Week 35 - Neck Focus
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44m
If your neck is feeling tense or overworked, this class will be your jam. We will start with our downregulation station aimed at checking in with our bodies, relaxing eyes from computer work and getting our jaws to move. We then proceed to breathing drills aimed at maximising our diaphragm's ability to help us breathe so that the neck doesn't have to. Finally we finish class with movements that get the ribcage moving underneath the neck.
This class features the following Non-Manual Techniques from the Postural Restoration Institute:
-Supine Hooklying with IO/TA
-Supine Hooklying Hamstring with IO/TA
-Supine Hooklying T8 Extension
-Seated Resisted Pull Downs
Equipment:
-A Mat
-A rolled up towel
-A chair or any low surface to support legs
-A straw
-A large pillow
-A book large enough to fit both your feet on
-Some wall space
-A small pilates ball or roll of toilet paper
-A light resistance band and a door anchor
-A door
-Optional but highly recommended: supportive shoes
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