Here's a very long overdue update.
To be honest, I forgot all about blogger. My son's 5th grade teacher just started a new blog posting about the kids daily learning. It's been an amazing tool. With that reminder, I went back and looked at this page. Sheesh, I am long overdue for a post!
I have been studying core stability pretty seriously for the last year. So many wonderful ideas come up around this topic. For some people, it's all about breathing, anatomy or organs. Maybe you love chakras and you resonate with the subtle body's heart and ego. For me it's a little bit of all of it. I find it fascinating. I have noticed the more I can tap into this innate strength the more I can let go. Not only let go of muscle tension patterns but also some deep emotions and old posture habit patterns.
So often we are told to suck our bellies in to "turn on" our core. While sucking in creates tension, tension isn't always strength.
To help us connect to our core in a more beneficial way, I am including this great video from Eric Franklin. It's an easy explantion on why squeezing in isn't optimal. Like our Pre-Yoga in Alignment Yoga this video is Pre-Pilates. I hope you get as much benefit from it as I did. I hope you follow along and try to breathe and feel your diapghrapm and belly move. Feel free to leave me some comments below. I would love to know how you feel after the video.
Franklin Method. Why you shouldn't grip your core
To be honest, I forgot all about blogger. My son's 5th grade teacher just started a new blog posting about the kids daily learning. It's been an amazing tool. With that reminder, I went back and looked at this page. Sheesh, I am long overdue for a post!
I have been studying core stability pretty seriously for the last year. So many wonderful ideas come up around this topic. For some people, it's all about breathing, anatomy or organs. Maybe you love chakras and you resonate with the subtle body's heart and ego. For me it's a little bit of all of it. I find it fascinating. I have noticed the more I can tap into this innate strength the more I can let go. Not only let go of muscle tension patterns but also some deep emotions and old posture habit patterns.
So often we are told to suck our bellies in to "turn on" our core. While sucking in creates tension, tension isn't always strength.
To help us connect to our core in a more beneficial way, I am including this great video from Eric Franklin. It's an easy explantion on why squeezing in isn't optimal. Like our Pre-Yoga in Alignment Yoga this video is Pre-Pilates. I hope you get as much benefit from it as I did. I hope you follow along and try to breathe and feel your diapghrapm and belly move. Feel free to leave me some comments below. I would love to know how you feel after the video.
Franklin Method. Why you shouldn't grip your core
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