Movers + Mavericks

Hey There, and welcome to this weeks episode on the weMove podcast. This is the third podcast from our recent trip to the US.Back in Issue 1 we hung out with Carl Paoli, the former gymnast, turned movement specialist. He said often that we should move by feel, and that whilst there are principles of movement, these are often lost in the desire to follow the method verbatim, with little appreciation for the principles which the method is based upon. Inevitably this leads to a robotic like pursuit of something that is unknown, a hollow approach to experiencing something so physical. And that is where we are exploring today with former Olympic swimming medalist, Caro Burckle. For an Olympian athlete under the spotlight, she experienced the intensity required to meet the requirements of others. The requirement to win, and with it the mechanistic approach that performance is given, forgetting the importance of feel and focussing on splits, times, weight and distance. Caro’s performance lay in her intuitive approac