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MONTH 1
Continuity Flow: Continuing to explore the continuity between our feet and our core as we re-animate our peripheral intelligence. We explore how when the periphery is wakeful and participating, the ‘core’ at the centre doesn’t have to overwork. We play with different movement qualities and balance. Waking up our feet changes everything about the way we move. Enjoy exploring how!
Our core begins in our feet: A practice exploring the idea of ‘whole body core’ using our feet as a gateway to explore integrated movement dynamics. We look at how our belly can stay soft and responsive in its strength, with a particular focus on a facial organ called the mesentery: a key part of our gut brain that gives a sense of how we feel about what we are digesting (food, information, experience etc). Waking up our feet really does change everything about the way we move. Enjoy!
Front & Back body integration for inversions: In this practice we explore the integration of the front and the back body from the perspective of two pairs of bones. The sternum and xyphoid at the front, and the sacrum and tail bone at the back. We explore the tail bone/xyphoid rhythm, and how attuning to their relationship we can find a sense of spacious support, which we then explore through inversions (dolphin/forearm balance). There aren’t that many inversions in the practice, but this enquiry really supports finding balance in inversions which you can take into your own explorations.
Soft Power: A practice exploring the gentle undulation of the central spine as a barometer through which we can measure accessing our power and strength whilst maintaining spaciousness at the centre. A flow that begins slowly with a long supported bridge and builds into a strong flow with options for balancing (on one foot/in an arm balances) and attuning to the ongoing fluid movement at the centre to support us in our understanding of stillness.
Hip Flow: A practice exploring the relationship between the pelvis and thigh bones, how they can move in a differentiated way, and also as more of a unit, all woven into a flow that builds from the ground into a powerful sequence including standing balances and an arm balance if you wanna.
Dynamic breath for agitation/stagnation: 5 minutes to clear it out. A dynamic breath practice using dynamic movement of arms and a mudra (a specific hand gesture) in a breath practice that offers stagnation or agitation a pathway for release. Great when you need to shake things up to settle down in a short amount of time.
15 minute shake & flow: A short movement snack with just enough time to shake things up in order to settle down into presence. Starts with a shake out, some fluid spine work, and a mini flow to bring awareness and strength into our legs and hips before settling down in child’s pose and a brief sit to close.
Space-Density Meditation: A short meditation tuning into the space-density continuum that weaves all aspects of reality, from the manifest to the unmanifest, from the earth to the sky, and explores how these opposites integrate within our bodies to offer us an enquiry to explore the experience of wholeness.
Vibrational Tune Up: A practice attuning to the foundational movement pattern that lies underneath all others - vibration. Through a series of practices we find our way into sensing into vibrational resonance within our bodies, with a particular focus on waking up sensitivity through our skin. Starts slow and moves into a flow sequence that builds a bit of heat and then comes back down to the ground for some yummy floor work before resting.
Feet as proprioceptive antennae: A practice dedicated to attuning to the proprioceptive intelligence of our feet. Wakes up through the feet in a variety of ways and plays with different movement rhythms and textures. We play with moving weight through different surface areas of the feet and explore what it feels like for our feet to instigate whole body movement. Closes with a yummy supported bridge sequence.
Space to Breathe: Exploring the world of our ribs, and how attuning to this beautiful architecture can support our understanding of rythms: both beneath the surface (lungs, heart, diaphragms) and beyond in the world around us. Starts slow finding somatic ways into knowing our ribs and builds into a strong flow weaving twists, backbends, balances before closing with a supported bridge.
Sense into fullness: A short movement practice to attune to the sensation of fullness through a variety of pathways: Breath, movement, awareness. Moves around the mat playing with texture of movement, the substance of space, and an all rounder flow with a fun little rolling bridge type situation towards the end.
Limb integration mini flow: A movement snack exploring how our arms and legs communicate via the centre. We explore the symmetry and asymmetry of the limb patters and how complexity of movement is a layered, ongoing discovery. Mostly a floor based flow with a little standing exploration towards the end, before closing with a seated forward fold and a mini meditation.
Attuning to INformation: In a world of information overload, how can our practice create a context in which we cultivate our capacity to attune to the inner information that is flowing forth within? In this 90 minute practice we play with this gentle inward turn, through a slowly unfolding practice that brings awareness to the intelligence centres along our axis: brain, heart and gut.
Integrate Opposite Forces: Sneak into a strong practice that explores the foundational movement principle of yield. How can finding an integration of opposite forces offer us choices? To rest, to move, and how do these opposite qualities exist within each other? A slow and strong movement exploration. Enjoy!
Moving from the Middle: This practice explores the navel radiation movement pattern that provides support for our limbs to connect through our centre as we move. Move through a balance focused class as we explore different ways of moving from the middle, differentiating and then integrating our six limbs to our core.
Rhythms of Balance: A practice exploring the relationship we all have to the earth and sky via our sense of balance. What is the sensation of balance? What is the rhythm of balance? How does challenging my balance magnify that rhythm so I might notice it's more subtle expressions in less challenging places? Props: Blocks / Bolster or any items that can support you in a balancing practice.
