This past semester in Modern III, I have found different things about myself in terms of shifting my movement vocabulary into something new. The somatic work in the beginning of class has allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and experience something new. Imagination has been a key factor in this. Three different goals that I have been working on this past semester have been keeping my abdominals engaged, my ribs to soften always, and allowing my transitions to flow smoother. As I mentioned in my midterm self-evaluation, I believe that I have come a far way from the beginning in the semester until now. Throughout the semester, our class has started on the floor concentrating on the breath and releasing tightness that I typically do not …show more content…
This phrase starts will a head roll down, rolling through each vertebra. When first learning this phrase it was difficult for me to find the softness in my knees. As I was rolling down, I kept wanting to keep my knees stiff until I arrived further to the ground. Finding the release and non-tension in my knees allowed me to keep softening. Another point of the phrase that I had difficulty with was the release in my arms and head/neck during the brush swings to the front and side. While doing the phrase, it is hard for me to find the release because I am so focused on the brush and if my hips are aligned correctly. I focus on this more than others because of my hip injury. Brushing out to the side into a deep lunge tends to make me grip because of the pain. Therefore, instead of brushing out into a deep lunge, I have focused on keeping it closer to my midline and finding more of a release in my arms and …show more content…
The first part of the phrase that I have struggled with is keeping my head on my spine during different parts of the phrase. One specific spot that I have a trouble with is after the inversion into a roundabout turn facing stage left. Until two classes ago, I still struggled with this. What helped me to find the medium of being in between was finding the pull from the top of my head down to the ball of my foot. Coming out of the inversion, I automatically find that pull. Another spot that I have struggled with is after the attitude turn into the lunge before baseball catch. After the lunge into the baseball catch, I have struggled with this because I allow my head to follow the momentum of my body, which is making my head tilt off the back of my spine, while trying to find my backspace. While trying to focus on this, I have turned my attention to what my head is doing after coming out of the side attitude turn. I try to solely focus on immediately putting my head on my spine during the lunge. Focusing on this has helped me keep this constant throughout each time I
On an inhalation, begin to straighten the arms to lift the chest off the floor, going only to the height at which you can maintain a connection through your pubis to your legs. Press the tailbone toward the pubis and lift the pubis toward the navel. Narrow the hip points. Firm but don’t harden the buttocks.
Your elbows should be directly beneath your shoulders, and your body should form a straight line from your head to your feet. Hold the position for 30 seconds then relax. Repeat 3 to 10 times depending on your personal level of strength and fitness goals.
Caption 2: Rotate your arm in a vertical position (the right arm) inward, the left arm in a horizontal position outward simultaneously. Caption 3: Breathe in calmly during the rotation move. Caption 4: Rotate the arms widely. Caption 5: Tighten your armpits and draw both arms to the body. Caption 6: Take all the breath into the low-abdomen.
While keeping your heel at your buttocks, gently arch your back so your head, shoulders, and hips line up.
On Monday, we continue to do the floor stretches which it helps me a lot because I feel that I am stretched well enough to do anything. After the stretches we all went to the side to practice pique turns. I kept spotting the whole time, so I won’t get dizzy when I was turning. We also tried our right and left leaps across the room. Then we tried the open side leap in which I master, but I still have to bring it higher like the rest of my classmates.
Solution: as you reach the top of the movement, there should be a slight internal rotation to bring the elbows barely above the wrists. Further rotation causes the elbows to pint toward the top. This shifts attention away from the lateral deltoids and causes strains to the shoulder joint so always keep elbows pointed to the rear.
The first step is to place a bolster along the wall and lie down on your sides while your hips lie on the bolster. The next step is to get the hips close to your chests so that the soles of the feet rest on the wall’s surface and then slowly try to raise the feet onto the wall while trying to roll the hips closed to the wall on the bolster. The last step is to move closer to the wall and raise your legs straight on the wall and stay on for five minutes before release.
EXECUTION:- Stand upright position, arms at sides, and a heavy dumbbell in each hand. Raise your shoulders up as high as you can, as if trying to touch them to your ears. Hold at the top for a moment, then release and return to the starting position. Try not to move anything but your shoulders.
Breathe in, while slowly lifting your lower back, middle back and upper back off the floor. Gently roll in your shoulders. Touch your chest to your chin without bringing the chin down. Support your weight with your shoulders, arms and feet. Feel your buttocks firm up in this pose. Both your thighs should be parallel to each other and to the floor.
The next step is to raise the right leg at your back while the knees are bent and the foot is facing the ceiling as you complete 20 repetitions. At the last repetition you would need to try and lean forward and try to hold your right ankle with your right hand and hold on for atleast eight breaths before you skip to the other leg.
Heels together, feet at a forty-five degree angle. Weight equally distributed between both legs," the commander stated with a confident tone in a respectable manner. "Chest is to be lifted and slightly arched so that your arms hang naturally along the seams of your trousers." I was quickly overwhelmed by the meticulous instructions as I attempted to follow. "Adjust your skull so that your head is aligned with your spine. At this position you will not move or speak unless directed otherwise." I could only reflect on the concept of standing completely still, so much as to forget what the leader had stated so clearly. But then I remembered that this challenge was what I had volunteered for, and l refocused on the task at hand. It was the first day of summer school, just before my senior year, at Massanutten Military Academy.
o Use the ‘puppet string’ example. o Remind to suck in stomach (tighten your core), tense gluteus, chin up (not out) and shoulders relaxed. This stance should become automatic
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Get down on all fours on your mat. Place your hands directly below your shoulders. Now lift your tailbone up towards the ceiling so that your lower back is concave. As you do this your head will lift up naturally towards the ceiling.