cruisin' for a bruisin'

after day 3, i am even more sore and even more bruised. just like yesterday, i had a a good bit of excitement and an equal amount of awkward disappointment. amy and i could not find parking so we arrived at the workshop 30 minutes late. luckily the day started late and we didn't miss much. actually we got the explanation of the first exercise AFTER it was over. and i was excited to know that we would be playing with the digestive system. it was a chapter i skipped while teaching dra 141 and unfortunately much of we did today was too advanced or a little scary for a group of body conscious undergrads.

the first exercise was just feeling the small shifts of weight as the body rolled. then there was a bit of lecture that would have been good to share. just like the breathing dance we did in the 141 class, it would have been good to do one with the digestive system. especially since the pathway of the intestines are pretty stinkin' cool. we then paired up and did rolls up and down our partners bodies and then we did a bit of surfing. after we switched, we went into a dance that was successful. that's where my major bruising happened. a few elbows on the floor and a bit of little shmooshing as manuel rolled over me. gosh, this sound much more sexual than it actually is.

we then played with elements of touch. i partnered with ian and we had to give different touch movements to our partner and then they did a little dance based on the touches. it was really cool. i have played with sculptures and small movement with a partners, but not with a prolonged touching session that becomes a score for the dancer. after lunch scott took over and we moved into contact. we did lifts in trio that eventually became a rolling lifting orgy. this was the biggest frustration of the day. the group i was in had a hard time doing the lifts. these were like those airplane lifts that we did as kids, but with assistance and coming from a RUN. So there were 2 people on either side of the runner who approached the base for the lift up. The 2 spotters then had to guide the jumper down by giving compression. So the ride down would be slow and easy. My 2 spotters guided down, but without compression so i was not comfortable at all. Scott then encouraged us to keep going or wander around the room and find bases with their legs up for us to fly. I turned around and my ENTIRE group was gone. I did wander for a while and then got frustrated and stopped and watched.

here's to a better tomorrow.