Month: May 2020

This is an enjoyable movement exploration that can easily be turned into a restorative pose once you get your legs supported with some cushions or blankets. Feel for that movement only happening in the hip joint. Keep the pelvis still. 

Today we play with another kind of hip opening. Abduction. This is when a limb moves to the side, away from your midline. Imagine your body is sandwiched between two giant sheets of glass; behind you, and in front of you. This is the plane we are moving in. 

Pay attention to compensations in the pelvis on this one! We want to specifically explore how the hips are moving in the socket. 

Grab up a piece of firm floor and a blanket or a mat for some cushion and explore the give and take relationship between your hips and your back. Over time, as your hips start to move for efficiently, check back in and see what sensations have changed!

Grab up a piece of firm floor and a blanket or a mat for some cushion and explore the give and take relationship between your hips and your back. Over time, as your hips start to move for efficiently, check back in and see what sensations have changed!

How are your feet feeling? Do you wear orthotics? Do your arches ever hurt or tend to collapse inward? Explore the relationship between your hips and your feet with this video. Maybe some of your foot woes are coming from higher up!

This awareness practice brings us in touch with the contact points between our feet and the earth. Notice your natural tendencies and the ripple of sensations up your body, and then explore other options. Pay attention to how the sensations throughout your body change as your feet’s contact points change. Who knows, maybe you’ll discover a way your body prefers to stand and feel better for it!