Eye Movement and Balance
The muscles around and within the eyes, just like any other muscles, need regular movement to stay healthy. Also, there's a tendency for the body to move in the direction of the eyes - which is fine unless you need to look one way but intend for your body to go another. The visual system also assists with balance. In this class we'll explore the motions of the eyes, work on the dexterity to move the body and eyes independently of one another, and play with how changing our removing our visual cues can help develop better balance coordination.
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A Stick to "Unstick" Your Parts
Using an everyday household item such as a broomstick, dowel rod or your favorite walking stick, we'll explore moving all our parts: from shoulder mobility, to balance exercises, hip work, and foot exercises.
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Hips- Like the Oars In a Boat
Finding stability and extension in the hips while learning to use the backside of your legs to drive the leg backwards in order to propel your body forward. Like an oar paddles a canoe.
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Ankles At Pelvis Width
Learning to stand and walk with the ankles at pelvis width apart is an important alignment marker that will help us to find better hip strength. Developing this as your neutral stance will keep the feet, ankles, and knees healthier as well. It also helps to load the bones of the legs for better bone strength.
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Rotate, Twist, Balance
Let'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.
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Balance All Around
Equipment: 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.
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