You ask good questions. Maybe too good, since I am not sure I have the answers… yet. This “image of motor segment only” exercise does seem to fit in with core stability. I think that since the director and motor segments are imagined NOT to exist, it has the effect of not only eliminating some miscontrol by those segments but also it perhaps makes the motor segment seem bigger. Being bigger, it would be sensed as more stable, I think.

As for the question about the heal, I must admit I hadn’t clarified that issue. Images tend to work even when they are not precisely worked out… of which this is an example. But I have been working with your question here and have the answer (which involves changing my drawing a bit when I get to it. The appropriate split between the motor and rudder segments is through the third toe and not back through the heal but rather turned inward toward the instep. Then the split returns to the center to the ventral part of the back of the calf. See the illustration of the foot and heal in the dorsal-ventral evolution drawing on the homepage,
http://posturereleaseimagery.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/background-hill-with-evo4.JPG
As I stated, I am a more uncertain about this image than others so let me know what you discover or learn from experimentation.

John

Also a question for the more human depiction of the d/m/r splits above, do you also split off the heel as part of the rudder segment? (you have it depicted above as part of the motor segment, AND the rudder segment, I think) Which would mean the heel to disappear as well?
That’s it for now I think
Take care,
Pete

Thanks for your comments. Keep on exploring to see what works for you and what you learn. Also, feel free to ask here or email me privately with any comments or questions that might come up. My drawings aren’t perfect nor are my imagery directions. So miscommunication can occur.

Cheers,
John

You ask a good question. I hope this short answer helps.

Since the 3rd row is a top view, you do not see the side view, which would show the dorsal-ventral waves, you are only seeing the lateral influences that the types would display. Since I do not have state-of-the-art three dimensional drawings to show, my drawing here is misleading. I may remove the lateral segment until I can show it more clearly. For the meantime, just look at rows 2 and 4 for a sense of differences on each side of each type.

Thanks for the sharp eye.

John

am I seeing the lateral wave incorrectly?
Cheers mang

G’day John,

I often stop by your web site to remind myself of your imagery techniques and ideas - and I would post a comment on your blog if I wasn’t so paranoid about internet security. However, apart from wishing to thank you for a very informative and helpful site, I wanted to comment on your recent post, ‘Core Stability…’

I found the principle of moving a body part in one direction while thinking in the other quite easy to grasp with some, almost immediate, sense of release… especially in the neck area (tipping the head down while imagining it tilted up). I was quite easily able to transfer this imagery to all my moving parts with some success… eyes looking left while thinking them right; arms held high, while imaging them flopped down etc. I was able to feel a whole lower body release-and-tense sensation while imagining my legs swinging as if on a playground swing while sitting still. Perhaps these suggestions might be useful to others?

Thanks to you both. Pete has communicated with me by means of one of my email addresses, alextec_swmo(AT)hotmail(dot)com, as well as by different chat lines and Skype. Anyone else can do the same.

Cheers, John