Too Darn Hot! Super Cool Minimal Movement - 3 - Use You Assets, Slow The Clock
Too Darn Hot
Super Cool Minimal Moves
Use Your Assets, Slow the Clock; A variation on the “Pelvic Clock” lesson by Moshe Feldenkrais
The biggest bones in the body are in the pelvis. Use them wisely to move efficiently, coolly.
This classic lesson is the root for just about everything. It's the secret to turning a kayak, swinging a tennis racquet or golf club, essential to seated twists. It is therapeutic for stiff low back, hip imbalances, and sacral-iliac piriformis pain. There are private applications for when it’s not too darn hot.
In honor of the heat, we slow down the ‘pelvic clock’ to feel deeply into how the pelvis drives balance, momentum and stability.
This lesson starts on the back - or seated on a chair - with an image of a clock under the tush. After getting to know the 12-6 (front to back) and 3-9 (side to side) lines, circle the hips in both directions.
Don't be shocked if this is way more challenging than you imagined. There may be 'numbers' that are completely missing, or circles surprisingly oval-esque or rectangular. Use the heat, slow down, and let your circles melt into shape.
Science Nerd Candy Bowl:
Position of the Pelvis - 3D Anatomie Lyon (3:48) - Shows movements of the pelvic bones in different orientations
Hip Anatomy Animated Tutorial - Randale Sechrest (9:44) - Comprehensive review of bones, muscles, tendons etc
Set Up:
On a mat on the floor, with head and knee support for maximal comfort
OR sit on a firm, stable chair with knees and hips level
How you might feel after this lesson: Cool and quiet; Fluid hips; Clear on side-to-side biases; Efficient hip-centered movement; Other personal activities - once it cools down.
Get those hips moving - the 2019 Broadway cast of “Kiss Me Kate” demos the clock - not particularly slowed down