{"id":812,"date":"2026-02-19T11:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carynkatz.co.za\/?p=812"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:30:08","slug":"my-experiment-and-my-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carynkatz.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/my-experiment-and-my-work\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experiment and My Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

My experiment \u2014 and my work \u2014 has been to come back into my senses and into my body, and to spend less time trapped in my head. Less over-thinking, less over-analysing. Thought loops are the worst kind of washing machines to get stuck in. I find them exhausting and draining, and the very opposite of being creative or generative.<\/p>\n

Why this?
\nShould I do that?
\nMaybe this?
\nNow? Later?
\nAgain and again.<\/p>\n

In his book Don\u2019t Believe Everything You Think, Joseph Nguyen talks about the difference between thoughts and thinking.<\/p>\n

Thoughts are spontaneous mental events. They arise on their own. Thoughts themselves are not the problem. Everyone has repetitive, or irrational thoughts, and their presence doesn\u2019t mean anything is wrong.<\/p>\n

Thinking, by contrast, is what happens when the mind engages with a thought. It\u2019s the act of believing it, analysing it, arguing with it, elaborating on it, or trying to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

Thinking is participation.<\/p>\n

This is where thought loops are born \u2014 the washing machine I described. One thought triggers another, and another, until the mind feels busy, heavy, and contracted.<\/p>\n

Put another way:
\nWe don\u2019t get caught by the thought.
\nWe get caught by the conversation we start with it.<\/p>\n

That distinction \u2014 simple, almost obvious \u2014 is why the practice feels so subtle, and why, once seen, it can be genuinely freeing.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s helped me most is a very direct practice: recognising when a mental loop is happening. Not trying to fix it or fight it \u2014 just noticing it. Bearing witness without believing the thoughts or identifying with them. And then getting present. Getting off the mental train and back into the body.<\/p>\n

Where am I?
\nWhat does this moment feel like \u2014 not thinking about it, but actually being in it?<\/p>\n

Here I am.
\nMeeting the world from my whole self.
\nFrom the inside out.
\nAll my senses \u2014 one after the other, and all at the same time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s subtle, but it\u2019s been something of a game changer for me. More than anything, the constant thinking-thinking-thinking feels tiring and debilitating. The being-being-being, by contrast, feels quietly empowering.<\/p>\n

#alexandertechnique #groundedandcalm #awareness #consciouskindness #confidence<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>