When we remove our body from the social narrative of our daily life and enter into the loop of reflective practice, we enter into the Bodyzone. The bodyzone is defined by the external spatial/temporal environment and the internal space created by the focused will of the practitioner. Entering the bodyzone we step away from our Relative Movement Identity (RMI) and move towards the experience of our Primal Movement Identity (PMI). The RMI is the body of use in our social life, a shell layer created out of muscular/skeltal habits and behavioral templates developed through the agency of life circumstance either intentionally, or, by default.
The Primal Movement Identity is an altogether more subtle and liberating experience. It is more an archetypal blueprint, a strategy for action rather than a solution to the pressure of external conditions. Effectively locked down by the dominant behaviour of the RMI it can remain in kinetic storage for most of our lives. The PMI can surface under conditions of spontaneous release whcih cannot be predicted, or by guided training, which can. When approached through training the activation of this deep sensory kinetic memory is achieved through physical processes and guided awareness exercises.
The Primal Movement Identity is an experience of the self which is indicated in many trainings and disciplines. Yoga, dance martial arts, Tai Chi, Alexander technique and Feldenkris;: all have the potential to deliver an experience of the PMI. It is activated by re-evaluating the method of doing and the underlying pattern of energetic use within specific shape patterns or forms of the body.
