Stay calm and catch butterflies with the Fudi

Michael Restin

13.3.2020

Translation: machine translated

It's not so easy to find inner balance in turbulent times. I'm fighting the bumblebees in my bum by doing hip circles in my home office.

Slowly to the left. And to the right again. A little forwards, no, backwards. Everything is fine. Push message. "Canton Ticino closes all schools". A butterfly escapes. More to the left, quickly. "Dad! Papaaa!?" The sick daughter calls. Verd... Stop, stay calm. Breathe in. Breathe out. Catch butterflies. Set priorities. Look after the child. And then catch butterflies with my bum again.

While the world is falling apart at the seams, I sit on a blue exercise ball and gyrate my hips. Soberly speaking, I'm not much help to humanity. But I'm not endangering anyone either. Not even this yellow butterfly that's just caught in my net.

Sounds stupid, but does you good

It's wonderfully irrelevant to deal with something like the MFT Balance Sensor on days like these. It is designed to optimise back, core and pelvic floor training. It's in a rubber band that spans the equator of my sitting ball and sends important messages to the computer via Bluetooth. Push message: "Michael has moved his bum three centimetres to the right." You can see the consequences of this in the video above.

Keep your composure

At the moment, I don't care about any training effects, I like the meditative component. The world isn't fucked yet, just the ball. And the situation at the back remains stable. Although the butterfly effect should not be underestimated. Who knows what my movements trigger elsewhere. I'm sitting on a parabola here, which shows me in real time that small things have big effects.

That I would do well to attach importance to them. That it doesn't take much to unbalance blue balls. That I need to act in a balanced and level-headed manner, but react quickly, otherwise the dynamics will quickly intensify. My lumbar spine is happy, but my head is the main beneficiary. It's good for me to spend a few minutes a day focussing on butterflies or a blue dot that I can keep in balance thanks to my spine.

My opinion

Buy the sensor rather than 50 kilos of pasta. Or leave it alone. Just do what helps you best to be mindful and calm. I'll keep travelling and see what happens. I'll report back when the butterflies have arrived in my stomach and life feels easier again. If you're interested in a longer report.

Balance cushion

MFT Balance Sensor Sit Ball

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Michael Restin

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Michael.Restin@digitecgalaxus.ch

Simple writer and dad of two who likes to be on the move, wading through everyday family life. Juggling several balls, I'll occasionally drop one. It could be a ball, or a remark. Or both.

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