One thing

When we first start something new, there is almost always too much information to process at once.  All of a sudden, we seem to have acquired extra body parts, each with a mind of its own.  While we are thinking about what the left knee is doing, somehow our elbow ends up wrapped around the back of our head, or the right knee feels that it is time to go on vacation, or we clench our teeth so hard that we have bite marks on our scalp.

There is only one thing we absolutely have to do:  keep breathing.

After we ensure that is happening, we can focus on one or two other things until we can do those on autopilot.  Maybe we want to concentrate on balance, so we think about abdominals and center of gravity.  Maybe we’re rehabbing a knee, so we stay tuned in to how it is aligning with our hips and ankles.  As we improve, we can turn our attention to whatever seems most important next.

Trying to do everything at once mostly produces frustration.  Let’s be patient and thorough and smart about all this.