Natural Movment Pt. 1

The sun of man hanging out after some "rope climbs"

I am thankful for many things, today however I am giving thanks for one of the most important and often taken for granted abilities that I've been endowed with - MOVEMENT - I am a mover. We are movers.

Thinking back to our inception, I have always been a mover, moving as thought before there was any physical body then as light in my astral/ cosmic body and now in the gross manifestation of the physical realm, we move in a Human body. MOVE - the ability to move being one of the characteristics essential to all LIFE I ask you this question today: Are you a mover? If so, how do you move? When and where do you move? and What types of movement patterns do you find yourself in on a daily basis?

All life moves - the birds fly, the horses gallops, the chimpanzees climbs, and the human... does what he will. I say that to say that we have the unique opportunity and potential to do whatever type of movement suits us on any terrain in any environment on this planet. I hold the understanding that this world called Earth was created specifically for the human race - the rolling hills and great plains, the deep oceans and running rivers all created for the human or earth man that we may work out the mastery of self. Man has reached great heights in the little time that he has inhabited this world. From the hunter gatherer paleolithic man to the modern man of the agricultural revolution our movements have changed dramatically. No longer are we responsible for working each day for our food, spending countless hours searching for, gathering, and preparing our foods. No longer does man find need to hunt for his meat. If man has hunger now he need only pick up his phone and have his meal delivered or if he's feeling "adventurous" he might get into his auto mobile and visit the nearest fast-food drive though. All of this leads us back to the question: How do you move?

the #zoohuman in its natural habitat

In a day and age where we no longer have need to work for our sustenance and where we have created a world of uniformity in boxes. How do you move? Is it from your box house, to your box car perhaps? and then Where? to your box office or your box gym? I know all too well the life, moving from box to box day in and day out. from the seat in the office to the seat in the car to the seat in the most holy of hollies at your home. I had almost been conditioned by our modern society with all its trappings but, I heard the cry of a child and could not turn him away.

Even the child retains the ancients instincts to move - most children have a hard time not moving, there is a deep drive from the moment they are born to get to it, to master their bodies and take push the limit yet our progress is stifled by the very culture that we have created. It seems that we have exchanged vitality and longevity for convenience, sacrificing the pristine and nourishing offerings of nature for the crude and debilitating constructs of comfort and advantage. Enter the #zoohuman...

Though I have always seen and known #zoohumans the term was first presented to me back in 2008 by a gentlemen named Erwan Le Corre, the founder of the MOVNAT training system and philosophy. I have always loved to move - even now to sit still for any length of time when not at rest takes considerable discipline - running, crawling, jumping, and rolling a round are some of my favorite movements from childhood. I have since added and refined my movements to include catching and throwing, kicking, punching and defending as well climbing and a host of other movements to my ever expanding repertoire of movement.

MOVEMENT IS EXPRESSION... IS ART... IS SCIENCE.