Welcome to your first Core Restore e-lesson.
Our goals are lofty; our time together time is short. Weekly follow up e-mails are designed to supplement your mat practice; to expand your understanding of core; and to deepen your knowledge and felt sense of the body.
To get the most juice out of
our class time together, please read carefully through included information and do the assigned homework.
It helps when we don't have to go back to basic concepts over and over and over again during the class time. Structurally, moving forward is impossible if the majority of the class is struggling with the foundational pieces.
I would love to help you to CORE RESTORE - yet I also have to take in consideration where everyone in the class
is and structure each class accordingly.
So please, even if you find it difficult to do the homework for yourself, do it for your class mates!
CORE RESTORE goal + focus:
The core is our physical, emotional & energetic center. Its power is not found in isolation but rather in relationship to our whole being and it’s interaction with the world
around us.
Working from this premise, our core musculature needn’t be ‘held’ in stabilization but rather activated by the way we move. This natural support can be triggered through a chain of events starting with our hands & feet.
Here are some hard truths about core training:
- True core strength is fluid and flexible; it allows you to move and breathe freely at the same time.
- Your breathing and your core stability are intrinsically connected. Tension in
your breath will make its way into tension within your core and vice versa, creating restriction and tightness in the whole body.
- The pelvic floor has a lot to do with your core. It is the center of your core stability and the foundational support of your abdominal organs. Pregnancy and childbirth, acute and chronic low back pain, an episode of stomach flu and even your bathroom habits will affect the functioning and tonus of your pelvic floor, and therefore your
stability.
- Relaxation is crucial and essential. Often we don’t under, but over-engage the core muscles, not only losing range and fluidity of motion, but also making ourselves more susceptible to digestive problems, constipation, bladder infections, and pelvic pain.
- Uncovering the hidden tensions within the core is essential for women: many women respond to hormonal fluctuations by developing chronic tensions in the wrong abdominal
corset.
