Standing Sitting and Walking
Standing/Sitting
Primary Control
Sitting bones…..balance….We are always in movement
Head leads, body follows
You don’t need your arms to get out of a chair
If you are balancing on two feet standing, the weight does not have to change on them until you arrive at the seat
Ask yourself about the change in the weight on your feet as you stand
What are your eyes doing?
There is no critical moment during standing or sitting
You can always stop on the journey if you are balancing.
What journey does your head take?
Is there work in your face muscles?
What is your tongue doing?
Hum to yourself and stand/sit, does your humming change?
Are you breathing? The spine lengthens and gathers during breathing.
Can you see the room around you.
Try standing/sitting focussing on a point in front of you – then let that go, what is the difference? Try standing/sitting in panoramic
What are your toes doing?
Change the position of your feet and try again.
Are your back muscles working in coordination?
What happens to your pelvis in relation to the rest of the body?
Map your joints…..Does the movement feel easy?
Walking
Primary control
The Head leads, the body follows
Tip from the ankles
The legs are pendulums, gravity encourages them to swing.
Arms are pendulums
As you walk, turn your head and your body will follow
Turn your eyes and your head will follow
Lean forward to increase the tempo of the walking
Can you work less hard to walk…more gravity less muscle?
Allow the diagonal coordination to take place
Walking massages all the internal organs between the shoulders and the pelvis
Can you see panoramically?
Try focussing your eyes…then allow yourself to see into the distance…now become aware of nearer things
Be aware of near and far sounds
Feel the ground
Feel your movement through the air around you
What is your kinaesthetic sense telling you?
Can you hear yourself walking?
Listen to your whole body
Are you balanced?
Are you breathing?
Does your body feel heavy or light?
How can you encourage more lightness? Direction?
Is there rhythm in your walking?