Movement, Body, and Life are all continuous surfaces

In “A Continuous Shape”, the stone carver Anna Rubincam explains that there are no beginnings nor endings to the parts of the body - it’s all a continuous single surface, manifesting as undulations of slack and tension.

We want to bring the same understanding to movement - to the body itself, but also to how we move, and more broadly, to the recognition that there is no barrier between practice and life, that our being is also one continuous surface of existence.

A practical example: the upper fibers of the transversus abdominus, an expiratory muscle, interdigitate with the diaphragm, an inspiratory muscle. The consequence is that any forceful attempt to regulate breathing limits it - you cannot fully exhale, if you’re also simultaneously contracting the inspiratory muscle.

This digs into the nature of “being” as well. We have our formal practice sessions, but ultimately the endeavor is to bring our practice to our lives, and our lives into our practice, until we realize… it’s one continuous surface.