" Reduce the effort whenever possible. The use of force is the opposite of awareness; learning does not take place when we are straining. The principle should not be no pain, no gain. Rather, it should be if strain, no gain. Feldenkrais thought the use of willpower (of which he obviously had plenty) was not helpful in developing awareness. "

― Norman Doidge , The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity