Tip 14 – Avoid Taking Your Feet off the Floor
3 Jul 2010
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Avoid taking your feet off the floor in order to put them on the floor.
When people want to feel more grounded, they often shuffle their feet or otherwise pick them up off the floor. Recognize instead that if your foot is on the floor supporting your weight, there is nothing more you have to do in order to connect it more firmly to the floor. It is already there. Similarly, to feel more grounded, avoid shifting in place.
This is the first of a few tips on the problem with doing things in order to do things. In this case, taking your feet off the floor in order to put them on the floor. Take a look at this blog entry for more information on the topic.
More on the Floor
Video: Leave Your Feet on the Floor
Climbing Stairs – Avoid Going Down to Go Up
Balance and the Alexander Technique
Reach for the Ground to Feel Taller
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