| Head:
Head slide (R/L) |
| Also
called: Hindu head |
Begin in basic stance:
Your feet
are positioned directly under your hip bones, parallel to each other, and your
weight is centered and distributed evenly over both soles. Your knees are
slightly bent (soft), and your pelvis is tucked slightly under (pubic bone
toward the navel) in the neutral
position. Your ribcage is pulled up out of your waist; your shoulder
blades are pulled together and slightly down the spine. Your neck is long, in
extension of your spine.
Head
slide:
Think of a horizontal line running under your chin (for example, a tabletop).
Keeping your hips and shoulders lined up above your feet and ankles, slide
your head across this horizontal line to the right, then slide
your head back to the left. Your head should not tip to the side. Think of
"listening in" to a conversation through a door (not that you have
ever done that, of course!).