Pour, Scoop, Stir (Middle Trunk) (Patreon)

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Bring attention to your middle trunk, the space where your diaphragm rests. If you have trouble locating it, first find your lower trunk, then move up until you find the spot right below your chest. You can use your fingers or palm as a guide. Press into your middle trunk and push it backward, then use your middle trunk to push into your hand. Think of this space as a bowl of water. Pour the water out, scoop it back up, and stir it from various positions.

I have severe scoliosis and degenerative disk disease (sometimes you can see it when I demonstrate movements), and diverse movements nourish my body. It also doesn't feel like a chore but an exploration of life. I'm doing new and varied things, starkly contrasting the colonial capitalist "health" model of repeating the same thing infinitely. Oppression never heals anyone.

– Sam