Movement
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Lying down counts: the case for floor practice
Why some of the most effective movement happens flat on your back, and how to make room for it at home.
Tomás Ávila
Movement teacher
Movement does not have to be upright, sweaty or impressive to be useful. Some of the most effective work we do in class happens lying down, with the floor offering feedback and support.
Why the floor helps
The floor gives you a reference. You can feel where your back touches and where it lifts, where one shoulder rests heavier than the other. That awareness is the beginning of change.
When the floor holds you, the muscles no longer have to.
Constructive rest: knees bent, feet wide, for ten minutes.
Slow pelvic tilts to wake up the lower back.
Knee drops from side to side with a long exhale.
Try it before bed or after a long day sitting. Many of our guests tell us it is the best ten minutes of their evening.
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