Posts tagged diagonals
Learning from Trees - 13 - Spiral Open Like A Conifer Cone

Learning from Trees - 13 - Spiral Open Like a Pine Cone

Imagine ribs as conifer cone scales opening and closing in spirals, many overlapping spirals that emulate the Fibonacci sequence.

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Learning from Trees - 11 - Blossoming Open

Learning from Trees - 11 - Blossoming Open

The flower’s structure and ours are similar; your pelvic floor and the classic “Sweater Lesson” combine to add blossoming to the cross-species explorations.

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Learning from Trees - 10 - Uncurl like a Seedling, Unfurl Like a Leaf

Learning from Trees - 10 - Uncurl Like a Seedling, Unfurl Like a Leaf

Explore opening out like a seedling or leaf by slowly rolling up the spine and out the arms. The classic ‘spine like a chain” lesson repurposed for our cross-species experiment.

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Learning from Trees - 8 - Vertical and Spiral Growth

Learning from Trees - 8 - Vertical and Spiral Growth

Explore the energy flows of one root, one branch and one root, entire crown growth patterns by pressing from feet to connect with the same and opposite shoulders, arms, cheeks.

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The Lusty Month of May - Ribbons 3 - The Ribbons Pull Your Chest, Hips and Hands

The Lusty Month of May - Ribbon Lessons

Grab an imaginary ribbon, tie it on, and allow your imaginary perfect practice partner pull oh-so-gently. These selected, classic Awareness Through Movement® lessons are playful, simple, and familiar. Dance with season.

Let the ribbon draw your chest, back, belly and low back forward and back to create more opening, deeper breath. Tie the ribbons together in different combination to stand taller, release your low back, and all the benefits of an elongated spine.

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The Lusty Month of May - Ribbons 2 - The Ribbons Pull You (Ribbons and Fingers)

The Lusty Month of May - Ribbon Lessons

Grab an imaginary ribbon, tie it on, and allow your imaginary perfect practice partner pull oh-so-gently. These selected, classic Awareness Through Movement® lessons are playful, simple, and familiar. Dance with season.

Let the ribbon draw your chest, back, belly and low back forward and back to create more opening, deeper breath. Tie the ribbons together in different combination to stand taller, release your low back, and all the benefits of an elongated spine.

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The Lusty Month of May - Ribbons 1 - Around the Maypole (Four Corners)

The Lusty Month of May - Ribbon Lessons

Grab an imaginary ribbon, tie it on, and allow your imaginary perfect practice partner pull oh-so-gently. These selected, classic Awareness Through Movement® lessons are playful, simple, and familiar. Dance with season.

Hold the ribbon to your shoulder, your hip, in one hand or both, and let the dance guide you into the grace of connected, effortless movement.

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ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 4 - Meeting in the Center: Diagonals Front and Back

ReCentering for Sports and Sanity - 4 - Meeting in the Center: Diagonals Front and Back

A familiar lesson with a new focus. How do you align your “corners” (hips and shoulders) with your center line? Can you find better left/right, front/back balance for greater stability to move with abandon?

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