This is a
story of discovery, reflection and well, a fair bit of irony. And this leaps,
at least vaguely, the psychology of performance. To the point…
The point
is that I once said that if I ever find myself doing something some pilates
mumbojumbo stuff, I would most certainly come out and tell about it in public
forum. I want also to mention that mumbojumbo is not my invention as a term. I
may have said that multiple times, but this expression holds more drama and
sounds more powerful – but again, that’s the not the point. I may have also
smiled wryly at those videos, which people tenaciously follow, but that’s not
the point either. The point is that I’m now proud to announce that I’m now part
of this population. And yes, pay attention to the expression ‘proud’.
This all is
related to my own athletic pursuit, and a knee problem apparently. The knee
discards me from riding, running and most leg exercises at gym, which have been
the bread and butter of my training. Now I swim (badly). And recently I
discovered yoga, which I do even more badly for the time being.
Despite my
wry smiles and slight arrogance towards it, I admit its awesomeness today. In my case
only three times have seen me develop at my very own scale, which runs from
excellent to hopeless with numerous sub-categories. I have now officially
proceeded from definitely below hopeless to only below hopeless. It equals a
dream of having white belt in certain combat sport or something like that.
Anyway, the
yoga. It has helped me to discover weaknesses, which I can work with. On the
other hand, I have consequently discovered easy gains for my performance.
Improve there and become a better, more robust athlete. It helps my flexibility,
stability and all things they say it does. However, being a performance
psychologist I also evaluated the psychology of yoga (only in my specific case though).
I admit
having struggled with all sorts of hick-ups lately. Yoga has provided me with
fresh new approach, feelings of development in short term, more goals towards
future, challenge, concentration, mindfulness – all sorts of things. Mainly, because
it is new, challenging and I find it exciting for many reasons. Most of all, it
has acted as a vehicle towards feeling better, happier and more confident. I
don’t have a reason why, and I really don’t want to have one. Acknowledgedly, there are other reasons too, but it doesn't really change anything.
At the end,
the point is that it may be anything that can get you back on track. Trust youe own judgment.
Anton
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