Day Ten: Cross-Lateral

READING

I highlighted a lot of things in this section of reading, but again, I'll just talk about a couple of things I found particularly interesting. First, it talks about how if someone goes for walks for health, they may "actually be practicing all sorts of disconnections and body substitutions that are potentially injurious." It just goes to show that ignorance can cause damage, and without efficient movement, the body has to compensate somehow.

I also thought it was cool when it started talking about Cross-Lateral on a Body level, and how muscles actually work best in diagonals because of how they're set up. The body is actually built for us to move through diagonals. So why do we make ourselves move so inefficiently?

CLASS

Cross-Lateral is all about complexity-if we can implement it in our body, we will b far better equipped to relate within the world. It actually allows for a more personal, invested approach.

Through Cross-Lateral, we gain full access to all 3 dimensions. It allows us to become co-creators in the world, and helps us deal with complexities. This is perfect considering how complex this world actually is. So often we spend time in either the sagittal or frontal planes, that we forget how many possibilities are actually available for us. Cross-Lateral connectivity is unique to us as humans, which explains why we have the ability to problem solve.