Retreat Lectures: Intro to Contortion (2h)

We will cover...

• What contortion training is and how it differs from flexibility training; different styles of contortion training (Mongolian, Russian, Chinese) and what style we will learn (mostly Mongolian)
• How to open up the upper, middle and lower back, hips as well as common misconceptions (ie. You can only bend naturally from your low back) – How fascia lines can be used to understand contortion theory (elongation vs. compression)
• Warming up and cooling down: why? Optimal ways to warm up/ cool down within time constraints.
• Different types of bodies and how we bend, how to use our strengths to our asset
• Longevity, age- doing contortion to an older age
• Cross-training contortion with other disciplines: how to do it optimally