General mobility
Flexibility • 17m
This is a great session to do on a day when you feel tight or sore. It opens up your body without expecting too much of it. You can also do it before you start a warm-up or after a strength or dance session. It is a session that is safe to practice early in the morning.
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Hip Openers
This series can be practiced after a basic warm up, before beginning an Adavu practice.
The hip opener series will help you navigate through tight hips. It will help you mobilise your hips and enable you to push your thighs back while sitting in Araimandi. Please do this in combination with str...
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Flexibility: Gluteals
Mobility and flexibility in the hip area is very important for a lot of movements in bharatanatyam. When there is tightness in the gluteals, it may lead to injuries in the lower back. This video helps promote mobility in the gluteals and helps open your hips and mobility in the area.
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Flexibility: Hamstrings and Hip flexors
Length in the hamstrings and hip flexors enables the Bharatanatyam dance to find efficient movement in many adavus. This video goes through a series of stretches that can be practised after dancing or on a day when you want to work only on flexibility.
