balance

Stepping Figure 8s from the Gyrotonic Upper Body Opening series

Gyrotonic Figure 8s with Stepping: Master Balance & ADLs

Train for Real Life: Master Balance & Proprioception with Stepping Figure 8s.

Challenge Your Body’s Internal GPS to Prevent Falls During Daily Activities.

In almost every session I teach, I have my clients on their feet for at least one exercise. Most Activities of Daily Living are done when you’re on your feet so your training should prepare you for real life. Stepping, being one of the 7 Primal Movements, is an essential activity to train. A big upper body stretch while stepping really challenges balance and proprioception (awareness of the position and movement of the body).

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Looking fro Freedom Standing in Setting 1 with the Gyrotonic Wingmaster

Wingmaster Setting 1 – Looking for Freedom standing

Wingmaster Setting 1 – Looking for Freedom, standing

Doing exercises on your feet is essential training for basic life. Most activities of daily living involve being on your feet. What this exercise adds to the standing position is a hip hinge, which is one of the 7 primal movements. Primal movements are the building blocks of how we learn to move naturally as we develop when we’re infants and toddlers.

When you do a hip hinge while standing, you change your center of gravity. Learning to keep your balance while also doing purposeful controlled motion, in this case, spiraling from one side to the other, trains you to help keep you from falling while doing every day activities like laundry, pulling things our of your car trunk and playing with your kids. GYROTONIC® exercises aren’t for looking like a dancer, they’re functional.

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