Procastination and Effort = Breaking Out of the Rut

From: Gilberto Barria Vallarino <gbvdco@gmail.com>

Procrastination and Effort

Breaking Out of the Rut

"All activities are judged to be difficult or easy, possible or impossible, attractive or

unattractive, by virtue of the effort which we perceive as being inherent in them."

                 Deane Juhan, Job's Body

When you contemplate how to go about your daily activities, how do you feel?

How do you think about the effort it will take to:

• Go for a 30 minute walk, run, do some yoga or exercise
• Play golf, go bowling or play bridge
• Drive downtown....to Dolega....David....the beach.....
• Do the laundry, dishes, take the garbage out
• To dance, paint, write....think....dream....

When confronted with the effort it takes to use our bodies for a particular activity, it's

our nervous system that generates an almost automatic response. It appraises the

condition of our muscles, bones and joints. It's an unconscious reaction about which we

are largely unconscious.

Have you noticed how your muscles, bones and joints influence your sense of effort?

Even when there is nothing wrong with the body itself, we unconsciously gauge our

response to effort through how we perceive the state of our body. For instance, while

considering joining a local dance class (that could be an exciting opportunity) we

procrastinate, using, irrelevant distraction to talk ourselves out of the project.

Amazing as it may sound, all it takes to change into a more positive direction, is a little

bit of movement, a change of posture. It can start with wiggling the toes while still in

bed, making foot circles, moving the hips from side to side and twisting your spine left

and right. If you keep going, soon energy will start flowing through your body and as a

result your overall attitude changes.

If you've been feeling in a rut, you probably have noticed the effort it takes to take

action. By focusing on the body in particular ways you can overcome this inertia.

These actions can be learned. Remember that pain is part of life, however suffering is

optional. Consider that there is no pain that will last 100 years or a body that will resist

that. In time you may start imagining yourself going in the direction you want your life to

go.

As you move your body, your imagination will be activated and visa versa: As your

imagination is activated, your body will respond with energy. When your start paying

attention to how your body moves, your mental focus and inner dialogue will become

more positive.

-- 
Gilberto Barria Vallarino
BodyMind Dojo

http://www.bodyminddojo.weebly.com
http://www.relaxationzone.ws

http://www.bodymindinsight.wordpress.com

"Do less, be more"

_____________________________________________________________
The above message was distributed by News Boquete (the new version of Noticias).
You are receiving this message because you have requested a subscription, which is a free community service.
News Boquete's email address is news.boquete@gmail.com.
For more info, visit www.boqueteforums.org/index.php?showtopic=4292.

If replying to this message, reply ONLY to ORIGINATOR, not to news.boquete@gmail.com or noticias@runbox.com.

Do NOT send mail to noticias@runbox.com; that is a send-only mailbox; you will not receive a reply!

Subscribers may send messages for distribution to news.boquete@gmail.com.

For subscription or general help, email news.boquete@gmail.com.

To stop receiving these emails, send a message to news.boquete@gmail.com with the word unsubscribe in the subject line or body of the message.

To support Bid4Boquete charity, visit www.bid4boquete.com.