“What am I going to do?”

“What are you going to do?”

“Just do it!”

These phrases surround us. 

Not to mention that, as I write this, the afternoon rush hour has commenced. Cars are whizzing past my house, and I have plopped down for the first time since popping up at 5 a.m.

So much doing….so much motion…

And while you may be in a more peaceful place, or state, I think we can all agree that– as a culture—we equate movement with accomplishment.

But what if this isn’t always true?

Is it possible to have movement without motion? 

I say, yes.

Here’s why I’ve been thinking about this:

Recently, I met with a client whose family situation has been chaotic. Her response has been to try to restore order by doing. 

The tricky bit? Her efforts are exhausting her– without discernible results.

What to do? (Or not to do?)

My choice was to give her a practice that was slow, with small movements, that asked her to focus her attention inward. 

The idea being: when we slow down, tune in, step back, those around us fill that space: doing and being in better ways than we might ever be able to imagine.

The upshot?

Movement with less (com)motion. 

For more on the power of not-doing, look at “A (Possibly) New Take On ‘Let It Go’”.