This is a great reminder! As I'm recovering, I find myself succumbing to noodling temptations. And now I am seeing a little regression. It is also reminding me of the mindless noodling I was doing as dystonia was settling in -- creating a strong route A. One good quote that has helped me discern route A from B is from Julian Lage: Route B is ". . . when your finger becomes a finger that feels, not a finger that executes." My route A is centered around thoughts of execution, and my route B is centered around feeling my instrument and body.
Such a fantastic observation. I have found that the precursor to accessing the right "blueprints" for our movements involves finding a fresh, spontaneous somatosensory experience of the areas of the body that have "disappeared" from our brain's map. Once we acquire that more complete sensory image we are often able to access the Route B movements much more easily.
@@norakrohn I love it! It's interesting how similar the world of chronic pain and neuroplastic symptoms are to dystonia. Reading about "somatic tracking" for chronic pain from Alan Gordon's book (The Way Out), really helped me conceptualize this abstract process of 'feeling' and put it into practice.
Thank you for this Nora! Great encouragement and information!
This is a great reminder! As I'm recovering, I find myself succumbing to noodling temptations. And now I am seeing a little regression. It is also reminding me of the mindless noodling I was doing as dystonia was settling in -- creating a strong route A.
One good quote that has helped me discern route A from B is from Julian Lage: Route B is ". . . when your finger becomes a finger that feels, not a finger that executes." My route A is centered around thoughts of execution, and my route B is centered around feeling my instrument and body.
Such a fantastic observation. I have found that the precursor to accessing the right "blueprints" for our movements involves finding a fresh, spontaneous somatosensory experience of the areas of the body that have "disappeared" from our brain's map. Once we acquire that more complete sensory image we are often able to access the Route B movements much more easily.
@@norakrohn I love it! It's interesting how similar the world of chronic pain and neuroplastic symptoms are to dystonia. Reading about "somatic tracking" for chronic pain from Alan Gordon's book (The Way Out), really helped me conceptualize this abstract process of 'feeling' and put it into practice.