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.
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