🏋️ The Principle of Consciousness and the Fusion of the Unconscious: How Invisible Awareness Changes the 'Quality of Movement' and 'Way of Life'

Have you ever felt like things just aren't working out, even though you're trying your hardest?
Have you ever felt like no matter how much effort you put in, the results just don't follow?

Whether it's in training, work, or relationships, have you ever felt this way?

For example:
・You're working hard at exercise, but your body isn't changing the way you want.
・You're learning the correct methods, but you're not seeing results.
・You're interacting carefully with people, but for some reason, you keep missing each other.

At times like these, many people think, "My form is bad" or "I'm not doing enough." But what I feel in the field of coaching is that,

"What determines the result is not the form, but the consciousness."

And I feel daily that even in everyday life, as the quality of our consciousness improves, our form (= shape) naturally aligns.

This is not just a matter of the body; it is a principle that applies to one's way of life itself.

I was not originally the type of person who was good at sports.
To be honest, I think I was on the side of people who could not be called "athletically gifted."

I played baseball from a young age and thought, "Maybe I'm actually pretty good." In elementary school, I performed reasonably well in games, and I became convinced that I was athletically gifted.

But as I moved up to junior high and high school, I was gradually confronted with reality.

"Wait, maybe I'm not that great at all..."

The frustration, impatience, and inferiority I felt when I started to realize that.
To shake those feelings off, I threw myself into training more than anyone else.
I believed that "the more I do, the better I'll get."

But the reality was different. Even with repeated practice, I didn't improve as I had hoped.
In fact, the more I tried, the more I spun my wheels.

At that time, somewhere in my heart, I was screaming:

"Why aren't I getting results even though I'm trying so hard...?"

But as time passed, I finally realized.
True growth does not begin "beyond blind effort," but by understanding the essence of your own body and mind and facing them.

I believe this is exactly the same in sports, work, and human relationships.

Even if you move recklessly, if your direction is wrong, you won't move forward.
What is important is "how you move" and "how you feel and engage with it."

What is the training principle of the "Principle of Consciousness"?

There are several basic principles in training, but the one I want to touch upon first here is the "Principle of Consciousness."

This is the idea that by understanding the purpose and being conscious of the muscles and movements you are using, you can achieve higher effectiveness.

For example, when doing squats, instead of just standing up and sitting down,

by being conscious of which parts you are using—such as "using your glutes," "pushing the floor with the soles of your feet," or "stabilizing your core"—the neural stimulation to the muscles (mind-muscle connection) increases, and the quality of movement improves.
Directing your consciousness is not simply "feeling" something.

It is about increasing the power to send commands from your brain to various parts of your body. In other words, it is "cultivating consciousness as the commander of the body."

🏋️‍♀️ The difference between pros and the general public: "The difference in invisible consciousness"

When watching training, there are people who have beautiful form but don't get results. On the other hand, there are people whose bodies change rapidly.

What creates this difference is "what you are thinking about while you move."

When we professional personal trainers and athletes engage in sports or training, we are not just performing movements.

"How to use the glutes as the primary driver and convey that to the whole body"
"In which direction to push against the ground to convey force"
"How to link breathing with body movement"

We are constantly designing these subtle consciousnesses behind the scenes.

In contrast, those who are "just watching and imitating" form, even if their shape is correct, cannot feel what is happening inside.

In other words, just imitating the form (shape) does not cultivate the consciousness (essence).

As a result, it becomes a mimicry of form, but not a living movement.

💡 Consciousness creates form: "Moving from the inside out"

What I want to convey is that "correct form" is born as an extension of consciousness. If the consciousness inside changes, both body and mind, the external form will naturally align.

For example, squats. Instead of just the movement of "squatting and standing,"

"The sensation of pushing the floor"
"The consciousness of standing up with your glutes"
"The consciousness of having a barbell on your spine"
"The consciousness of using abdominal pressure"

As you layer these, the visible form becomes increasingly beautiful.

If consciousness changes, muscles change,
if muscles change, posture changes,
and if posture changes, even your state of mind changes.

Form is the result of consciousness.

🧠 "Internal Consciousness" and "External Consciousness": Two focuses that pros use selectively

In sports psychology, there are concepts called "internal consciousness" and "external consciousness."

🧠 Internal Consciousness

Directing consciousness to the inside of your own body, such as muscles, breathing, and center of gravity.
👉 "Use glutes," "tighten core," "open chest"

For those who have just started training, it is important to first cultivate the ability to feel this inside.

