Foot and hand

Pat asked me about the action of the foot in the walking exercise I outlined below. It is crucial to the whole exercise, and to the whole of Heartwork really (every part of Heartworld mirrors every other part and so all are crucial - all are alive and all are connected). The foot and the hand are really six pronged instruments, the five toes/fingers and the heel. As the foot stretches these stretch away from each other and as the foot curls up they curl towards each other, but not by collapsing but by stretching further (as though the foot or hand is trying to stretch around a largish globe or ball). It is easy to feel in the toes/fingers and not quite so obvious in the heel, which is consequently where we need to concentrate most. As the stretching foot hits the ground the heel should dig in and claw forwards by sinking the coccyx down into it (this keeps the bum in) and this action should feel that it triggers the clawing in the toes which stretch further as their tips pull towards the hook of the heel. The coccyx should feel alive and want to wriggle down the leg into the heel. Always struggle to make each part of your body, and each aspect of yourself, alive: i.e. with heart (which manifests in pumping movement) and a degree of independence from other parts. You whole being is a society or ecology of interdependent living entities, coordinated by your heart, which echoes through the hearts of all your parts. You obviously work best as a coordinated being when the parts cooperate towards the same end, however what gives you texture and magic is when you have the courage to allow all these parts and aspects the freedom to follow their own heartfelt agendas. Destiny rather than ambition.