Move Like An Animal: Feel Comfortable, Be Flexible, Move Well for Life in 3 Simple Steps.

an improvement in the responsiveness of the respiratory system, enabling it to meet the needs of changes in effort, emotions and posture; and finally a greater sense of wellbeing that has something to do with the way we engage with the nervous system – both in the way we respond to our internal, physical promptings (hunger, thirst, tiredness etc.),

Somewhere in this thinking is the notion that a hamstring has ‘become short’, a hip has ‘become stiff’ or the core has ‘become weak’, as if these areas have an independence from the rest of the human being and have decided to behave in an unhelpful way. This is nonsense. If an area of the body appears tight or weak or stiff, it is generally because

Fortunately, because the different body parts work as a team, you can change the way a painful area moves and feels by moving a non-painful area. For example, if your shoulder hurts, it is probably best not to start with a lesson about shoulder circles.

they have all learned to optimise this amazing body that we as a species have been gifted. One that is constantly rearchitecting itself and that we have the opportunity to influence and shape by taking ownership of the way we live and the way we move in everyday life.