The Grand Canyon Complex: Water Carves Rock
“Men are born supple & yielding,In death they become rigid & hardThe sapling grows tender & pliantAbove the old tree—fallen, brittle, dry.Hardness is the disciple of deathSoftness the hallmark of lifeEverything hard will break;That which is soft will bend.”
The legendary Chinese sage Lao Tzu expresses what we all know: hardness hurts. To be alive is to continually adapt to a dynamic environment; with every step, the latter changes. If we fail to respond, we suffer & die. When our bodies stiffen, we lose this capacity for responsiveness. The same principle explains the seemingly contradictory & karmically inequitable survival rate of drunk drivers in automobile accidents; marinated in wine, the said inebriate's sinews are rendered tender & yielding to the chaotic forces of eventual impact. Binge drinking, however, has many undesirable ramifications & therefore, The Way of the Elbow cannot recommend it as a treatment for bodily tension, or anything else, for that matter. Fortunately, we find far better, more effective, & upstanding options for recourse, Rolfing® Structural Integration being one of the best!
Through Rolfing SI, we invoke the body's native fluidity & ease at no detriment to your life, liver, or society. Our movement gradually thaws, resolving its rigidity, so that we perform our activities like water, which Lao Tzu calls:
“...the highest good it nourishes all things & does not contend.”
It also carved the Grand Canyon out of sheer rock.
Image of the Grand Canyon.
