The hips are the center of the body.
Moving them well contributes to all other movements and connects them in an enhancing chain of small and greater movements.
Begin:
- Place yourself in the pushup position and rotate your hips while in this in one side and then the next. Note your preference and always start the movement with the breath.
- Place yourself on one fist/hand and turn your body sideways to the ground. Repeat the hip rotation and release your eyes as well as you breathe and move. Do this for both sides.
- Place yourself on both fists/hands with your chest to the stars and repeat the rotation both ways. Consider how movement under slight pressure helps us learn to move all things as one.
Continue:
- Place yourself on one fist/hand and opposing side foot – repeat the hip rotation and work to let the movement balance you, rather than tension and bracing the movement chain. Water does not break, ice does.
- Place yourself on fist/hand and the same side side foot – repeat the hip rotation and focus on breathing excess tension out.
Further on:
- Do a handstand with a partner or with your legs on a tree trunk and rotate your hips. Focus on the reversed blood flow and let the mass sync itself in balancing out movement and activation.
- Hold yourself on a tree branch or a pull up bar and rotate your hips. Let the body unwind and let it smile.
Enjoy.
The Martial Art of Walking 