01/02/2024
Joy of Movement - Body Mapping
Rediscover how your body moves, use joints designed for movement and awaken muscles that are dormant; all the muscles in the body need to engage in movement, yet we seem to overuse and strain ourselves, by just engaging superficial muscle. We bend and move the back unnecessarily when we should be using joints designed to bend. In time our body starts to complain. Movements are habitual, we have changed our innate ability to move well as we did as a child, allowing ourselves to copy others and be distracted by the stimulus of life. Knowledge is Power. Discover how you are functioning in life and learn how to change behaviour to become more comfortable in your body, more efficient in activity and unleash more energy.
In the coming months I am organising a series of individual ‘Joy of Movement’ workshops offering Smart Yoga underpinned by Alexander Technique. 'Body Mapping' is the first in the series.
Group size will be limited to five people, so that I can give each person individual attention. This will not be fast moving flow yoga, but more a way of discovering how your body moves and which movements will help you as an individual. Most importantly, you will learn what not to pursue at this moment in time if it is not working for you; we are all different, our bone structures and flexibility differ hugely from one person to another.
The classes will be experimental, I will adapt activities to meet your individual needs and we will observe and learn from each other. There will be discussion. The moves will help you to become stronger and more flexible and we will apply them to activities in your everyday movement, whether it is loading a dishwasher or digging the garden.
