I’ve been reading through Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi’s Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. This book has been gracing my bookshelf for years now, yet I hadn’t read it. I was dissuaded as I heard it is a tough read, something like a textbook. Well, some textbooks are worth reading… The flow …
Adding Variety and Complexity
Think about great powerlifters for a moment. Recently, I heard an interview with one of the best out there, who shall remain nameless, saying that if he raised his arm above his head it basically would pinch a nerve and he’d pass out. I don’t know about you, but that’s …
Free Movement and Complete Control
Free to move and in control. Isn’t that what hand balancing and all acrobatics is all about? Being able to move your body in any which way and having complete control. Capable of hopping onto your hands and shifting one way or another, posting on a single hand then coming …