OK mat Pilates practitioners, this video speaks directly to what it is we have been working on in our classes regarding juicy hip creases and leg circles! I hope you find it helpful. WAKING UP NEW ACCESS To PILATES Leg Circles With IYENGARs Yoga Wall We often hear comparisons about yoga and Pilates…which is better, how they differ, which should you do. What is often missing in these conversations is the HUGE difference it makes to approach and support our bodys with awareness..whether we are practicing yoga or Pilates. Body wisdom is innate, whether we are practicing yoga or Pilates. The question is… are we allowing our biointelligence to GUIDE us, or are we CONTROLLING our bodies by over-stabilizing our abdominals …or never slowing down enough to take the time to change long held tension patterns. Were using the brilliance of the Yoga Wall strap support in standing balance, to release pelvic tension, and ignite the intrinsic support of the Hamstring and its relationship with the standing foot, the foot on the wall…and the internal lift along the front of the spine. When we soften our knees, just enough, we create SPACE in all the joints along with deepening our bodys felt sense with gravity from foot to head. This experience releases tightly held joints, and creates a deepening awareness of the distinctionDown the Back, Up the Front from each foot to each inner ear. When we apply this experience on the Yoga Wall to Pilates Leg Circles (using the wall for feedback), beginning with a set-up of lying down with both feet on the wall, the body has a felt sense of safety and support to begin the exercise, which creates a deeper relationship with gravity from foot to head. When we bend a knee from this setup, the hip flexors dont have to grip, because the tailbone is released to the grounded foot Down the Back, which opens the hip joint Up the Front for whole body movement. Weve created a NEW conversation WITH our bodies….rather than doing something TO the body by over-stabilizing, and creating tension. It doesnt matter what you are doing….it matters HOW you are doing it! Your body doesnt know Pilates or Yoga it only knows MOVEMENT! This embodied way of being with ourselves, within the gravitational field, is what all the great body bodymind systems are based on…yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Alexander, Continuum, Body Mind Centering, Aston Patterning…..and it is what Phillip Beach is referring to when he speaks about biomechanical tune. When our joints can let go into being supported by gravity, along with the tensegrity of the connective tissue/fascial web, from foot to inner ear, we experience the powerful, self-regulating, self-healing, FLUID dimension of our bodys brilliant biointelligence!
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:54:13 +0000
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