, stronger," reduce the effort. The brain then notices small differences and can choose what works best for us. This increases sensitivity and awareness.
4. Learning Mode
A mindset focused on receiving new experiences and allowing them to change us. This accelerates transformation and improvement.
5. Slowing Down
A slow pace captures the brains attention. We can only do things quickly if we already know them.
6. Enthusiasm
A mindset that amplifies everything we do and feel. Approaching even small changes with enthusiasm may be challenging at first, but it's a skill that can be developed like a muscle.
7. Flexible Goals
Set goals but avoid rigidly striving to achieve them. Be flexible and pay attention to the quality of the process as much as the outcome. If you already knew how to achieve it, you would have done it.
8. Imagination
For the brain, the difference between real and imagined experiences is minimal. In our imagination, we can do things not yet possible in real life. This helps train the brain to achieve desired results.
9. Awareness
The ability to know what we know. This skill is essential for self-understanding, development, and learning."If you don't know what you're doing, you can't do what you want."
Wake Up Your Brain
Feldenkrais
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