1 Tip For The Day – A Morning Of Breathing And A Squidgy Ball
Today, I started my morning class with some breathing as usual, followed by a squidgy ball as a head pillow. 
The breathing and a focus on the breath lasts about 5-10 minutes, whilst I encourage everyone to come into the class with me. We usually sit upright against bolsters or a wall, either cross-legged or with legs straight out infront of us, close our eyes and maintain some silence for a while before I begin with the breathing and relaxation part of the class.
Inhaling and exhaling and quietly starting the day’s journey. Then I gently chide my clients to return their focus back to their bodies as they open their eyes.
The softness of a squidgy ball as a head pillow this morning, caused lots of comments from my clients, about how their heads felt soft and light and that there was a sense of their heads floating.
I have been experimenting with this lately in an attempt to encourage my clients to understand how to dissociate from some of their neck muscles namely – the scalenes, sternocleidomastoids, sub-occipitals and upper trapezius, when in a relaxed state.
Tip for the day.
Whenever you are lying down with your head resting on a pillow or a squidgy ball , make sure that your neck is in line with the rest of your spine. Your head is the continuation of your spine and a third of your body weight too, right? (wrong lol.x see comments here ) So it’s important for your head to feel comfortable.
Discovering all these beautiful ways to make my classes and sessions a joy for my clients is something that brings a smile to my face constantly and the feedback is the most important ingredient that sets me off on my days of research and encourages me to keep following my dreams of light, easy and flowing movements.
Enjoy your day ahead….
Next up: Soft Ball Release
Many blessings.x
History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.
Fernand Braudel
4 comments
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What a lovely piece of lovely peace
I really enjoyed that Liz – thank you!
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It really works, Amanda, Thank you for your gorgeous comment. I’ll be posting some pictures up later.
Have a great day ahead.
Much love,hugs and many blessings
always
Liz.x
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“Your head is … a third of your body weight too, right?”
No, wrong! Who told you that? An adult human head weighs about 12 pounds.
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I stand corrected, thank you for contributing John.
Wiki Answers suggests that the ‘average’ human head is 8% of total body mass so 10-12 pounds or 4-5kg would be the weight of our average heads from C3 upwards.
However, it certainly feels like a third of my body weight sometimes.
Enjoy your evening.
Kind regards and many blessings
always
Liz.x
