Class 2: Liberate your Pelvis from your Leg

Class 3: Not All Questions Need an Answer Right Away

Class 4: The Medley

This includes see-saw breath where you pull the lower part deep into your lower abdomen. The video is below.

These were my thoughts while walking the dog, after our excellent post-class discussion:

We spend much of our lives moving the little stick (arm) towards the big block (chest). And to do that efficiently, we develop a lot of habits--good habits!--around stabilizing the chest. If the chest is stable, more of the power goes into the arm movement.

But. Habits get crusty. There's a funny phenomenon where separating the habit of moving your arm and stabilizing your chest, and then putting it back together, freshens it up a bit so that you actually find yourself moving the arm more elegantly (And stabilizing the chest more elegantly!)

And then, of course, what if you actually DO want to move the chest towards the arm? You'll use the same muscles, but you'll be "working them from the other side." In that case, the last thing you want is to stabilize the chest (torso, pelvis)! To make this elegant, you'll have to unpack all the stabilizing reflexes and let the pelvis, torso and chest move.

Give this time.