Steps and Dance

In Pilates, a lot of value is placed on the interaction between stiffness and flexibility, the useful tension that allows motion to occur.  We need both structure and motion, both a skeleton and muscle.

This is true metaphorically as well.  Routines can enable our fitness.  Planning can encourage us to eat right and move enough.  And yet, there are times when that very routine, that very plan stifles us.  We need to use the routine for structure, but remember that our mindful presence is what makes life.  We need both steps and dance.

We can use the autopilot mode to get the unpleasant stuff done and then we can fly freely the rest of the time, reveling in the open air and the wide sky.