Place, press, push

Place, press, push

Place, press, push is where you partner up and place certain parts of your body on your partner. This exercise is testing how much weight you can take but it also about using your body to connect with another and explore different ways to move around another body.

For example you would take your hand and place it just above your partners knee. You would then press further into there muscle and keep an eye on how your partner is taking the weight . Next you would push all of you weight into your partner. It is important to to trust yourself in giving all your weight and it is also important to communicate with each other is it hurts and you can't take the pain, in order to reduce risk of hurting each other.

You can then explore ways of moving around your partners body, jumping, spinning etc. This is a great way to build trust and start thinking about ways you can use place press push in our physical pieces.

Routes and Push/pull

Explain the need to develop routes to the floor

It is important that we develop routes to the floor as it enables you to feel connected to your surroundings and stay in touch with your body.
Devolving our routes to the floor will allow you to further explore the way our body moves and the different ways we can travel.

Developing your routes to the floor helps free up your mind and body, allowing your body to take control and to listen to your instincts. Developing your skills in doing this will only allow you to get better at switching off the sub concious. Switching off your subconscious mind will help with the energy and flow of your movements as you are not hindered by thinking your doing something wrong or being embarrassed.