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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 10 - Pressure Drop, Practice Relax

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 10 - Pressure Drop, Practice Relax

Shift your attention to relaxing the pelvic floor to receive the inhale and all that goes with it. Sense the moment when the pelvic floor releases and the moment it engages. Simple hip lifts are the structure for the exploration.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 9 - Feet, Floor, Eyes

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 9 - Feet, Floor and Eyes

Connecting feet to the pelvic floor, with a little guidance from the eyes. Paint the floor with a lovely, creamy, blob of paint that lets you slide in all directions to sense from foot to floor to pelvic floor.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 8 - Shoulders Down, Floor Up

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 8 - Shoulders Down, Floor UP

Find the power in your exhale: as the shoulders ground down, the pelvic floor contracts up. The combination, in the right sequence, creates stability and freedom to direct your power.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 7 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest, Smart Psoas, Sideways

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 7 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest, Smart Psoas, Sideways

Build on last week’s lesson of supine heel-lifting to sync the mysterious psoas and breathing. Apply your legs’ weight in slow, eccentric contractions to strengthen the pelvic floor and spinal muscles for supported, sustainable movement. A continuation of AY 97 with side lying variations.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 6 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 6 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest

Apply your legs’ weight in slow, eccentric contractions to strengthen the pelvic floor and muscles along the spine. A strong floor, stacked spine, and soft chest enable new movement options including deeper breaths.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 2 - Ab Grab and the Deep Squeeze

A time to release and a time to squeeze. Work less and conserve more. Experience pelvic floor strength when exhaling is synchronized with drawing in and up with the abs and the pelvic floor.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Want to feel less tech neck stressed? Try strengthening your core

Tech neck slumping can, in fact, activate the adrenals to express adrenaline, creating extra stress. Strengthening the abdominals can help keep the torso aligned, and prevent unnecessary adrenal stimulation.

Low crunch abs and pelvic floor awareness Awareness Through Movement lessons embrace a whole body approach to building up the obliques and six-pack so you gradually, safely strengthen your core.

ThoughtsJacki KatzmanOctober 30, 2023abs, no crunch abs, core, tech neck

Abs: No Crunch - V2 - 3 - Arms Up, Abs In

Abs: No Crunch V2 - Pelvic Wall 3 - Arms to Abs

The abs support the upper body - right through the shoulders to the arms. Experience how stronger abs can make you better at anything that requires reach.BY ZOOM New Students: Register here

LessonsJacki KatzmanOctober 24, 2023no crunch abs, abs, deborah bowes, tuna can, abs to arms, latissimus dorsi

No Crunch Abs V2 - 2 - Moon Rises Over Mountain (Peek-A-Boo Toes)

Abs: No Crunch - Pelvic Wall 2 - Peek-A-Boo Toes

The lower abs hold in vital organs, and are essential to good acture. Take a whole body, NO CRUNCH, approach to developing the lower abs.

These gentle movements of the shoulders, head and pelvis help ‘reorganize’ the ab’s functioning in the nervous system. Learn to release the low back while safely building strength in the lower abs.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanOctober 17, 2023no crunch abs, deborah bowes, abs, moon over foot, moon over mountain

No Crunch Abs - V2 - 1 - Pelvic Wall - Lower Abs

Abs: No Crunch - Pelvic Wall 1 - Lower Abs

The lower abs hold in vital organs, and are essential to good acture. Take a whole body, NO CRUNCH, approach to developing the lower abs; gentle movements of the shoulders, head and pelvis can help ‘reorganize’ the ab’s functioning in the nervous system.

BY ZOOM New Students: Register here

LessonsJacki KatzmanOctober 9, 2023no crunch abs, deborah bowes, abs

Abs: No Crunch - Pelvic Wall 3 - Arms Up, Abs In

Abs: No Crunch - Pelvic Wall 2 - Peek-A-Boo Toes

The lower abs hold in vital organs, and are essential to good acture. Take a whole body, NO CRUNCH, approach to developing the lower abs; gentle movements of the shoulders, head and pelvis can help ‘reorganize’ the ab’s functioning in the nervous system.

BY ZOOM New Students: Register here

LessonsJacki KatzmanOctober 25, 2022no crunch abs, abs, deborah bowes, tuna can

Abs: No Crunch - Pelvic Wall 2 - Moon Rises Over Mountain (Peek-A-Boo Toes)

Abs: No Crunch - Pelvic Wall 2 - Peek-A-Boo Toes

The lower abs hold in vital organs, and are essential to good acture. Take a whole body, NO CRUNCH, approach to developing the lower abs; gentle movements of the shoulders, head and pelvis can help ‘reorganize’ the ab’s functioning in the nervous system.

BY ZOOM New Students: Register here

LessonsJacki KatzmanOctober 18, 2022no crunch abs, deborah bowes, abs, moon over foot, moon over mountain