Effort is driven by inner intent and embodied visibly. Laban referred to this visible display as the “Flow of Weight in Time and Space.”
Flow, Weight, Time, and Space are the four motion factors. Laban conceived these as representing psychological functions, and correlated Flow with Feeling, Weight with Sensing, Time with Intuiting, and Space with Thinking.
These correlations provide insight into the psychological aspects of human movement. Find out more in “The Transformation Drives.”