Day 57

I am interested in creating my own somatic practice, and have been making an effort to become more aware of my movement habits.  I feel strongly that my movement history comes out in my dancing, and I have been trying to pay more attention to what I do directly before and after I dance.  Today, Nick and I went and walked around the Houston Arboretum and as soon as I got home, I began this improvisation.  When I walk, I feel like the muscles in my legs and spine get progressively tighter.  I am curious if in my improvisation I counteracted this tightness by gravitating towards movements that elongated those muscle group  OR if I gravitated towards my typical movement patters regardless of what preceded.  Afterwards, I do feel looser in my spine, hamstring, and psoas, but my quadriceps and IT band feel the same.