| Hips: Pelvic drop |
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.
Gently contract your abdominal and gluteus
muscles to increase the slight tuck of the neutral
position to a stronger pelvic
tuck, then release the
tuck and allow your pelvis to drop only as far as the neutral
position. Your
upper body should remain as still and separated as possible.