Sunday, April 09, 2006

how to run fast.

imagine in your mind a time when you ran really fast. see what you saw and how you felt and even the smells and sounds you heard. practice doing this until you have a perfect image and sense of running as fast as you can. now, as you see yourself running hard notice the images at the sides of your vision. you will see trees and fences and other people possibly, and even the ground beneath your feet. these images are what give you the sensation of speed.......a frame of reference.........so that you know that you are moving. otherwise you would be moving your arms and legs and breathing hard but your eyes would say that you are standing still, in your mind, during this exercise.
o.k. so here comes the next step.
while you are experiencing this in vivid detail really focus on the things moving out of the corners of your vision. install fence posts if you need to, and as you reach top speed and reach for that extra bit of effort to go just a little bit faster suddenly make the fence posts double in speed out of the corner of your vision and make a whizzing noise in your mind and feel yourself propelled with the added imagery.
did you experience anything different physiologically as a result?
do the exercise over again and take the time to build the model up in your mind, visually, auditorily and kinaesthetically (feelings) and really notice the feedback as you add the new bits of the experience.
you will know when you get it right because your bodily sesations will take on more sensations of physical speed as a result.
and the next time you run your body will remember how to run faster as a result.

5 comments:

Dr.Alistair said...

you must honour and respect setbacks. they are the way we learn. the comfortable are cursed by comfort. welcome to opportunity and feel encouraged that you will grow because of it.

Dr.Alistair said...

feeling sorry for yourself is an ego trap. when you love yourself unconditionally you accept the reaction of others as part of the journey. i cannot comment on thier specific issues and it`s not important to do so here.......life is about movement. aikido is about understanding the movements in physically and spiritually poetic ways. you will find a teacher. keep looking. there are books, dvds and other materials online that will help you to do this.
feeling sorry for yourself will stop your journey and anything else you try.

Dr.Alistair said...

embarassment=ego. the ego in it`s negative mode is the destroyer of love, for the self and of others, because when the ego demands attention all we can see is what we think we want.
the ego in it`s positive mode realises that it must work on loving it`s self unconditionally so that the negative aspects of the ego are recognised and diminished.
how does this diminishing occur?
laughter.
find yourself being self important and egotistical in a destructive way and you will laugh..........when you are honest with your feelings. you then give yourself the permission to stop and let go the attachment to whatever is binding you to ego behaviour.
you created it in the first place so only you can let it go.
and then the arguing and demanding and negotiating stops and the allowing and accepting begins.

Dr.Alistair said...

tomorrow never arrives.it always will be in the future. there are only a series of nows that string together to make a life. to make a life now we must master choosing to live in a loving way here and now. love yourself first then pass it on. to try to do anything else causes pain.
if you find pain it`s a reminder to love yourself more.
simple.
pain is a signal that love is missing.

Dr.Alistair said...

when you find love for yourself and of yourself, then whatever happens to you from that point onwards, you will have that love to give. it is the thing that allows us to recognise love in others and the beauty of the sky and the birds and the fish in the oceans.......and forgive ourselves for the inability of mere words to convey the meaning and to be able to smile as we work and play. there is nothing else anyway. this whole thing is love.