Michael!
I had a physical breakthrough with the work we did on wednesday! I became much more aware of my muscular energy. I think that the combination of muscular and organic energy are very important to dance. I did an amount of dance in high school, and I feel an embodied connection between those performances, those classes, and the work we are doing in class. There is a sort of “ready energy” I feel when I am simultaneously pulling my muscles in and lengthening and melting my heart.
Speaking of melting my heart, on wednesday I also felt a progress in utilizing my lower back! As we were doing downward facing dog, I suddenly became aware of how to flex that portion of my spine slightly so that I could organically melt into the posture. Your commentary during class has been so helpful: the reminders to melt my heart, to flip the sitzbones up, etc. I’m very excited to feel even this small progress in my body. Thanks!
Zak
Zak Houston 