{"id":8676,"date":"2013-05-23T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2013-06-13T19:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T02:12:55","slug":"writing-fitness-and-natalie-goldberg-by-faith-van-horne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/writing-fitness-and-natalie-goldberg-by-faith-van-horne\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing, Fitness and Natalie Goldberg by Faith Van Horne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Japan-Calligraphy-by-mirabcmira.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8677\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" alt=\"Japan Calligraphy by mirabcmira\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Japan-Calligraphy-by-mirabcmira-300x200.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Japan-Calligraphy-by-mirabcmira-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Japan-Calligraphy-by-mirabcmira.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>In today&#8217;s post, author Faith Van Horne discusses the importance of having our body as involved in our writing as our mind. Inspired by Natalie Goldberg and her book, <i><a title=\"Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Library) [Hardcover] Natalie Goldberg (Author)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590307941\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590307941&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20\" target=\"_blank\">Writing Down the Bones<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I love Natalie Goldberg\u2019s concept of writing practice. For those not familiar, in <a title=\"Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Library) [Hardcover] Natalie Goldberg (Author)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590307941\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590307941&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Writing Down the Bones<\/i><\/a>, she advocates a simple concept: <strong>setting aside time each day, even if it\u2019s only ten minutes, to devote oneself to the unbound, physical exercise of writing<\/strong>. And it is exercise.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Re-reading the book, I came across a great passage that reminds me how bodily involved the act of writing is. <strong>Writing is not strictly a passive activity<\/strong>, as she explains in the chapter entitled \u201cWriters Have Good Figures\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><i><strong>What people don\u2019t realize is that writing is physical\u2026<\/strong> The rule for writing practice of \u201ckeeping your hand moving,\u201d not stopping, actually is a way to physically break through your mental resistances and cut through the concept that writing is just about ideas and thinking. You are physically engaged with the pen, and your hand, connected to your arm, is pouring out the record of your senses. <strong>There is no separation between the mind and body; therefore, you can break through the mind barriers to writing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">through the physical act of writing<\/span><\/strong>, just as you can believe with your mind that your hand won\u2019t stop at the wood, so you can break a board in karate. <\/i>[Emphasis mine.]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, being a student of karate, I was particularly drawn to this passage. I love the way Goldberg stresses that writing is an activity that engages all of one\u2019s being. The arm is physically engaged with the pen and paper, which is felt against the skin of the hand (or the keyboard keys against the fingers, depending on your writing method). <strong>Mind and body are fully engaged, even if the focus is internal, on the thoughts bleeding out.<\/strong> They must work together to create the final piece: words on paper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The same is true of activity that\u2019s more externally physically engaged.<\/strong> When one is running, the legs are pounding against the ground; the lungs and body are fully engaged. Yet it\u2019s not simply physical. The mind must remain active as well. As we move through space, we must maintain awareness of the obstacles in front of us. As our muscles threaten to give out when we reach the limits of our endurance, we have to call on the deeper parts of our mind to keep our bodies moving.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg touches on this in the last sentence of the quoted passage. Breaking a board in karate is not simply about having the necessary strength and technique to shatter the wood. The <em>karateka<\/em> must visualize, in the mind\u2019s eye, the act of breaking through. <strong>Mental strength is just as important as physical.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In both cases, the underlying concept is really what I, and many others have called, flow. <strong>When we\u2019re totally engaged with an activity, mind and body work in concert.<\/strong> We\u2019re fully turned on, transported, <i>alive<\/i>. To me, this type of engagement touches on the edges of mysticism.<\/p>\n<p>When people have a hard time sticking to a physical routine, or a writing routine, a lot of times boredom is a factor. In those cases, I think the real issue is that the writer\/exerciser hasn\u2019t found that \u201cflow space.\u201d \u00a0It\u2019s hard to stay in that space, even when doing an activity one enjoys. <strong>But once you\u2019ve found that method of writing or exercise that opens up all your valves, nothing else can replace it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you found that \u201cflow space\u201d in your writing and exercise routine? What keeps you going?<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/em> As always, we invite your questions and comments.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Faith_thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8339\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" alt=\"Faith_thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Faith_thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"162\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a>Faith Van Horne is the author of the young adult fantasy novel\u00a0<a title=\"Slideways by Faith Van Horne\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/UpHsEz\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Slideways<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. Her collection of offbeat horror stories,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Super Sargasso\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/299000\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Super Sargasso<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, is now available. She is currently working on another novel. In her free time, she practices karate, and even helps teach it a little. She also blogs at\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Scribatious\" href=\"http:\/\/faithvanhorne.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scribatious<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(<a title=\"faithvanhorne.blogspot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/faithvanhorne.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>faithvanhorne.<wbr><\/wbr>blogspot.com<\/strong>).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mind and body synchronization while writing can produce better results than if using the mind alone.  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