HEEL (HEAL) LEAD

Day 7 of 52: Heel Lead improves the way you walk and nurtures your Base (feet and legs) with every step you take. It's most everyone's natural way of walking. No need to pound your heel into the ground! Just step forward leading with your heel, lifting your toes to shift your body weight fluidly. Allow your hips to integrate the spine (wag your tail!) and allow your hands and arms to move naturally. Use Heel Lead for walking freely and expressively.

As you take a step forward, sensing the heel lead -- stop for a microsecond as you lift your toes. Notice the sensation in both legs. In the leg that is leading forward, I sense the "dancer's muscle, anatomically known as the "gastrocnemius" muscle, and my achilles tendon activated. I also sense a definite strength and stability in the other leg. It's so interesting to isolate all of these sensations. I love Heel Lead -- it's one of the most natural for me of the 52 Moves of the Base.

Meditation: Changing one letter, Heel Lead becomes Heal Lead. As I manuever through my daily living, I have the opportunity to allow "healing" to lead the way. During the period of my "great purge" (toward the end of 2011), even though my body, my mind and my emotions were all experiencing great discomfort, the "I am healing" mantra of Spirit was ever-present.

Our inner dialogue, the way we talk about ourselves is so important to our healing and transformation. The next time you find yourself dishonoring the magnificence of your own body, mind or emotional realm....STOP.... and allow these words to penetrate through the armor: "I am beautiful, I am healing, I am whole and complete."

There really is nothing else to say.