I hate sitting near a loud talker in a café when I am alone, don’t you?

I get distracted by listening to any stranger going “blah, blah, blah” about “whatever”.

This week, I came across just that kind of person in the Poinciana Café in Mullumbimby, and then an amazing thing happened…

"Your own body is a phantom, one that your brain has constructed purely for convenience."
V. S. Ramachandran

I recently underwent full anaesthetic for an operation, and the aftermath was weeks of regressive behaviour which had me wondering what the hell was going on…

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a known phenomenon whereby higher cognitive function is slow to return, often taking weeks before full functionality is restored.

Was that what was happening to me?

I've made a rash of poor business decisions lately - in the process creating a hole in the ground into which I fell. The "hole" is my mood, my ability to act being suffocated by trashing my heart and sinking into depression.

Those who follow my blogs (sorry I write so many) will undoubtedly know that I compare Alexander's Discovery - in it's potentiality for revolutionary change - on par with the internet.

I am sure there are readers out there who believe I am bonkers. And they could be right. History will be the judge of that. Occasionally I do worry about that my Self…

Indeed, I suffer from delusional optimism. I think it's a trade secret of all entrepreneurs. Without it, we would give up. So let me enjoy a little of my optimism right now…

How many times in a day do you undecide?

Undeciding is the present participle of undecide, but my spellchecker doesn't recognize either of them! Which is all to say that it is not in common usage word. Why is that?

People do what they know - I do what I know. I get up, there's a message, I decide to respond. Now I am asking: what would happen if I didn't respond? How about I just delete it?

I was complaining to my Self in meditation this morning that I had lost focus.

I questioned it. Have I lost focus? As often happens when I play detective, I found the opposite to be true: I have been incredibly focused about one thing: my weight. This morning I hit my target: I now weigh the same as I was at 20.

It all started in London in January this year.

As CEO of BodyChance, when I employed my first full-time staff - at a real, support-your-family salary - our negotiations finally got around to the starting date…

"April 1st"

At the time, I was ready to go NOW. It was only November:

"April 1st. Huh?"

That's Japan for you.

Less is more: this is an expression that every Alexander Technique teacher is comfortable with. We understand it. Dammit - we teach it! And yet, today I wonder if I have really even begun to grasp how profound and society-changing this concept can be?

I still have a long way to go - how about you?