🧠 External Consciousness

Directing consciousness to the outside environment or purpose.
👉 "Stand up as if pushing the floor," "push the bar straight up," "move within the space"

Pros and experts use this external consciousness well. By directing consciousness outward, unconscious full-body coordination occurs naturally.

And true performance is a state where both internal and external consciousness switch as if breathing.

This is the "fusion of consciousness and the unconscious."

Moving with consciousness is not the only correct answer

Recently, when looking at social media related to training, I often see the phrase "let's be conscious of the muscles we are using."

Of course, that itself is not wrong.

By consciously moving muscles, the neural connection between the brain and muscles strengthens, allowing muscles to work more efficiently. This is a scientifically correct way of thinking.

However, what is important here is

the perspective that "being conscious is not everything."

"If you aren't conscious, muscles won't develop"
"Training without being conscious of the muscles being used is meaningless"

I sometimes see such extreme ways of thinking, but that is slightly different.

While it is certainly important to move with consciousness, a state where you can move naturally and unconsciously is just as important.

Take bodybuilding-style training, for example.
In a style where you isolate and train specific muscles—chest only, legs only, glutes only, shoulders only—it is extremely important to 'be highly conscious of the muscle you are using.'

This is because the goal is to develop specific muscles.
However, the training I usually do has a slightly different purpose.

What I value is improving sports performance, enhancing the quality of daily movements, and building a healthy body that is resistant to injury.

To achieve that, it is important to make muscles work in coordination as a 'whole' rather than as 'parts'.

That is why, during training, I emphasize:

'Consciousness of feeling the muscles being used,' and at the same time,
'The sensation of letting go of consciousness and moving unconsciously.'

For example, when it comes to the act of walking,
no one thinks, 'Now I am using my thighs,' or 'I am pushing the ground with the soles of my feet' every time they take a step.
We walk naturally toward our destination almost entirely unconsciously.

It is said that of all human actions, only 1% can be performed consciously. The remaining 99% is the realm of the unconscious.

That is precisely why,

'Set the direction with 1% consciousness, and leave the rest to the 99% unconscious.'

This balance is the ideal form of learning.

If you were to walk for an hour, try carefully feeling your posture and foot movements for just one minute along the way. Then, for the remaining 59 minutes, walk naturally without thinking about anything.

As you accumulate that one minute of consciousness, your body will gradually learn the correct movements, and eventually, you will be able to walk beautifully without even thinking about it.🌸

'What to think about, and what not to think about': Finding the consciousness that suits you

This is what I value: 'What to think about, and what not to think about.'
In short, it refers to constantly repeating trial and error to find the way of being conscious that suits you.

I can state this clearly: if you stop thinking, your body will not change.

When training, you may try various ways of directing your consciousness and different sensations.

'I wonder what my glute muscles are doing right now?'
'Can I feel the movement of my shoulder blades??'
'Is my back rounded right now? Or is it arched?'
'Is this what it means to stand as if kicking the ground?' and so on.

At first, it is important to try being conscious of all of these.
However, not every consciousness is the correct sensation for you.

If you try it and feel, 'This way of being conscious doesn't feel right,' or 'This sensation is hard to grasp,' then put it into the 'things not to think about' category for the time being.

And then, try thinking about a new way of being conscious.

'How does it feel if I move this way?'
'Is there another way to transfer force?'

If there is still discomfort, let it go again. As you repeat this many times, one day, suddenly,

💫 'Ah, this sensation is really good,' a moment of realization will arrive.

That sensation is not something taught by anyone else; it is your own answer to consciousness that your body and mind have found.

While keeping that quietly within yourself, go off to search for a new consciousness.
As you repeat this trial and error of consciousness, the way you are conscious when moving your body will gradually be found as your own unique optimal solution.

This process is completely different for each person.

The way I am conscious is not necessarily easy for someone else to feel in the same way. Conversely, a consciousness that someone else finds comfortable might not resonate with me at all.

Therefore, I arbitrarily call this realm the 'realm that cannot be taught even if you try to teach it.'

Consciousness is a sensation that can only grow within one's individuality.
To polish it, it is important to continue feeling without stopping your thinking.

And this is something that often happens in sports settings as well.
For example, when you go for a golf lesson.

