Twyla's book
Every morning at 5:00am, a car appears at Twyla's building. Same driver every day. She stumbles down, gets in, and he takes her to the gym where, at 5:30 every morning, her trainer waits. She does her workout, and is driven home.
This is how a pro does it -- with professional-level support. Twyla is one of the best choreographer/dancers in the world. If she needs this to get herself moving, I have to believe it would work for me too.
In her book, she comments on the phenomenon where, when we have to write a paper, we suddenly have an overwhelming urge to clean the kitchen. Her theory is that movement STARTS the brain working, not vice-versa; that it is an innate wisdom of our organism that gets us on our feet, to prepare for the task at hand.
Well, I've been having all these artistic insights and breakthroughs the last two days. It occurs to me, I've also been dancing and doing Suzuki slowtens & shakuhachis for two hours each of those days.
Coincidence? I think not...
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