Welcome to the main page for the
Royal Pains in the Neck (RPITN)
UPCOMING CLASSES
Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
until end of July
This is our zoom forevermore.
Audio Tapes
Above, find the full preamble to the series. To the left is the hand position for ‘hands in a bridge’ (and a bit of a hint about the next class) and below, just the head roll part of the lesson as a stand-alone. And below that, a suggestion for how to use the head roll forever while keeping it fresh and interesting
Since these lessons are mostly about waking up the brain, novelty is a really important part. As soon as a move from the lesson becomes something you can do by rote, it has become an exercise for your muscles rather than for your mind. Luckily, the head roll is infinitely improvisable! Use a different hand. Include your eyes as one of the moving parts. Change where you lay your hand—down the nose, on the cheek, along the jaw—and observe how this changes your organization (in your armpit, the trajectory of your elbow, the use of your ribs). Change the idea of where the movement comes from—have the star of the show be your L shoulder blade, or your right, or one or the other clavicle or your sternum or your L foot (seriously). Your lower ribs! Make ‘the same move’ but see how your organization changes. You can do this on the floor or in bed. And the tape is two minutes long….
This is where information about the method, anatomical parts, learning philosophies, context… and other workshop gems will be captured.