What are the easy to rememberingredients of your loop?
Basically three shapes:
bridge
side bridge/ Homer Simpson
half squat
Describe your process: How did you choose the parts?
How was your experience leading up to this?
What did you need to get into the right state of body/mind/spirit Flow?
I must admit that, like a couple others, I felt quite pressured to come up with something original or special. And just like a lot of others I'm also dealing with injuries, in my case an old meniscus injury, that became a re-injury, and on top of this I just recovered from Covid. Therefore, I procrastinated and in my mind already wanted to bail out of the whole thing. Ultimately, I tried to keep this little homework as simple and enjoyable as possible and chose shapes I enjoy being in. My aim was to gradually layer a few more progressions into the flow, such as a lunge into standing, a "plow" into a shoulderstand, and still allow the basic pattern of the flow to be visible. It was helpful to re-watch a couple of classes from the FFTT and take notes on them. Surprisingly, I felt very much at ease while filming the loop, while I was moving I also came up with more alternations/progressions I could have added or chosen instead. It was an interesting experience to realise how many options you actually have to go from one place to another.
What felt good or provided a healthy challenge in the loop video sequence?
Like I already said before I felt good while moving. It was easy to be in the moment without coming up with a lot of stories why this doesn't look good or that isn't like it is "supposed to be". The challenge was to slow myself way down, and I realise I could have done that even more. Moving slowly is so much harder and you can see the struggle in the transitions.
If there is one thing that you would do differently, what is it?
1. Start earlier
2. I missed the chance to connect with other fellow students while creating the loop (technical issues with my cam, which still shouldn't have prevented me from trying to get in touch via audio...) and realise now that could have been a valuable extra.
3. clean up the transitions, e.g. by pushing into the floor more
What did you learn from this experience that you will apply to your own training or teaching?
1. You are your worst critique - be more kind to yourself.
2. Even with injuries and other stuff going on, there is still so much you can do. Stop getting caught up in all the stories that your mind tries to tell you.
3. Don't compare yourself and your body in motion to other bodies.
3. It doesn´t need a lot to get into the flow, just get on the floor and see where things take you.