Refining the Shoulders and Hips (45m, Patrons)
Back-lying, sometimes knees bent. Explore small, precise movements of the shoulders and hips, and the fine relationships between them, with an intention toward reducing unnecessary efforts in the torso and improving walking.
45m
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I really enjoyed this lesson. It helped me recognize a lot of unnecessary holding patterns in my torso and neck. I’ve been struggling with neck pain and spasms a lot the last few days and this finally brought me some relief. Thank you!
A really useful lesson. Decreased some pain and increased my awareness. I have a resistance to crossing the mid-line and I seem to have been able to connect my diagonals in this lesson and carry it into walking without having to work hard to retain the idea.
I had a very different experience of this lesson the second time I did it, but once again the learning has increased my awareness of what I do in walking without the need to work at it.
Today I tried this lesson for the third time. My main impression this time, was how difficult it can be to access small movements and how difficult I find it to do small movements without excess effort.
Finally, I was thinking about this lesson as I was walking and felt the diagonal connection as I walked. This movement was so difficult for me but I think it will be integrated into walking eventually.
Very helpful insights into how using my four limbs affects my neck. At the end of this session my neck felt so much freer. Will do this as suggested with emphasis on the other side. Thank you!
I have been a donor since 2017. It is the best value for money – so much benefit for so little cost.
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