{"id":79,"date":"2008-06-19T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T04:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niasomoves.com\/Rachaelsblog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2008-06-26T17:16:56","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T01:16:56","slug":"crawling-the-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/crawling-the-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawling: The Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some benefits that the practice of Crawling brings. \u00a0(For more about the practice of Crawling, please see my post The Five Stages of Self-Healing: Crawling<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Body:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freedom of movement coupled with physical stability.
\nCo-contraction of the rotator cuff and stabilization of the shoulder joint.
\nStability for spine and neck.\u00a0
\nActivation of deep abdominals.
\nCoordination of arms and legs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mind:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mental mobility coupled with mental stability.
\nChildlike spontaneity.\u00a0
\nAbility to interrelate broadly with the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emotions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playfulness.
\nFluidity.\u00a0
\nNatural ferocity.
\nGroundedness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spirit:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remembering your animal nature.
\nConnection to animal ancestors and relations.\u00a0
\nFluidity in your state of being.\u00a0
\nPulling Earth’s energy up through front and back paws.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And here are some applications of the practice of Crawling to Nia’s three movement arts:<\/p>\n

Dance Arts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free expression of the tail in Jazz Dance.
\nFree expression of the natural soul in\u00a0Duncan Dance.
\nPlayfulness of Duncan Dance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Martial Arts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coordination of arms and legs around your center.
\nAnimal energies in martial arts forms, e.g., bear claw swipe.
\nAnimal instincts bring just enough power needed in the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Healing Arts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relationship of four limbs to torso in Yoga’s alignment of bones.
\nPracticality of Child’s Pose in Yoga.
\nThe sensation of reciprocal motion of the limbs, shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle in Feldenkrais.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some benefits that the practice of Crawling brings. \u00a0(For more about the practice of Crawling, please see my post The Five Stages of Self-Healing: Crawling.) Body: Freedom of movement coupled with physical stability. Co-contraction of the rotator cuff and stabilization of the shoulder joint. Stability for spine and neck.\u00a0 Activation of deep abdominals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-belt","category-ongoing-nia-classes","category-the-five-stages-of-self-healing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}