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.

I have been struck recently by the lucky Yoga niche connections Cecile has been documenting for us in ATSuccess Village. Angela, on our Pro Skype sessions, has been experiencing the same thing in her niche in the UK. People contacting them both with work requests - wonderful.

I am asking - are they lucky?

Depression is like a frozen shoulder - a dull, continuous condition that functions like a black hole, nothing escapes. No insight, no nuance - nothing.

I awoke depressed this morning, just as the weather seemed dull and overcast. Depression is defiant to my analysis. Firstly, it's a challenge to recognise it's true cause. For that I trace back over my previous day until I find the moment, the comment, the thought, the situation that triggered it's onset.

Secondly, it appears to have no nuance, no differentiation.

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?