I think when you're learning to
juggle in some ways it's a bit
like learning to meditate.
It's quite sort of
overwhelming. You don't really
know how to do it. You have an
idea maybe of how to do
it. But you don't really
know how to do it and the same
is true of meditation.
There's often lots of
preconceptions and
misconceptions.
But there's something really
nice about learning a new
skill.
One in breath and one out
breath that's enough to begin
with. And in the same way when
we're beginning to juggle or
when we're learning to juggle
just one ball is enough in fact
one ball is essential.
Unless you can throw one
ball with a sense of ease,
a sense of flow,
a sense of relaxation and
focus,
then the whole juggle will fall
apart. You kind of create a
foundation that you can then
build on.
So we then move on sort of two
balls. We tend to sort of throw
one ball in the air and then
quickly pass the other one from
one hand to the next.
It's a good 2 ball juggle.
To progress to 3 ball we need
to find a slightly different
rhythm.
One two.
One. Two.
So we throw from one hand up
towards our shoulder on the
other side and then we throw
from our other hand up to the
other shoulder so it kind of
creates an X in front of us
across. There's simply a
release,
another release,
and another,
and another.
If you can do that and find a
steady rhythm then that is the
path to 3.
You begin with the hand with
two balls in it.
You throw one ball up
before you catch it, you throw
the second ball up,
you catch the first ball,
you release the third ball and
you then catch the second ball.
And that is a complete juggle.
So as you can see there's
something very similar
in the learning of
juggling,
meditation, and all these other
skills as well there's simply
this idea of practicing,
and cultivating,
and refining the skill
over time.