Hey Tim, thanks for putting out all the great content! Just a thought, since you addressed the wrist discomfort. Many of my clients find the placing the heel of the hand on a 2-inch yoga block and letting the fingers drop down the frontside solves their wrist pain issue and allows them to get that shoulder out front comfortably.
When you want to strengthen your shoulder just add what I once described you as a rotational shoulder rock - you remember?? You depress and elevate your shoulder in you individual breathing rhytm. I can promise you this feels amazing!
Awesome videos! Wonder, if you could make a video of how to get up from the floor without using hands. Looking forward to seeing your approach to this very difficult move. Thanks!
Hello Tim, I have also a similar question... what about the pelvic tilt? I also wonder: what about doing same exercise and also pressing the toes on the floor. When I am doing exercises, i still have much tension in some muscles so this limits me the range of movement. it is challenging and i like it..but i want more! So i practice slowly slowly many of the exercises you practice. in yoga some reachers definetively do a similar thing. for me the activation of muscles that usually don´t work is becoming crucial to get greater results.. Poor pinky toe!! I neglected it most of my life!! Now it is time to get it active and play also with it! slowly, slowly with lots of love! Thank you very much Tim!
I’ve noticed Tim does most the rocking exercises with plenty of lumbar extension and anterior pelvic tilt. That seems to go against the trend of posterior pelvic tilt / neutral tilt a lot of people are teaching (DNS, PRI, etc.). These people say that your diaphragm can’t work to it’s full potential if the pelvis and rib cage are not aligned. I also wonder what Tim’s thought is on this.
Hey Andres! What about pelvic tilt? We are on all fours and we don't stress it. The back has a natural lordodic curve and this curve will vary from person to person. We all have different lengths of bones, different widths, and so on. We will therefore all move differently and also optimally for our own structures. In OS, we try to move reflexively and naturally and are comfortable with a person's body moving where it will. Most times we find the body is smarter than the mind in this respect. Anyway, since i'm not striving to keep neutral neck, but hold my head up instead, reflexively my lower back will extend more. But I'm not exercising and I'm not under any load - i'm only moving me, And my ability to breathe is well, great. Also, things aren't always what they seem to be and things we are taught are not always optimal if they are even accurate. Having said all of that, YES! You can press your toes in the floor. You can explore this and all movements as creatively as you want - that's the hope. If you begin to investigate where your body will move, what it will do, how it will respond - you will find a treasure chest of joy. Anyway, thanks so much for writing and the conversation!
Hey Tim, thanks for putting out all the great content! Just a thought, since you addressed the wrist discomfort. Many of my clients find the placing the heel of the hand on a 2-inch yoga block and letting the fingers drop down the frontside solves their wrist pain issue and allows them to get that shoulder out front comfortably.
Awesome tip! Thanks for sharing this. I just started playing with yoga blocks a few weeks ago. You may have given me a new series of vids!
When you want to strengthen your shoulder just add what I once described you as a rotational shoulder rock - you remember?? You depress and elevate your shoulder in you individual breathing rhytm. I can promise you this feels amazing!
Awesome videos! Wonder, if you could make a video of how to get up from the floor without using hands. Looking forward to seeing your approach to this very difficult move. Thanks!
@@cinmac3 Wow...thank you for sharing!
Hello Tim, I have also a similar question... what about the pelvic tilt? I also wonder: what about doing same exercise and also pressing the toes on the floor.
When I am doing exercises, i still have much tension in some muscles so this limits me the range of movement. it is challenging and i like it..but i want more! So i practice slowly slowly many of the exercises you practice. in yoga some reachers definetively do a similar thing. for me the activation of muscles that usually don´t work is becoming crucial to get greater results..
Poor pinky toe!! I neglected it most of my life!! Now it is time to get it active and play also with it! slowly, slowly with lots of love!
Thank you very much Tim!
I’ve noticed Tim does most the rocking exercises with plenty of lumbar extension and anterior pelvic tilt. That seems to go against the trend of posterior pelvic tilt / neutral tilt a lot of people are teaching (DNS, PRI, etc.). These people say that your diaphragm can’t work to it’s full potential if the pelvis and rib cage are not aligned. I also wonder what Tim’s thought is on this.
Hey Andres! What about pelvic tilt? We are on all fours and we don't stress it. The back has a natural lordodic curve and this curve will vary from person to person. We all have different lengths of bones, different widths, and so on. We will therefore all move differently and also optimally for our own structures. In OS, we try to move reflexively and naturally and are comfortable with a person's body moving where it will. Most times we find the body is smarter than the mind in this respect. Anyway, since i'm not striving to keep neutral neck, but hold my head up instead, reflexively my lower back will extend more. But I'm not exercising and I'm not under any load - i'm only moving me, And my ability to breathe is well, great. Also, things aren't always what they seem to be and things we are taught are not always optimal if they are even accurate.
Having said all of that, YES! You can press your toes in the floor. You can explore this and all movements as creatively as you want - that's the hope. If you begin to investigate where your body will move, what it will do, how it will respond - you will find a treasure chest of joy. Anyway, thanks so much for writing and the conversation!
Should the spine be in anterior pelvic tilt?
Hey Rowena! Please see my response under Andres' question. Thanks for watching!
Any idea where I can get in contact with Matt Foley, stunt coordinator? Last I saw him, he was in a van down by the river.
He was the best!