Posts tagged spine
String of Pearls/Solid Support - Finale - Whole Body Integration

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Spiraling through the series themes; old lesson with new options, new awareness.

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, eyes and hands. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 12 - Rolling The Strand From The Top

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Reaching and rollling - extending the spine from the head down, connecting mid-back to the whole

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, eyes and hands. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 11 - Rolling The Strand As One (Moving the body around the spine)

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Reaching and rollling - extending the spine and fine-tune adjusting as the body rolls around it

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 10 - Deep Spinal Twist Dynamics

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Reaching and rollling - find space to in the spoine to reach and roll

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support -9 - Deeper Spine Side Bending

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Feel how the vertebrae facets mesh/open in in side bending, and how the pelvis and head amplify the spinal movement for more flexibility and drive.

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 8 - Lock in the twist

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Feel how the vertebrae facets mesh into a strong, supported twist. For a powerful swing or to see what’s going on in the back seat.

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 7 - Snaky Spine Slide - (Shimmy workshop revisited)

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Explore your spine and move like a wave in this ‘pearl by pearl’ look at the spine, this time gliding the pearls side to side. Another trance-likely lesson.

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 6 - Catch a Wave (Pearl by Pearl)

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Explore your spine and move like a wave in this ‘pearl by pearl’ look at the spine. Another trance-likely lesson.

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 5 - Hug, Hold And Twist The Spine

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

This lesson centers around a self-hug as a way to increase spine flexibility. Many movement variations on front and back and in relationship to gravity.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 4 - Horizontal Moonwalking

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

This lesson connects feet, hips and head - through the flowing spine.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 3 - Sliding Jaw Shifts Pelvis

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

This lesson connects small jaw shifts to bigger shifts in the pelvis.-

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 2 - Side Sliding Jaw/Tiny Weight Shifts

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, hands and in eating. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 1 - From the Tip Down

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. This first lesson uses your tongue as a rudder that that moves the entire spine, if you can tune into its subtle control.

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ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 10 - Everything, Right Here, All At Once

ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 9 - Tippy Top Tongue

An intro taster lesson and/or an easy lesson to bring together the previous Recentering lessons “Everything, Right Here, All At Once”: center plane, infinity hips center point, spine like a wave, diagonals front and back, playing with your elbows, inner and outer space, top and bottom, twist around your center and tippy top tongue. Hands and feet mirror the center line with everything you can bring to it.

Adapted from “Classical Mechanics: Poise 4” as taught by Andrew Gibbons.

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ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 6 - Balancing Top & Bottom/Front & Back/ Chest & Pelvis

ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 6 - Balancing Top/Bottom, Chest/Pelvis, Sternum/Sacrum

Stability and Flexibility to Go With The Flow

This ‘ReCentering’ variation explores the internal diagonals from sternum to sacrum and the opposite diagonal from between shoulder blades to the pubis. These torso diagonals balance the front/back and top/bottom: flexibility within stability.

Adapted from “Gentle Fingers and Ribbons” lesson as taught by Alan Questel

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