Method Movement
online movement classes for restoRing function and upgrading pErformance

THE HAPPY BACK WORKSHOP SERIES 
with Adrienne Penebre
 You will gain the most benefit and learning by doing Parts 1 and 2 of each lesson at different times or on different days.

Lesson 1: hAMMOCK OF sPINE:  pART 1

HAMMOCK OF SPINE:  PART 2

Lesson 2: WIDENING 
DIMENSIONS:  PART 1

LESSON 3: Seesaw Breathing:  PART 1

"Why are these lessons useful for a happy back?" Back pain is most often the result of overusing muscles in one or more areas of yourself, and underusing muscles in other parts. Just think of this as disorganization. When we experience chronically sore muscular contractions and bones compressing our tissues and nerves, that causes pain. That doesn't necessarily mean the muscles that are underused are not "strong" enough to do the job. Moving your spine is not a question of strength. Rather, your brain is not even aware that certain muscles need to be recruited to perform the movement, while other muscles need to let go. Why? Somewhere along the way, that's how your brain has learned to make it so. Furthermore you may be using muscles that are not even necessary to perform the action, or they are not synchronised to contract and release at the right time. Sounds like a lot to think about huh? Thank goodness that your brain can relearn, and do the math much faster than you are conscious of. What you can be conscious of is feeling, discovering and being aware of your experience while you follow the lesson. You are learning what it feels like to coordinate moving the spine evenly, with synchronicity, from the top vertebrae, to the bottom. A happy back is one that can bend, like a snake, forward, backward, side to side and twist. After all, that's how we are made to move! Go forth, enjoy the discovery with ease and wonder, and let your intelligence do the work!

LESSON 2: WIDENING DIMENSIONS:  PART 2

LESSON 3: SEESAW BREATHING:  PART 2