This is part 2 of the workshop, Just Hanging Around, designed to develop our ability to hang from our arms. In this class we work on more exercises for both mobilizing and stabilizing our parts to make our hanging more efficient as well as introducing Natural Movement techniques for swinging and climbing.
Read MoreA non-hanging “hanging” class aimed to restore our mobility and strength in the right areas to eventually carry your bodyweight from your arms.
Read MoreFinding the coordination to stabilize the core as you move your hips will not only save you from strain in the lower back and develop better hip flexibility, but it will also give you better balance.
Read MoreThis is a full class exploring the alignment of the feet. When the feet tend to splay outwards, it can cause dysfunctional compensation patterns all the way up the body. This class explores some of the reasons why the feet splay out, what the "ideal" alignment should be, and how to restore the function not only of your feet but of the whole body.
Read MoreThis is a variation on another class in the library called "Move Your Tube". Developing awareness on how bends and "kinks" in our torso can affect our breathing. Moving our ribs and the parts that connect to our torso for better health overall and also for a freer breath.
Read MorePutting your hands on the ground and carrying some of your weight with the arms is common with many natural movements and exercises. However, when the load is great, it is easy to skip over tense and underused parts of us, and it is difficult to see the details of our movement and learn how to develop better muscle use and stability. We can practice many of the same movements by taking the load off and putting our hands on the wall. The wall is a great place to use your arms in varied ways and it is also a great place to practice using and moving your hips.
Read MoreA forward fold can help lengthen the entire backside of the body. There are fascial connections that run from the soles of the feet all the way to the head, and getting into a forward fold can show us where we habitually shorten and hold tension in certain areas of the posterior chain of the body. That shortening of certain areas is caused by many things such as our sitting and shoe wearing habits, but it then affects our posture, walking gait and general ability to move freely. In this session, we'll breakdown all the parts of the forward fold and see how to get more movement throughout the body in this simple posture.
Read MoreLet's play with how mobilizing the parts from our trunk to our feet can help with balance. When feet turn out, thighs rotate in, and the trunk gets too stiff, it's easy to be pulled off balance. We'll work on finding neutral alignment and stabilizing our body from there.
Read MoreEquipment: chair, block, half dome, strap, tennis ball (optional). The ability to balance can be affected by overly tense (or shortened) areas of your body. This class is an exploration of stretching and mobilizing your feet, shins, thighs, hips and then learning how to stabilize your balance.
Read MoreImmobility and tension in the hips can pull on the spine whenever you need to move on the legs thereby putting unnecessary wear and tear on the spine. AND not knowing how to keep the hips stable when the spine needs to move can keep the tissues of the trunk stiff and unmoved. So in this class we look at the difference of moving the spine and hips both together and separately. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Block (or book or blanket) and a strap.
Read MoreExploring breath mechanics and how our alignment and positioning of the body may be restricting the free flow of not only air but all the fluids through the torso. Then we'll look at how to align, stabilize, and mobilize the tissues of the trunk.
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