Posts in Eyes To Whole Body Series
Eyes To Whole Body: Part 4 - Yoga

This class series is based on a demonstration by Thomas Meyers (Anatomy Trains) where he illustrates how the movements of the eyes from infancy guide the development of movements with the whole body.

In Part 4 we use the sequence of movement with an eye toward Yoga to explore how each position is an opportunity to explore some possible postures and stretches of yoga and how a sequence of movement itself can become a yoga flow.

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Eyes To Whole Body: Part 3 - Natural Human Movement

This class series is based on a demonstration by Thomas Meyers (Anatomy Trains) where he illustrates how the movements of the eyes from infancy guide the development of movements with the whole body.

In Part 3 we use the sequence of movement with an eye toward Natural Human Movement to explore how each position is also an opportunity to explore locomotion in the context of not just looking at but also reaching for an object.

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Eyes To Whole Body: Part 2 - Restorative Exercise

This class series is based on a demonstration by Thomas Meyers (Anatomy Trains) where he illustrates how the movements of the eyes from infancy guide the development of movements with the whole body.

In Part 2 we use the sequence of movement with an eye toward Restorative Exercise to explore how to bring a better distribution of movement to the whole body by recognizing how to stabilize certain overused parts while mobilizing other underused parts.

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Eyes To Whole Body: Part 1

This class series is based on a demonstration by Thomas Meyers (Anatomy Trains) where he illustrates how the movements of the eyes from infancy guide the development of movements with the whole body.

In Part 1 we introduce the sequence of movement that brings us from supine (on the back), to prone (on the belly) propped on our elbows, to sitting, to quadruped (all fours), to squatting/kneeling, all the way to standing. Then we reverse the pattern back to the floor.

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