If being bendy is one of your goals, then expert contortionist Laura Proud tells how to deepen your practice with assisted contortion. Assisted contortion is not as scary as it sounds. It could be as simple as using blocks to having advanced instructors manipulating your body. Laura Proud is a professional contortionist and aerialist that travels the globe with her international circus career. She shares some fresh moves and assisted contortion techniques that you can incorporate into ...
15 Simple Aerial Silks Beginner Tricks
Congratulations you have started your aerial silks journey or perhaps you are about to start. This guide will tell you what you need to know about starting silks and a checklist of 11 aerial silk beginner tricks that you can work on. WHAT ARE SILKS? Aerial silks are also known as tissues, or fabric. The art of silks is climbing, twirling and dropping in the silk. WHO SHOULD TRY SILKS? Aerial silks do take a little more strength than the Lyra although it is not a painful ...
How To Start Training For Contortion Backbends
If you have been following me for a while you would know that I am more of a splitty girl and not a backbender. I decided to find an expert that can tell us about their contortion backbends and how to approach progressions to advanced poses. Jamie Langridge pictured above is a mind blowing expert on backbends. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to interview him. When did you start training in contortion? "I was 15 years old when I started contorting however I always been bendy especially in ...
29 Game Changer Stretches For Front Splits
Are you looking to get your front splits? Here are 29 stretches for your hamstrings, quads, and hip flexors so you can nail the front splits. When you are training for your front splits there are a few areas you need to work on. The hip flexors need to be supple so that the leg can retract behind you. This also means that the quads need to be pliable so they do not pull on the hip flexors. When stretching for your front splits we additionally need to focus on the glutes and the ...
9 Hamstring Floss Stretches To Elongate Your Nerves
If you are experiencing stiffness or tension in the hamstrings which don’t seem to be muscular, it could be your nerves restricting your range of motion. The good news is we can elongate our nerves with a hamstring floss stretch. “When people are trying to stretch their hamstrings and it hurts, they tend to think it’s a tight muscle or fascia, but in many instances, a branch of the sciatic nerve is caught up in a muscle,” says Robert Silverman, a chiropractor in White Plains, New York, and ...
16 Valentines Day Gifts For Him & Her
Let's face it men are hard to buy for especially on Valentine's day, and us women want our man to miraculously know what we want. To solve the problem I have written the ultimate gift guide on Valentine's Day gifts for him and her! Valentines Day Gift For Him #1 Tech Gadgets Whenever I think of gifts for him I always think tech gadgets, sport, and alcohol. There are so many cool tech gadgets out there here are three to consider: Apple Watch Spoil him with a brand new apple ...
Jesus calls his disciples: An Invitation To Minister
When Jesus calls his disciples, did you ever wonder why did Jesus choose the number 12 not 10 or 13? How did Jesus choose each one of the 12? Are there modern-day disciples? How can we take greater steps for Christ just like the disciples did? What is the difference between a disciple and an apostle? A disciple is someone who is a student. The word Apostle means "messenger, he who is sent." This tells us that Jesus's students were disciples. One he believed they were ready to become ...
15 stretches to lengthen the quads
Do you need to lengthen the quads? Perhaps their partner in crime the hip flexors too? We will go through 15 stretches to open up the front of the body to release your quadriceps and hip flexors. The Quads The quadriceps are a large group of muscles located on the front of the thigh between the hip and knee joints. They include the: Saratorius The saratorius is not technically a quadricep yet it does interact with them. The muscle runs across the quadriceps diagonally from ...
11 Stretches To Lengthen The Hamstrings
Need to lengthen those hamstrings? Relieve tension and gain more agility. Then try out our 11 stretches for supple hamstrings. The Superficial Back Line The hamstrings are part of the superficial backline. The superficial backline runs from the top of the eyebrow all the way down your back into the tips of your toes. When the hamstrings are tight you may find that the muscles along the spine or that in contact with the hamstrings may also be tight or painful since they are all ...
3 Relieving Glute Pretzel Stretches & 3 Alternatives
Tight painful glutes? Try my 3 glute pretzel stretches and 3 others to release the tension your glutes. Why Do We Get Tight Glutes? Sitting down all day can make your glutes tighten up and training your glutes can also cause them to tighten. Whichever your vice is we have 6 stretches for your glutes to relieve the tension. Sitting: The Enemy Have you heard the new term that sitting is the new smoking? “Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more ...
Are Isaiah’s Chapters In Book Of Mormon?
Before we begin to study Isaiah's chapters in the book of Mormon it is important to go back to the beginning and learn about Isaiah and his teachings in the old testament of the bible. Who Is Isaiah? Isaiah and the lamb of God. Buy the painting here. Isaiah was one of the great four prophetic prophets from the bible. Not only was he a great prophet Isaiah also served as a royal counselor for many kings, beginning with the last years of King Uzziah’s reign. The book of Isaiah begins ...
41 Top Aerial Training Tips
What Is Aerial Training The definition of aerial is: existing, happening, or operating in the air. The definition of training is: the action of teaching a person a particular skill or type of behavior. Marry the two together and you have a person performing particular skills that operate in the air. That is the perfect description of what aerial arts is. Aerial training is the dedication each aerialist has to train, reworking, strengthening, and mastering a new or pre learned ...
