Post by caressa222 on Jun 2, 2018 22:42:22 GMT -5
More Language Of Letting Go
Learn to say relax
In skydiving, there is a position called the arch. It is a body position where the body is specifically arched from the neck down. The theory behind this is that gravity always works, and if the hips are arched, the sky diver will fall facedown toward the earth in a balanced, stable body position.
The trick to this body position is that it must be maintained in a relaxed way. If the sky diver doesn’t relax enough, the body will bounce around, maybe even flip over. Or, legs and arms won’t be in the right position, and the sky diver may start spinning out of control.
It is a deliberate, assertive, yet relaxed posture. It’s a place sky divers call “home.”
“You have to practice your arch,” my jump master had instructed. “And you have to learn to relax.”
“How,” I said quietly and sincerely, “do you expect me to relax when I’m falling through the air at 120 miles an hour to my certain death if everything doesn’t work out right?”
“Practice,” he said. “Get out of your head and let your body remember how it feels.”
During free fall, I was stable. I grinned at my instructor. This was fun. Then for a second, I tensed up. I started wobbling through the air, feeling like I was out of control. Finally, I took a deep breath and let myself relax.
There it was again. I had finally found home.
Whether we’re chasing our dreams, trying to let go of a relationship, trying to raise our family, trying to get to know ourselves better, recovering from a dependency, healing from a loss, or just plain going about our lives, we can find that place called home,” too– even when it feels like we’re falling to the ground at 120 miles an hour.
Part of the language of letting go is learning to say relax.
God, teach me to relax inside, even when it feels like the last possible thing I can do.
Learn to say relax
In skydiving, there is a position called the arch. It is a body position where the body is specifically arched from the neck down. The theory behind this is that gravity always works, and if the hips are arched, the sky diver will fall facedown toward the earth in a balanced, stable body position.
The trick to this body position is that it must be maintained in a relaxed way. If the sky diver doesn’t relax enough, the body will bounce around, maybe even flip over. Or, legs and arms won’t be in the right position, and the sky diver may start spinning out of control.
It is a deliberate, assertive, yet relaxed posture. It’s a place sky divers call “home.”
“You have to practice your arch,” my jump master had instructed. “And you have to learn to relax.”
“How,” I said quietly and sincerely, “do you expect me to relax when I’m falling through the air at 120 miles an hour to my certain death if everything doesn’t work out right?”
“Practice,” he said. “Get out of your head and let your body remember how it feels.”
During free fall, I was stable. I grinned at my instructor. This was fun. Then for a second, I tensed up. I started wobbling through the air, feeling like I was out of control. Finally, I took a deep breath and let myself relax.
There it was again. I had finally found home.
Whether we’re chasing our dreams, trying to let go of a relationship, trying to raise our family, trying to get to know ourselves better, recovering from a dependency, healing from a loss, or just plain going about our lives, we can find that place called home,” too– even when it feels like we’re falling to the ground at 120 miles an hour.
Part of the language of letting go is learning to say relax.
God, teach me to relax inside, even when it feels like the last possible thing I can do.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.