Monday, September 15, 2008

The Somatic Self

We humans may know about Time and Fate and how to put computer chips into running shoes, but we’re still cut from the same cloth as our furry and scaly friends, and unless we disappear into the Matrix we will continue to spend much of our time hauling our bodies around. So let me go Zen master on you: Posture counts! Keep your head up and eyes forward, check for shoulder slump! And don’t forget, Grasshopper, to watch the cat and the dog and the even snake, how their bodies stretch naturally when they move. For us, being bipedal puts extra stress on our bodies as we take gravity head on, so RELAX, dammit!

OK, that felt good. This all leads to the Weekly Wog, of course, and this ÜberWog is dedicated to the rest of the Food Chain: Animüberals. Great songs by the Beatles, David Bowie, The Beastie Boys (of course), Cream, Joni Mitchell and others, all set to your inner Relaxed Beast. 47 minutes, Very Light. Something tells me it’s all happening at Podwogging.com.

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