Sapling Stance and Spirit (Patreon)

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Ease is essential not only for learning LMA but also for doing LMA. Your muscles need to get out of the way of your movements. The sapling stance exemplifies this essential ease: firmly rooted through the feet yet supple through the trunk. Like a young sapling, this stance offers stability through its roots and adaptability through its flexible trunk. When winds blow fiercely, a rigid tree snaps, but a sapling gracefully endures, moving with the wind rather than against it.

Practitioners frequently explore breathing and perception exercises within the sapling stance. The spirit of the sapling stance is stability and adaptability rather than a fixed position. In LMA, nearly every movement emerges from this spirit.

Plant yourself in the sapling stance to water your movements.

– Sam