The width, depth and volume of our body is the space of life. There is something wonderful about the shape of our sides. Orientation through the our ears .. The expression of width through our hands .. and the movement of breath ..

You can be on your front or your back and still be on your side .. or you could be in the middle. But where do you experience the middle of your side?

Is it an area? or is does it extend in a line through your body?

The last lesson spoke of the width of the hands and the depth of your shoulder and torso. This lesson considers how the hand is a microcosm of the contours and possibilities of each side.

The challenge is sensing the parts of yourselves you cannot see or feel.

Perhaps if you consider the way you touch the world and the way the world touches you ..

Perhaps if you feel the shape of your side from the inside and remember that the hands are a sensory extension of your whole body it may be easier.

The other thing is that to support your weight on one hand you need a sense of the centre of that weight. It was a fundamental step in your migration from the floor to standing ..

Reconsidering it now should make it easier to write

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The art of Writing 4 - The hands express your width & depth