Working with the Pelvis this week threw up some unexpected feelings and emotions. Nervously anticipating the study of this body part, I had geared myself up for a flooding of emotion in this somewhat ‘tender’ spot, yet, what has materialized is a shift in feeling and perspective from earlier movement practices utilizing the pelvis. Working with subtle tilting movements of the pelvis, we explored the range and releasing techniques of the Psoas muscle that crosses the pelvis and attaches to the Femur. What became evident was the range of movement that the pelvis has and how it connects to and affects the mobility of the entire body. Located in the middle ground between the expression of the upper body and the directional focus of the lower body, the pelvis acts as a kind of container for emotions and feelings of ‘holding on’ or ‘gripping’. Affirming the somatic viewpoint that the catalyst for change in one’s life is through the body, we explored the full range of the pelvis through a series of hour long scores. Number one: using the pelvis to move through space, paying attention to which movements are repeated and how the rest of the body responds to such movement. Working in groups we wrote aesthetic responses to each mover, sculpting a direct response to how we were affected on three different levels; seeing, feeling and imagining. This is an incredible effective and potent way of delving deep into the material, training one to become highly sensitive and trusting to an immediate response. As one group member wrote of my pelvis work:
Twisted lady carefully rocking and rolling
her body into reddish blooming...
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