Navelgazing

I wanted to write about becoming a more physical person -- so I'll have to start off by saying what I mean. What I mean is feeling that using/experiencing the body is an essential part of almost every day; getting deep pleasure from working with the body as well as from doing mental things; not feeling like "I" am separate from "my body" (though we'll see how I feel about that when I'm old, or if I suddenly become a quadriplegic); feeling like I can for the most part work with my body, change it, let it change me. That sort of thing. To some people those things probably seem self-evident and how can you live any other way?, while to others they hardly even parse.

I used to be one of those people. ( Cut for length )