Modern Dance Child Pose

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Hi, my name is Chell Garcia-Trias, and I'm a modern dance instructor in Austin, Texas. I'm going to show you the child's pose, which is also common in yoga. In modern dance we use it as a neutral position that we can always come to anytime any stretch feels a little too intense. Even when I'm taking dance classes in dance class, if something feels a little too intense, I might just come down into the child's pose and take a break. That way I'm releasing all of the muscles in my body, while still maintaining to keep breathing and keep my body warm. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to come onto my knees, and I'm just going to relax my legs, I'm going to rest my upper body on my knees, and put my arms to the side, and rest my head on the ground. If I want I can put my forehead on the ground. If I really need to I can turn to the side. I find that if my forehead's on the ground it's an easier way for me to release my neck muscles, although sometimes I need to turn it to the side to feel better. Whatever feels good is what you need to do. That's what you need to do for your body. You really need to learn in modern dance to listen to your body, and this is a great time for you to take to figure out what's going on with your body while you're stretching. So I'm just going to hang over here, I'm resting my upper body on my thighs, I'm dropping my head on the ground, and I'm just relaxing my arms and my legs. If I really want to, I can reach up with my arms, and reach out away from my body with them, and relax them here. Either way, I should just take deep breaths in my diaphragm while I'm here, and just take this time to relax, and to listen to my body. So, that's the child pose, the way that you would do it in modern dance, and it's a great neutral position, as I said, for stretching--when stretching feels a little too much.

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