October Flexibility Reboot

Unexpected flexibility progress.

Let’s dive into it, shall we?

So.. What have I been doing so far? (since last Friday, 23rd October):

1. I’m meditating more

Nothing too special, just laying down with a timer for 24 minutes, and letting my thoughts flow.

About 20 minutes in I invariably feel myself start to relax. Body and mind.

So it takes a bit of time. But I really have a different day when I do it.

-> You can do this with me if you like. I have a free video of me ‘doing nothing’ with my May online BOOST participants available for download here.

2. I’m working more with my feet

I have a little 5-minute foot movement routine that I have started doing a few times a week, just to keep my ankles strong and moveable for TaeKwonDo and ballet/pointe work!)

-> I’m cooking up a free(!) downloadable video excerpt from my ‘Balletic moves for BD’ DVD with a slightly longer version of my foot mobility routine. I’ll post it soon!

4. Re-adding Stacey Nemours flexibility courses

Trying to keep at it at least a few times a week (started last Friday)

I notice the biggest benefits overall when I do all 3 things in a row (meditate – feet – Stacey’s videos)

They seem to amplify the effects, so that’s what I’ll continue to do if at all possible.

I am mixing videos from all 3 of Stacey’s online course packs 😊

So far I did:

‘flexibility for dancers held back by tightness’ (from the ‘Dance‘ and ‘Beginner‘ series)
‘pre-pro to pro’ (from the ‘Dance‘ series)
‘flexibility at any age’ (from the ‘Beginner‘ series)

I haven’t been taking before/after pictures on the first 2 days, as it was already dark, so I plan to do at least one daytime session per week.

Below are the results of the ‘flexibility at any age’ session from yesterday (it doesn’t focus on splits, but I was curious and wanted to test them just in case)

What surprised me most was the difference in hamstring/lower back flexibility – I think this is the deepest I’ve ever been.

Behold: