200310

piano fitness starts up with the head engine.

time to reboot and reset habitual defaults mindfully back to balance.

200303

piano fitness is the right tight.

stable core  activates 20% power minimum for 3 way balanced hip engine on the earth through the bench and the feet on the earth through the floor.
heart engine balances when the fingertips, on the earth through the keys, connect pob to surface, pos and keyed as intended by the head engine.

the mind maps the three engines and their connections to the earth and delivers intended mass through pos/pob.  stable creativity in the hip engine powers up the heart engine to reproduce the intended sound in the head engine.

the fluidity of the balanced body is determined by muscular contraction in the correct places for support of the 3 engines.

200229 Leaping into Piano Fitness

Piano Fitness is improving parasympathetic awareness.

since 1/23/2020 the map to the 2nd fingers staying flexed by observing a different hand posture in relation to the leader to the rest of the fingers has been steadily improving.

today, with the inclusion of the chinese medicine channels for each finger

leader- lungs
2nd - large intestine - creativity
middle- paracardium - heart protector
4th - fluidity- lymphatic system- fluid balance
helper- heart/small intestine

the mind maps the body connections consciously with breath and 4 counts

playing the piano is the perfect balance of the human machine connecting to the most complex human powered machine.
the mind maps at the point of sound (count 4) with the point of balance (parasympathetic awareness) at fingertip connections.

starting with breath awareness at this pos/pob connection:

count 1 releases whole arm into keyed
count 2 awareness of pob on keyed
count 3 release to key surface of next hand position
count 4 awareness of pos/pob in this hand position.

beginning with helpers on lowest and highest notes-port te bra position # 1 on the piano playing field.
repeat 4 count pattern with both arms inward until position #22 -the middle of the piano (E/F) and then outward to position #1.

find the position that is most comfortable for each armii- it may not be the same for both sides
with eyes closed, 3rd eye observations of breath and 4 count connections for all 22 position inward and outward,


the fundamental intention-make NO SOUND AT ALL !

pure awareness of parasympathetic nervous system includes all points where the body is connected to the earth-
feet/hips/fingertips

I am still learning to listen

190531 #2 piano fitness' heart zone

stable creativity connects to the powerful  heart when the activated core lifts the power sec up to the back body, elevating the ribs, lengthening the waist  and  balancing the front/back heart zone.  the hip zone in the lower body maintains 3 balances while providing support for 3-way balance for the other 2 zones in the upper body. 

the heart sec gives and receives through the 3-way balanced thoracic spine.  the heart sec connects to the hands through the sterno-clavicular joints at the top-middle of the chest.  the thoracic spine receives the weight of the connected hands/heart delivered  to the heart through the clavicle into the sternum and via all the ribs. the thoracic spine also receives the weight of the 3-way balanced head through the cervical spine in the neck.  it is essential for all delivered weight to be received by the front, not back, of the spine.

as the thoracic spine is 3-way balanced, the heart zone moves freely front/back and side/side.  from the heart zone, the mind's intended weight is delivered down through the key's point of sound and creates the mind's intended sound.  

activate awareness of the 3rd balance - the heart centered between hips and head for bottom to top balance.  a  powerfully balanced heart both gives and receives, in the present moment, when creating music.  we can intend to literally play from the heart.

190529 #1 piano fitness' hip zone

at the perineum the 4 layers of abdominals meet.   these muscles in the pelvic floor lengthen and shorten (the 2 properties of muscles).  breathing in  lengthens the muscles as they drop down and spread the sitz bones apart. breathing out shortens the muscles as they lift up.  observing softness in the perineum throughout the full breath cycle,  the stability sec initiates the bottom to top balance of the hips on the bench - their connection to the earth.  breathing into the hips fully will lengthen all the abdominal layers in all directions from pelvic floor to below the ribs. 

observing just below the navel, the 4th deepest abdominal layer, the transverse, opening and closing like an elevator door.  "hip" breathing with the abdominals activates the creativity sec and establishes core support necessary for receiving the delivered weight of the entire spine. now at the sitz bones, include front/back and side/side balances in the hips for 3-way balance awareness.  this is lower body strength engaging about 20% energy.

stable creativity is activated as the hip zone balances all three ways through the sitz bones.

190527 INTRODUCTION: PIANO FITNESS' POSTURAL FUNDAMENTALS

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."  George Bernard Shaw

piano fitness' postural fundamentals originate from the 7 spinal energy centers, or sec, found in the three zones of the body.  the hips and heart include 2 secs each, the head 3 secs.  the self, with the mind, can choose to observe the energy of life travel up the front spine and down the back spine with each breath.   the spine is designed to receive and deliver the weight of the head, heart and hips into the FRONT of the spine seeking balance. when balancing these 3 zones three ways (bottom/top, front/back, side to side)  the mind connects through the brain into the body's two nervous systems:

sympathetic - fight or flight mode
para-sympathetic - rest and digest mode

activating awareness of these 2 nervous systems infinitely improves with MINDFUL BREATHING.
mindful breathing creates awareness of learning to listen WITH the brain/body connection.  with this awareness we become conscious of the tight sympathetic muscles which are promoting imbalance in the whole body.  sympathetic muscles unconsciously waste the body's energy holding this tension.
mindful breathing through the brain/body connection observes the muscles releasing tension and results in changing both the mind and body at the same time, while simultaneously freeing the energy for mindfully finding the 3 balances in the 3 zones and activating the parasympathetic nervous system to promote balanced soft strength.

190524 piano fitness' changing freely

progress requires change,  piano fitness is a tool to identify what needs changing.

the mind will definitely change.  the body will change as the mind directs.

listening to the body will reveal where muscles are sympatheticaly engaging allowing the mind watched breath to move toward parasympathetic release.