Aliveness

Lengthening sides, opening breathing.

We all learned to shut down or otherwise “manage” our sense of aliveness as children. Maybe our spontaneity scared our parents, maybe it made them angry, or maybe it embarrassed them. But we got the message: stifle your aliveness and spontaneity. We all have our own issues about that, and the ways we limit our expressions of aliveness and spontaneity also limit our freedoms of movement and of choice. This lesson enhances a sense of aliveness through explorations of bending and twisting the entire spine, freeing the ribs for deeper breathing, improving energy flow, softening the trunk, and exploring relationships among breath, body, and sense of aliveness.

Aliveness 1	23 m
Aliveness 2	25 m