Week FIVE - full-body CARs
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Full Saturday Class
This is the full, uninterrupted class from Saturday, February 4th. You’ll get lots of details and options in the full class. For a more concise practice, find the shorter video clips + Q&A below.
Time Stamps:
00:00 - 35:25 - intro, full-body CARs routine (including jaws!)
35:25 - 01:04:07 - open Q&A
Practice Videos
Full-body CARs practice
We dive right into
tension r&r setup, then
CARs for every joint in your body (even those kneecaps!)
in one simple flow you can move to every day. Remember, you can do CARs standing, squatted, seated, in table-top/quadruped - whatever position feels most supportive to you.
Class Q&A
Time Stamps:
00:40 - 02:29 - How to work around pain in a joint?
02:29 - 04:43 - Dealing with pain, especially emotionally, while trying to move
04:44 - 05:50 - Do I do CARs for every joint all the time, or just for joints that hurt, only when they hurt?
05:50 - 06:40 - How long do we have access to the member vault?
06:40 -07:44 - Is there a discount for the TML membership? (Yes! Use code MEMBER50 at checkout to get 50% off your first subscription cycle for any membership plan you like)
07:45 - 08:48 - Do I, Asia, do CARs every day? What does Asia’s practice look like?
08:48 - 11:10 - Is it ok that my lower body moves when I’m doing low back CARs?
11:30 - 14:05 - Is there a particular way we should be sitting if we’re at a desk all day?
14:13 - 15:10 - What about doing low back CARs sitting? (yes!)
15:34 - 17:14 - How hip CARs are changing one challenger’s (Julie’s) pain, and how she’s succeeding by paying attention to pain and changing tension and time accordingly
17:20 - 18:54 - How CARs are easier to do anytime for one challenger (Nadia), versus getting on the mat for yoga or working out (plus my experience with being addicted to stretching vs feeling nourished by this new movement approach)
19:15 - 22:20 Danica’s audio is very Max Hedroom here but we get the gist of it: How empowering it is to have the ability to adjust the intensity of these movements vs feeling like you’re either doing it or not/failing. I dive into how all of this is really about developing a new relationship with yourselves, through movement.
22:22 - 23:57 - Why this movement approach is more ‘yoga’ than what we think of as yoga in many classes
24:00 - 25:38 - Getting rid of the ideas of “bad form”, “bad posture”, or pushing through pain for it to count, and realizing that the best approach is to build the tissue, and let these bigger, harder, faster, stronger movements demonstrate your capacity, rather than use them to build it = so much wiser.
25:38 - First you’ll start with a pretty consistent level of tension (eg 50% for an entire joint’s CAR); over time, you’ll learn to moderate tension throughout the CAR (eg 60%, except for areas that aren’t as juicy yet where you’ll be able to slide into 30%, then back to 60% once through it) + the full mantra of “enough”.
26:35 - 27:24 - Your brain is your body, and vice versa, you are the bagel.
27:25 - 28:40 - My heartfelt thank you for joining this challenge; reach out anytime!
