You are infected.

You are infected with a disease.

You are infected with a disease that you cannot feel the symptoms of.

You cannot feel it because you have gotten used to the symptoms.

To the point that you deem it normal (and some deem it natural).

This disease spreads rather innocently from one person to the next.

From parent to child. From sibling to sibling. From one group to the next. Even from one society to the next.

Fueled by the latest technological leaps, other than a few isolated groups and people on this planet,

this disease has infected almost all human beings.

Slowly and steadily it has engulfed the entire world.

This disease has many symptoms

The most prevalent one is this:

The tendency and eagerness to ask "How".

This spontaneous, reflexive decision to ask "How" stems from another deep-rooted behavior

And it is that of always looking for "methods", "instruction-guides" and "10-step-plans" to everything.

And it is prevalent everywhere.

In all industries and all sports.

Where you learn a "technique" first and then mold your body to that learning.

And as you do it ...

As you use your head to "teach" your body ...

Your very first steps become putting on the shackles around your ankles.

Because you forever blind yourself from learning what your body is truly capable of ...

You forever blind yourself from understanding your very own, "personal technique"

What is the truth?

It is this -> The technique or method or "How to" you just learned does not apply to you!

Because it was probably taken from someone else (who took it from someone else and the chain goes on ...!

No one knows its origin!

And given how most athletes move these days, I can say with 100% guarantee that the origin cannot be relied upon!

I will say that it was born out of unseriousness and insincerity.

It was born out of mediocrity and intended to spread more mediocrity.

I hear you ask "But we are all built the same, so shouldn't the technique work for all of us?"

To which I will say

We are all born the same, but fast forward the years and one finds that we are not built the same anymore!

Unless you were moving perfectly since the day you started to walk, run and jump,

You are very, very different than the person who passed the technique over to you.

If you had any "coaching" along the way, you were most likely further molded.

So I will ask you this ...

What if we have had it in reverse all this time?

What if we hadn't asked how and took it on ourselves to learn our own way?

What if our bodies need not be hammered into an external technique?

What if our bodies, when understood to the very depth, can create magic on its own without any teaching?

What if, all the "what ifs" above were redundant?

(They were)

We have had it in reverse.

Our bodies need not be taught any external "technique".

It needs guidance but not "hammering", and it molds itself to whatever one is trying to accomplish

And when understood completely, the body can create magic on its own!

Once the body knows, the mind can relax.

Once the mind stops talking,

Once it steps out of the way,

Along with all its fears, insecurities or excitement,

Along with any and all "ideas" and "knowledge", it has accumulated,

Along with all the memorized cues, "technique", and "how-tos",

Along with all the intellect about the human anatomy that it has been fed,

Then you can start listening to what is left behind (your body),

Then you can begin to understand,

Then you can begin to see,

All that you had within you all this time ...

All that has not been paid heed to ...

All that could have given you what you really want.

And in the process, your raw, untapped, one-of-a-kind ...

strength and potential would unleash to the surface.

Thank you.