| Also
called: Chest
circle (horizontal) |
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.Ribcage
circle (horizontal):
Think of a horizontal line across your chest (for example, a tabletop).
Keeping your hips and head lined up above your feet and ankles, slide
your ribcage across this horizontal line to the right. Next, push
your chest slightly forward, slide
your ribcage to the left, then pull
your ribcage back (without allowing your shoulders to collapse forward into a
slump), remaining in the horizontal plane throughout the sequence. Smooth these four points into a
circle.