Awareness Through Movement #362

Candle - HIP MOBILITY

“If you want to come up you must pay attention to think of the entire body.
Those who do not come up do not sense the entire body in the coming up.
They do not think during the rolling; rather,
they think of the legs and about the coming up.
They do not think of the movements of the body.
If the body is uniform,
it has no choice but to come to stand.
It is the thought of standing that gives the push to the legs
and is what disturbs the standing.
If you do not think,
rather you sense the body as a whole,
from the feet until the head,
the standing is a necessity
because a dead body is similar to the structure of a person.
If you gave it a dead skeleton a going down like this, of necessity,
it must come to stand.
Just the weight demands it.
Only a living person is able to disturb himself enough
so as not to be able to come up to stand.”
Moshe Feldenkrais

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When I asked Grok the benefits of hip mobility it responded with:
Pelvic mobility exercises are crucial for maintaining flexibility, reducing lower back pain, improving posture, and enhancing overall lower body function.

Joint Lubrication and Nutrition: The swinging and lifting of the legs promote synovial fluid circulation within the hip joints, which is essential for joint health and reducing the risk of arthritis.

Muscle Coordination: The exercises require coordinated effort from the hip flexors, extensors, abductors, and adductors, enhancing overall joint function and muscle balance around the hip.

It’s a little… you could say… energetic, with some leg swinging activity whilst lying on the back.

Grok asked if I wanted a futuristic gym for the image, this is what is thinks is futuristic.. maybe the circles on the floor are energy fields??