The healthy human being loves to create
I am a massage therapist, yoga and tai chi teacher, and I love to study being human
And I love being human
I’m starting this blog to share with others
I want to share what i create
the mind creates
the body creates
the heart creates
the eyes create
being creates
being is
being is what it is
being naturally creates
just by being you, you are creating
and you can create something more beautiful or less beautiful
by the way you are in the world
just by being a softer person, you are creating a better world
tighten up, and you create a harder, rougher world
you have that great power of creation at your fingertips
It’s good to reach out and connect to others
It’s easy to avoid connecting
Connecting can be painful and my self shys from the pain
But growing pains that come from reaching out can heal the self that tries to hide
I’m trying to connect more and avoid it less
So this blog is titled Mind Body Blog
i’ve been studying the Mind Body ever since my first shiatsu class 24 years ago
And maybe since i first picked up a yoga book 34 years ago
i strained my back playing golf as a 14 year old
that yoga book helped cure my back
I have not played golf since
I’ve done lots of yoga since
and maybe since my first breath 48 years ago
What is mind body?
Mind body refers to two things that are actually one thing
The two things are the mind and the body
the one thing is you, the human being
somewhere along the line
someone noticed that humans can think and reason and plan and recall
and also walk and talk and move and dance and feel
the first batch of behaviors were not so tangible
so they created this concept called Mind
the mind does these intangible things like thinking
the second batch of behaviors are more tangible, like dancing
“the body does these things,” someone said
so the mind was separated from the body
it was a convenient way to talk about different behaviors
then along came a man named Rene Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650)
he has been called the father of modern philosophy (Western Philosophy, that is!)
Descartes said “i think, therefore i am”
he said it is Thinking that raises man from the beasts
Thinking is the highest value
Feeling cannot be trusted, he thought
the body cannot be trusted
only the thinking mind can be trusted
this split of the mind from the body has echoed for 400 years
we are still trying to heal this split
the simple healing comes when we realize mind and body are one
but those simple words won’t heal
because so many of our attitudes and behaviors presuppose the split
the split pervades our world
men are cool headed thinkers
women are hot, emotional feelers
thus man is split from woman