We have become Lazy, we sit, we drive and we do everything but thrive.
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Physical movement helps balance, coordination, self-esteem and body awareness. Movement associated with drama leads to improvements in adaptive social behavior,body movement and gestures help children absorb ideas better and can act as memory aids. both in learning and recalling one's personal past. Movement reflects not only your level of wellness, but your entire personality and the way you see yourself taking your place in the world.

Teachers often implement music and creative movement to help young children count, remember the alphabet, days of the week etc. The Kodály Method and the Kindermusik programme were designed to encourage children to explore the world creatively through music and movement.

Research suggests that dancing is one of the best leisure activities to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Combining music with activity can bring a new energy and interest to the most common movements. The right music almost demands that you move, and activity can take on a life of its own. Try playing some music with a good beat as you do chores at home; and put some dance moves in to your stride as you go about your daily routine and shake those tail feathers!

When we become stuck physically, we can become stuck mentally, or visa versa. An open, fully functioning body will experience a full range of movement in the body/mind/spirit.  And, perhaps the most beautiful of all is that an open body is like a clear channel not holding on to the past, nor anxious about the future.

Whoever you are, in whatever condition, with whatever personal history, you can always learn to improve the quality of what you do.

Moshe Feldenkrais, doctor in physics, inventor and master of Judo from Israel, has for 40 years been outlining a profound method of refining human function.
He states that; A natural movement comes through harmonious coordination that feels safe and graceful to you. You don't find it in the frustration of competition or self-endurance.
In the Feldenkrais Method® of Awareness through Movement®, when you come to really learn your authentic way of moving, you rely on your own awareness, the exclusive human talent to imagine the smallest detail of doing. You develop your sensitivity to discern what works best for you, you learn how to ask yourself and you receive the answers from within.

Through an autonomous learning process,  you use your senses to discover connections and interrelationships throughout your entire self. You explore a variety of non-habitual patterns and challenge your nervous system to update your habits. You're like a child letting go to a huge wide playground full of unfamiliar games, inspired by curiosity you decide your own body, the most sophisticated of all games and learn to be the master of your movement

Studies indicate a positive correlation between music lessons/participation and memory, mathematical achievement, reading ability, intelligence ratings, grades and test scores.
A number of researchers have suggested a link between music and the ability to understand inter-relationships. Musical activity such as playing an instrument requires the same neural firing patterns needed in other forms of reasoning. These firing patterns can be enhanced through repeated use so music can be used to strengthen connections in the brain, particularly in young children.  Researchers have also found that listening to words as they are sung improves ability to distinguish linguistic patterns, suggesting that music can facilitate language learning and encourage the development of auditory discrimination. Similar areas of the brain are activated when listening to or playing music and speaking or processing language.Additionally, music training can help individuals perceive emotions in speech which may increase their ability to interpret human behavior.

Changing how you envision the functionality of your body will directly affect how you feel and will change how you are thinking about your physical beingness in that moment.