Biodiversity
I am a human, my body craves safety over fear. My mind doesn’t like to be confused, it wants to be right. It craves predictability over chaos, or certainty over probability. All of this to say is that the survivalist part of me loves control and it’s easier to control things that are predictable.
In the quest for control, I studied and practiced only to find there is always a deeper level of variables or the next mystery that has no interest in being controlled by my will. As I found mastery in one area, I would crumble in another.
It has become apparent that my body needs the same biodiversity as nature. It needs confusion and response. It needs to hold on and let go. It needs to dance and be still. It needs to feel emotions and find stoic resolve. It needs dynamic movement and hatha alignment. It needs to move “correctly” and “incorrectly.” It needs to resist and allow.
The game for me is cultivation within the framework of biodiversity. How do I make myself more biodiverse, not just physically, but emotionally as well? (Good vibes only is monoculture)
The idea is to create a web of helpers. How does weightlifting help dancing? How does dancing help meditation? How does jiu jitsu help hatha? How does slacklining help pranayama? How does hanging help sitting? How does knowing help non knowing?
“Biodiversity is Biosecurity”
This web of helpers has costs. Maybe I won’t be able to go as deep. Maybe I won’t be as flexible one day, not as strong the next. How do I develop enough predators to keep my vermin population down? What practices help me compost and build healthy soil for cover crops and fruit? How is the death of one practice feeding the life of the next?
I think it is developing a practice to create the field on which the biodiversity can play. For no other benefit than to watch nature play out on an embodied level.
