Like A Natural Woman - Easy Leg Lifts for Hips and Floor
Like A Natural Woman - Extra - Easy Leg Lifts for Hips and Floor
Strengthening
Based on “AY 268 Hip joints by way of lengthening” by Moshe Feldenkrais
"Elegance is the only beauty that never fades" - Audrey Hepburn
In a conference with my Feldenkrais sisters, this lesson came up as a favorite. I didn’t remember it, but I’m going on their recommendations.
It’s a supine strengthener for the abs, glutes, pelvic floor using the legs as weights.
All the elements of the series are here: long spine, activated glutes, engaged abs, lifted sternum, connected feet, aligned thighs, shoulders melting into the hips while the ears levitate upward. And what else? Oh, yes, breath.
Science Nerd Candy Bowl:
Hip Joint Biomechanics: Femoralacetabular Joint Kimematics Open Kinematic Chain -(4:49) animation on different movement patterns of the hip joint with introductory explanations
Set Up:
Lying on your back with the support you need. Support for knees might be helpful for some.
How you might feel after this lesson: Got your groove on, girl!; Pelvis and shoulders connected; Clearer sensation of pelvis rocking with the breath; Taller; Tuned into your root chakra/pelvic floor; Open to the relationship between breath, pelvis, glutes and ring muscles; Aware of the subtle ring muscle coordination of the eyes, nostrils, lips, palms and soles of feet; Stand with the elegance of Audrey Hepburn, and sit down as well.
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The Queen at the Kennedy Center, with Carole King cheering her on.
With her sisters in 1967