BodyKnowledge^tm Techniques

D-Stress^tm Technique: Shoulder Rolls

an excerpt from
"BodyKnowledge^tmBasics: A Body Owner's Manual"*
by Denise Cavassa, CMA © 1989

You will engage your Hand-Scapula Connection (or your Hand-Shoulderblade Connection), which is for upper body support. The rule is to keep your shoulderblades flat against the back of your ribs while gently reaching them down towards your pelvis to safely support the movements of your arms and upper body.

Adjust your pelvis. Touch your shoulders and form a 90-degree angle between your elbows and your torso. (Figure 1).

Figure 1

BodyKnowledge-tm Shoulder Rolls Figure 2

Figure 2

Relax your shoulders and Exhaling, GLIDE your elbows down to your sides and ROLL them in towards each other and the Center of your chest (Figure 2) . . .

. . . up and around to your ears
(Figure 3) . . .

BodyKnowledge-tm Shoulder Rolls Figure 3

Figure 3

. . and Inhaling, open them out -- shoulderblades flattening against your ribs -- and around to Starting Position. (Figure 1)

Repeat three times. GLIDE your elbows down and around in towards each other . . . Inhaling, up to your ears . . . and open out to Starting Position.

You are ROTATING your arms at your shoulder joints, getting a 3-dimensional stretch.

Now repeat three times, ROTATING in the other direction.

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