SOM.1:4.3 - Propose a change and a test

State the connection in ordinary working language: “When I change this effort, I expect this part of the action to change, while these other actions continue.” Name what would count against that expectation.

Try a small, familiar change within the practice’s limits. Compare the bodily report and the movement result. Use another observation or attempt when inspecting everything within one action would itself disrupt it. Preserve differences between those attempts; do not infer a cause from an uncontrolled comparison.

When comparing attempts or passing the result to a teacher, retain the conditions and separate what was felt, what was deliberately changed, what could be repeated and with what help, and what happened in the movement. A brief spoken account or note is enough when it supports the next choice. Describe felt intensity separately from the location or extent of the felt region when this distinction changes the attempted correction. Being able to notice, regulate and reproduce a change are separate results.

Check external conditions when bodily control appears available but the result still fails. Change an available external condition if the work permits it. A restored result can establish a useful alternative without establishing why the earlier condition failed.