Somatic Full Practice #14: Total Body Stretch

[@mebestlife888]

🌴🌺 This felt amazing first thing in the morning. Our class got canceled this morning and I was so fortunate to find this video. 🙏🏼

[@richkgmail997]

Thanks for this series. Many of us get stiffer and move less with age. A Pilates reformer series also does similar movements/stretches which is what I do daily. I especially liked the figure 8’s, though.

[@carolineleavitt4363]

I tried this and what a great way to shake off morning stiffness!

[@lizzybanks2254]

This felt so good. Thank you

[@kyliemariecooks5398]

Wonderful stretching. Thank you so much.

[@FlyHighwithKami]

So this just looks like normal Pilates exercises and a bit of chair yoga. What makes it so special? I’m just curious, what makes them somatic exercises? I keep on getting ads domestic workouts but they just lol alike rebranded Pilates & yoga. Would you be able to explain what makes a somatic exercise a somatic exercises not yoga or Pilates exercise?

[@voices_vary]

This is Miranda Esmonde-White's Essentrics workout. It's good, but people with arthritis, particularly in the spine, need to be extremely careful.

[@MawerickMr]

Can you tell us why?

[@Nyasananda5]

@@MawerickMr As a professional somatic educator and yoga therapist, I would concur with OMO viewpoint. My rationale here is that while all these movements may be useful for someone with degenerative bone disorders (like arthritis), stretching a joint structure that is unstable already is contra-indicated. Slower motion, with space for interoception rather than flow, as demonstrated in my impression here, maybe incredibly useful.

[@MawerickMr]

@@Nyasananda5 thank you very much for your answer

[@GinaMartina2023]

Thank you for this! Excellent!

[@heatherbeethyname]

Maybe I’ll try another day, but it was my first time and it moved waaaay too fast for me. A little more pause in between transitions would help me, js.

[@melp2707]

That felt so good thank you

[@EmpressMissH]

I'm enjoying this. ❤

[@shrimpflea]

Good video. Nice Fender amp.

[@MrNicopuglisi]

Top notch!

[@dromeus21]

thanks

[@maireadcollins194]

brilliant thanks 🦋

[@TheBlueskyson]

Thanks Jen. 18:47 Shake baby shake! ty

[@mikehawk120]

Holy cow, you are gorgeous, and informative!

[@tracychuu5767]

my back hurt by doin that😅😅

[@chandramachoudhury9421]

TQ dear ❤️🫂

[@chandramachoudhury9421]

TQ so oooooooo much dear ❤️🫂