This was the first lesson back after the Christmas break. This workshop was the first workshop since my injury in which I was able to partake, obviously not to the same level as my peers but still participating is better than just observing. However, this workshop proved quite tricky for me in finding where my limits are in terms of my injury. I still feel extremely scared of hurting it again, but I do want to participate to the best of my abilities otherwise I fear I may fall behind. My arm, especially the upper arm which hasn't been used really for the past 2/3 months is extremely stiff and find it incredibly hard to lift my arm above my head, this meant some of the warm up stretches I couldn't do.
During this lesson I felt my focus was elsewhere, I feel I'm an still not used to being able to move my arm and am busy worrying about someone hurting me that I'm not fully committed to movement. This means I am not getting the full benefit of this module at the moment. This is a psychological barrier I have to overcome, which I feel will come with time, but at the moment movement is still a challenge for me. After coming out of this class, I also noticed some tension and aching in my arm when trying to do my physio exercises or any other tasks that involved using my arm, this made me think that I was pushing it too hard, and should be a bit more careful in future lessons.
Anyway, in this lesson we started off with Do-In which is an exercise to help you become aware of your body and the tension in your body and hopefully relax any unnecessary tension, in order to prepare you for movement. Personally, I feel this does make you more aware of your body but I don't think it prepares me as much as other warm ups for example, the Peggy hackney patterns of total connectivity I feel better prepares me for this type of movement.
This workshop focused on the spine and how we can manipulate this for movement in performance. The discussion on the vertebrae of the spine was extremely informative and enlightening.
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