LAUNCHED: JUNE 10, 2016
THE PROMPT:
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This movement challenge (for lack of a better word...) is a focus on duration AND task. I suggest creating freestyle sessions that last at least 10 minutes. It takes me on average about three songs to fall into my flow state. You should allow the full arc of experience in a session, first warming up the mind and body (don’t forget meditation and stillness), letting yourself be aware of what’s going on physically, mentally, emotionally. What feels good? What doesn’t? What sensations are more heightened, is it what you hear? Feel?
See? Sense through contact or weight transfer? Then maybe a song or sensation or breath cycle may spark a larger or louder reaction inside your movement, go with it. Follow your own curiosity and instincts. There is no way to explore in a WRONG way! The juicy stuff that happens during and at the ending moments your session also be quite special and useful. (Has a freestyle that happens when you are physically tired, been especially beautiful or honest?) True creativity is gifted through the power of time and attention. Think about the things in your movement that genuinely improved when you didn’t rely on denial and selective attention? A creative process that drags you both through the mud, and into bliss. In these longer formats, we experience integration of all parts, and we become more whole.
Post your #oneminutemovement both for yourself, and your peers. When we train our eyes and perspectives daily to look for more beauty, we inevitable find it. Look past the single beat, the single moment, the 4 seconds of dopeness. Embrace the subtlety of your smaller or still moments, allow the build up, allow the aftermath.
I encourage you be inspired to create your own long-form prompts within the #oneminutemovement. Create your own hashtags and challenge your friends! The more people we can encourage to share, the more confidence and support you may bring to their practice, and your own. I have a few I thought could be great, and will be playing with them as well:
#oneminuteflight (one minute up the pole, woohoo!)/ #oneminuteleghangs / #oneminutebodywaves/ #oneminutefankicks / #oneminutetwerk / #oneminutefloorwork / #oneminutecircles / #oneminutestaticspins / #oneminuteslowmotion / #oneminutelowflow