Do you find it hard to mobilise the upper/mid back (thoracic spine) without just moving from the neck and lower back in class? Given that most of us spend long days in spinal flexion, bent over our computer, moving through a good extension ...can be really really tough!
As you know I'm always researching and finding out better visuals to get the best results in the movement - try this for swan dive! Once you are lying on your stomach and have connected your stabilising muscles,imagine there is a rope that reaches forward and out of your chest bone (the sternum) and that the same rope also travels down the spine and out of your tailbone. This imagery will assist with the lengthening in both directions so that you can articulate your spine into a longer extension. Give it a go!
As you know I'm always researching and finding out better visuals to get the best results in the movement - try this for swan dive! Once you are lying on your stomach and have connected your stabilising muscles,imagine there is a rope that reaches forward and out of your chest bone (the sternum) and that the same rope also travels down the spine and out of your tailbone. This imagery will assist with the lengthening in both directions so that you can articulate your spine into a longer extension. Give it a go!
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