{"id":1126,"date":"2012-06-21T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2012-06-21T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T00:05:07","slug":"its-like-walking-a-dog-and-playing-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2012\/06\/its-like-walking-a-dog-and-playing-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Like Walking A Dog and Playing Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So lets first look at the team (the mind). \u00a0At first the mind just wants to shoot the ball all the time and not pass to anyone. \u00a0Not only does it not want to pass and play with others; it wants all the attention, so its selfish. \u00a0Now the coach is the breath. \u00a0The breath is patient, fluid, flowing, and free. There is nothing constraining the breath. \u00a0The deeper the breath, the more control it has to operate and use the imagination as a tool for good.<\/p>\n

What happens is the team (the mind) forgets its not the coach and not in charge, and is constantly barking (noisy). \u00a0Just like with a dog, you have to match its intensity. \u00a0So the noise is happening, and the coach raises up to the intensity. \u00a0How can the breath raise up to the intensity you may wonder? \u00a0 Well it raises up, by deepening itself. \u00a0The more noise, the deeper the breath. What happens normally with people is that the team makes noise and the coach is affected. Here in this example the coach is the breath, so when the coach is affected it goes shallow and tight. \u00a0When this happens the team is constricted, conditioned, and has no possibilities of moving in a fluid, flowing manner. \u00a0The paradox is to deepen the breath with more noise. \u00a0By doing this action, it is as though the breath is pulling the leash of the dog, and telling it, \u201cSlow down I am in charge here, listen, sit, heel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The more you incorporate this simple practice, the deeper you will go in your life. \u00a0Many books, workshops, talks, complicate this with 24 techniques to connect to yourself. You will discover that this simple technique is actually very difficult and \u00a0you will have to practice it daily. \u00a0Soon you will have the dog heeled, and the team playing as one. You are the coach and the master, but you must discover it and practice it daily.<\/p>\n

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