bodies_in_motion

For me, learning about anatomy and physiology and biomechanics has been helpful, because having a more realistic understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the body (both in general and my own body in particular) gives me some perspective on my limitations. That said, I still have to remind myself daily that part of the reason I can't do some of the shit that a lot of my classmates--who are almost all current or former dancers/yoga teachers/super fit personal trainers--are able to do is that they're significantly younger than I am, have spent many more years doing this than I have, and spend more time practicing than I do. (Especially the first one, because while intellectually I know that age makes a real difference in how quickly we can progress in physical training or recover from injury, I look much younger than I am and that makes it easy to keep forgetting that my body is actually older than I think it is.)