PSOAS: BEYOND THE ABDOMINALS – 4 Week Online Digital Course

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4 WEEK ONLINE VIDEO COURSE

WEEKLY LESSONS INCL. VIDEOS

If you are you ready to discover stability and balance, experience more natural flexibility in your hip joints, have ease in your daily, natural movement, be more aligned and feel more grounded, the Franklin Method Psoas online course may be exactly what you need!

• How to strengthen abdominal muscles in an effective way, without injuring or causing tension in your body.
• The relation between abdominal strength and a lean, flat stomach.
• The best methods for abdominal training using function, anatomy, movement and imagery.
• How to coordinate your breathing  and abdominal muscles properly.
• The keys to training of the pelvic floor in relation to your abs.
• Effective abdominal exercises using the Franklin Method, that you can incorporate into your daily routine.

PROGRAM DETAILS

MODULE 1

1. THREE MOVEMENT POSSIBILITIES AT ANY JOINT
2. THE FUNCTION OF THE PSOAS MAJOR
3. THE SUPERFICIAL AND DEEP PSOAS MAJOR
4. UPRIGHT EXERCISE 1: HIP FLEXION WITH FOCUS ON THE ILIOPSOAS
5. SUPINE EXERCISE 1: ENGAGING THE ILLIOPSOAS
6. SUPINE EXERCISE 2: HIP FLEXION WITH FRANKLIN BALLS

MODULE 2

1. REDIRECTING THE ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE
2. THE FUNCTION OF THE PSOAS MINOR
3. UPRIGHT EXERCISE 2: THE ILIOPSOAS WALK
4. SUPINE EXERCISE 3: FOCUS ON PSOAS MINOR
5. SUPINE EXERCISE 4: EXTENDED LEG ILIOPSOAS CONDITIONING A
6. SUPINE EXERCISE 5: EXTENDED LEG ILIOPSOAS CONDITIONING B

MODULE 3

1. UPRIGHT EXERCISE 3: ILIACUS AND PELVIC TILT
2. UPRIGHT EXERCISE 4: FRANKLIN BAND ILIOPSOAS CONDITIONING
3. UPRIGHT EXERCISE 5: IMAGINING DIRECTIONS THROUGH ILIOPSOAS
4. SUPINE EXERCISE 6: ALTERNATING HIP FLEXIONS
5. UPRIGHT EXERCISE 6: STRETCHING THE ILIOPSOAS
6. SUPINE EXERCISE 7: FRANKLIN BAND ILIOPSOAS CONDITIONING

MODULE 4 – BONUS SESSION

1. HOW THE PIRIFORMIS INFLUENCES PSOAS FUNCTION.
2. RELEASING AND TONING THE PIRIFORMIS WITH IMAGERY AND PROPRIOCEPTION.
3. BALL EXERCISES TO RELEASE, STRENGTHEN AND BALANCE THE PIRIFORMIS AND PSOAS.
4. RELAXING YOUR BACK BY MOVING THE KIDNEYS ON THE PSOAS.

“The Franklin Method has proved invaluable to our students at the Juilliard School in NYC for the past several years. Learning how to use mental imagery and functional anatomy for dance augments our training program beautifully as it is clear, precise, and useful in every way for any dancer. The students have found it revelatory!”

– Lawrence Rhodes Director of the Dance Division The Juilliard School – www.juilliard.edu