podcast – kinesophics

This fascinating lesson (but which lesson isn't fascinating?) is (literally?) an eye-opener. Picking up some ideas from [[Violin arms]] but moving closer in to the core, it will show you some connections and some distinctions you probably have never felt before in your shoulders.

Do the last lesson [[From crawling to sitting]] first! This is just an experimental add-on, a little trial of some ideas, an exploration to see what happens, tacked on at the end of the lesson for those who would stay.

Do the last lesson [[From crawling to sitting]] first! This is just an experimental add-on, a little trial of some ideas, an exploration to see what happens, tacked on at the end of the lesson for those who would stay.

A little bit of this with the hands, a little bit of that with the feet... yes, shoulders and hips. But can we put it all together into something functional? For a baby at least? Find spiral transitions and stealth twistings of the long axes of the arms and legs?

A little bit of this with the hands, a little bit of that with the feet... yes, shoulders and hips. But can we put it all together into something functional? For a baby at least? Find spiral transitions and stealth twistings of the long axes of the arms and legs?

By the end of this one, you won't know left from right or up from down. But your shoulders and neck will feel different. Maybe your hips and self too.

By the end of this one, you won't know left from right or up from down. But your shoulders and neck will feel different. Maybe your hips and self too.

You have habits of how you interlace your hands....but your toes? How can you have a habit of how you interlace your toes? Have you ever done this before? Since you were 2 years old?

You have habits of how you interlace your hands....but your toes? How can you have a habit of how you interlace your toes? Have you ever done this before? Since you were 2 years old?

Explore some of the remarkable agility you have in your hands and wrists. And while you're at it--who knows?--your neck may lengthen and shoulders re-organize. I tried a slightly different recording arrangement to get rid of the annoying scratchy noises--it made them worse. Will try to fix before the next class!

Explore some of the remarkable agility you have in your hands and wrists. And while you're at it--who knows?--your neck may lengthen and shoulders re-organize. I tried a slightly different recording arrangement to get rid of the annoying scratchy noises--it made them worse. Will try to fix before the next class!

We typically make too much effort with the dominant hand, and hold too much strain in it in resting. This lesson gently differentiates the hand and forearm, explores the subtle movement of the humerus resting in the shoulder blade, and transforms the whole dominant side of the body. Want to know more about handedness? Check out the book Right Hand Left Hand (http://www.righthandlefthand.com) by Chris McManus, and my blog post including comments at [[Which Side?]].

We typically make too much effort with the dominant hand, and hold too much strain in it in resting. This lesson gently differentiates the hand and forearm, explores the subtle movement of the humerus resting in the shoulder blade, and transforms the whole dominant side of the body. Want to know more about handedness? Check out the book Right Hand Left Hand (http://www.righthandlefthand.com) by Chris McManus, and my blog post including comments at [[Which Side?]].

You'd think this is about the legs and the hips. But we're focusing on the hips and shoulders in the context of the whole. Your shoulders are certainly finding all sorts of new connections for supporting and enabling action in this one. Maybe it's really about the ways that both your hip joints and your shoulder joints really start somewhere around T8... Local class participants note the whitewashing! I edited out all evidence of my arriving late for class.

You'd think this is about the legs and the hips. But we're focusing on the hips and shoulders in the context of the whole. Your shoulders are certainly finding all sorts of new connections for supporting and enabling action in this one. Maybe it's really about the ways that both your hip joints and your shoulder joints really start somewhere around T8... Local class participants note the whitewashing! I edited out all evidence of my arriving late for class.