This lesson is truly amazing for swiveling the hips in walking and running. If you don’t ever want to walk better, don’t ever do this lesson. Yes, it’s on the hands and knees, but you move around a lot while you’re there. And, as a bonus, there is a cool move at the end that makes it all worthwhile.
The more important aspect, however, is the integration of the shape of your spine with your strategy for articulating the hips. You must locate, sense, and explore movement in your spine to elicit the swivel in the pelvis. It is this exploring that accomplishes the overall coordination of the locomotive joints. Once you know what you’re doing, you can come back to the swivel again and again.
For a similar lesson on connecting the hips and spine, see 115 Foot and hip discrimination.
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