This lesson asks the ribs to get out of the way as you slide the arm around and under. If your ribs are immobile or stiff, you'll sense the limitation. The constraint is tricky on purpose, which means you strategize to wake up possibilities in the ribs you do not normally use. Don't worry, the lesson will show you how.
I love this lesson for how it feels clunky and awkward at first, then smooths out into a fluid, graceful whole as you increase flexibility in the spine and create more space between the ribs. You start to feel a bit like an inchworm wiggling around!
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The second half of sliding the arm. I love this lesson, as long as my ribs are wiggly. When they aren’t, I don’t like it much as I feel clunky. The movement feels very martial art-y to me because of leveraging the ground and puzzling through to make it easier and easier.