"How the words we hear most as babies — ‘yes’ or ‘no’ — can shape our journey." - Yoga Anatomy in Manchester a Revolution in Movement

“How the words we hear most as babies — ‘yes’ or ‘no’ — can shape our journey.”

Your backpain and poor posture can very much be connected with the environment of infant development in which you grew up.

If we do not grow up in a conducive growth environment, this can affect our posture, movement patterns, relationships and connections with everyone and everything in life

Thus meaning, suppose you grow up in a house with too many ornaments, shiny stereo systems, trophies or breakables and you are being told: ‘No, No don’t touch!’, the body and mind can become inhibited from those words.

Children are stimulated by the behaviour and emotion that they see, hear and feel around them.

The school in which you were taught, teachers and other pupils in your class will influence this too. We know the effects of those who are the bullies and those who were bullied. The religious expectations of your school or place of worship, whether its feelings of shame and guilt can inhibit or stimulate you too.

We have all heard of sensory play areas, this would be ideal playground for everyone as a child. Even a space in a field or nature can be conducive. Growing up in a playful space with lots of stimulation including colours, shapes, sounds, textures and musical instruments will provide sensory motor stimulation.

Buy any child a toy and they will play more with the box or wrapping than the toy itself. We are designed to create not consume, but marketing and media industry pushes consumption and a parasitic behaviour towards mother nature and the earth

So, our motor sensory skills affect our psychology and movement.

The power of words is everything.

There are 8 bio-motor abilities to be considered in movement. Every sport or daily task requires a unique blueprint and percentage of each.They are:

Strength
Endurance
Co-ordination
Balance
Power
Speed
Flexibility
Agility
Co-ordination

So, a gymnast and golfer or a rugby player and sprinter would require different abilities in one form or another. This is why specific training is required for every position in a football team. The task of a goalkeeper is different from a defender. So, a highly experienced coach can target the necessary skills for that role within that sport.

For example, I wrote a whole training program for a professional goalkeeper. I firstly had to access his strengths, weakness and physiological loads and then give him a specific program for the requirements of that role.

The integration between the brain, organs, glands and nervous system will produce integrated, co-ordinated, healthy movement.

“Just as in the body, eye and ear develop as organs of perception, as senses for bodily processes, so does a man develop in himself soul and spiritual organs of perception through which the soul and spiritual worlds are opened to him. For those who do not have such higher senses, these worlds are dark and silent, just as the bodily world is dark and silent for a being without eyes and ears.”
― Rudolf Steiner, Theosophy : An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos

Bibliography

Paul Chek – Infant development and media

About the Author: Nisha Srivastava

Nisha is a certified level 3 Chek practitioner and holistic lifestyle coach specialising in Pilates and Yoga. Her journey started when a visiting Laban teacher introduced her to Pilates at Dance College in a contemporary class during her first year. Its effects were forgotten but she then re-discovered Pilates through Michael King eleven years later whilst running her dance school. Her background spans over 32 years with formal training in classical ballet, modern dance, tap, national choreography, stage production and theatre. Her formation includes Pilates, Thai bodywork, Yoga, GYROTONIC, GYROKINESIS, Garuda and anatomical studies. Her particular interest is fascia, and the connective lines and movement patterns that allow a full moving structure rather than the isolation of bones and muscles. Her fascination with questioning the traditions of modern medicine and fascination with searching for meaningful answers has taken her in many different directions and has offered her an abundance of opportunities gaining a wealth of knowledge. “I tried many movement modalities and extended my search after experiencing fascia, because of its connection of movement. Quickly, I noticed my own body changing, as well as the bodies of my own clients. In the last 32 years of teaching I’ve developed my own movement and lifestyle philosophy". Throughout her studies Nisha has done numerous dissections with Julian Baker, Mel Cash and Cery Davies and has the opportunity to take lectures and courses from James de Silva, Robert Schleip, Joanne Avison, Tom Myers, Matt Wallden, Leigh Brandon, Emma Lane, Gary Carter, Paul Chek, Dan Hellman, Peter Blackaby plus many more. Nisha's teaching method promotes reflective self-discovery and provides the requirements to integrate a shift in consciousness for attaining individual goals. Nisha teaches in her own studios in St. Helens and Manchester, plus she also has an online following. Throughout her career she has also taught Sting, Sir Ian McKellen, Cirque de Soleil, Will Young and Belinda Carlisle. She has also worked in professional football and both Rugby League and Union for over 20 years. Players she has provided a specific program for were former Manchester Citys Vincent Kompany, Everton's Steven Pinnear and goal keeper Jonas Lossi. She maintains that an attitude of compassion, consistency and joyous humour are excellent components to growth and expanded potential. She welcomes all level of movers from the beginner to the seasoned athlete who have a desire to increase their skill potential, also teachers and students. Her specialties include assisting post rehabilitative back pain individuals, injury prevention for athletes and spine health for everyday people.