As mystical as it sounds, becoming one with the mountain is easy  to see, simple to do, and corresponds with effective use of the harmony within yourself. When the right elbow bends and the wrist rises with the pole swing, and the right knee bends with the roll of the ski, one side of you shortens to become the uphill side and the other lengthens to become the downhill side. Your body moves into alignment with the plane of the hill. If everything has gone reasonably well, your feet do because you’re standing on it, and your upper body does because the pole swing gave an up hill and forward relation to the leading hand. To see for yourself, turn to a stop in freeze frame fashion. Notice whether or not your hands and feet finish in a similar relationship to the mountain.

The combination of moving the hands and feet , the body, in harmony with the slope of the hill creates a powerful stance over the edges of the skis, and flow in direction of the turn. This unifies the benefits of the harmony within yourself, and with your equipment.