One professional instructor might say, 'Use more body rotation.'
Another professional might say, 'Don't pull with your arms, swing the club with your core.'
Yet another might say, 'Feel the club head.' The words used to teach the same movement are completely different.

In short, because each professional instructor's use of words, way of feeling, and way of conveying things are different, the student also needs to learn while searching for the sensation that suits them. This applies to every sport.

It is exactly the same in our personal trainer industry; the reason 'differences in how things are conveyed' arise is because each instructor chooses words from within the world they have felt themselves.

However, what is truly important here is that every professional instructor and every trainer is actually trying to convey the same thing.

Even though they are trying to convey the same 'essence,' the approach changes simply due to differences in that person's sensations, experience, and expressive power.

The problem is that if the receiver does not have their own conscious thinking, they will be confused by those differences.

If you do not have an axis within yourself of 'how I am being conscious,' you will feel that 'what this teacher says and what that teacher says are completely different.'

But people who do not stop their conscious thinking and who polish their power to feel are different.

Even if the words used to convey things are different,

'This teacher wants to convey this kind of sensation.'
'This person's words are similar to that sensation.'

They can convert and understand the consciousness behind the words in their own way.

In other words, the essence is one. Only the way of conveying it is different.
And the power to receive that correctly can only grow within a consciousness that continues to feel.

That is why I think:
'True instruction that really gets through is understanding each other through consciousness, beyond words.'

Do not stop feeling, and keep your thinking moving.
That is the conscious sensibility most needed by both the person being taught and the person teaching.

There is something I always value.
It is that a good trainer is someone who has many 'drawers of consciousness.'

As a personal trainer, no matter how much specialized knowledge you have, if you are not actually training yourself or if you are not consciously aware of your body's sensations on a daily basis, those 'drawers for conveying things' will be overwhelmingly few.

Such trainers, when the method of consciousness they conveyed does not get through to the other person, do not know what to do, and sometimes become frustrated or give up.

But truly good trainers are different. They are people who never stop being conscious themselves. People who continue to explore sensations with their own bodies every day and continue to think about what kind of consciousness is effective.

Such people, if the method they conveyed does not fit, can immediately re-convey it from a different angle.

'If this way of being conscious doesn't fit, let's try feeling it this way.'
'If that's not it either, how about trying to be conscious of it like this?'
'Let's change the sensation in the soles of your feet.'
'This time, let's direct your consciousness to your breathing.'

Like opening drawers, they can bring out new words of consciousness one after another.

That flexibility is, I believe, the true strength of a trainer.
Because both the body and the mind, even for the same person, are different from day to day.

'This consciousness fits today, but tomorrow it will be different.'
Trainers who can respond to such changes are the ones who are truly facing that person's body.

Drawers of consciousness do not increase with textbooks. They increase by the number of realizations gained through your own body.

That is why I myself am always thinking about this.

A way of life that utilizes consciousness: To the trainers in everyday life

And this way of thinking is not a story that is 'special because you are a personal trainer.'

I believe there are many trainers in everyday life.
Not just in sports, but in the workplace, at home, and in human relationships,
there are 'people who lead others' and 'people who influence someone' everywhere.

For example, a boss at a company is, in a way, a trainer.
Developing human resources, guiding juniors, educating new employees—
I believe that anyone who is in a position of 'standing in front of people and conveying things' is a trainer.

Also, mothers raising children are the same. How they interact with their children, what kind of words they use—each one leads to conscious instruction.

In other words, 'interacting with people' itself is already training.
That is why I believe that 'being a trainer is not a profession, but a way of being.'
No matter what position you are in, everyone who influences someone else is a person who conveys consciousness.

However, we inevitably tend to complete things only with 'our own way of conveying' and 'our own sensations.' That is not a bad thing, but if flexibility of thought is lacking there, you will hit a wall when it doesn't get through to the other person.

That is precisely why it is important not to stop thinking.

Sometimes it is important to learn from professionals in that field and to know ways of being conscious, ways of feeling, and ways of conveying that you did not have. Try incorporating them honestly.

And, try them out in practice; keep what you think 'fits me,' and
let go decisively of what you think 'doesn't feel right.'

This selection of what to think about and what not to think about is the key to making daily life richer.

Even if we are not training, we are all someone's trainer and someone's student.

That is why, by valuing this cycle of 'being conscious, feeling, and then letting go,'
I believe that the 'power to nurture,' the 'power to convey,' and the power to perceive will grow within everyone.🌿

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