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[Q] What have you gained from Baseworks Practice? Mentally, I feel that my horizons have broadened considerably through practice. I think that I deepened my self-analysis and self-understanding through Baseworks because I felt that deepening my daily practice was quite linked to thinking deeply about my direction. I think the biggest difference is that my horizons have expanded and I was able to see my current situation as it is without judging whether it is good or bad. There are too many changes in my daily life due to the change in perspective, but it was a big change.
Physically, my body has changed quite a bit. I didn’t expect my body to change that much. As I’ve been practicing general yoga on a regular basis, I really wasn’t expecting that my body could change this much. Specifically, I became more flexible, lost excess body fat, and overall I’ve become much leaner. My weight hasn’t changed much. I’ve gained about 1kg. I feel, the outline of my body has changed. I used to get headaches from stiff shoulders after I walking around with my 13kg daughter in my arms all day, but now I almost never get pain after holding her. On the other hand, when I couldn’t practice for a long time due to irregular circumstances such as being busy or sick, I felt tired and stiff, and felt like I had to practice.
[Q] Compare Baseworks to other physical practices. In ballet, pursuing beauty, there are a lot of movements that put strain on the body, and I had a lot of injuries. So in ballet, it is natural to go to chiropractic and osteopathic clinics. I thought it would be good to use Baseworks for conditioning. I find that the Fixing-Separating-Isolating movements also often appear in ballet. The movement of fixing and separating is a movement that often appears in ballet. It feels similar. I also feel that the Baseworks technique of using isometric contractions when lifting the arms without momentum and trying to feel extension from the shoulder, is similar to the movement in ballet, where you lift the arms in a way that looks beautiful.