Video: Modern Dance Straddle Stretch

When doing the modern dance straddle stretch avoid straining muscles by applying light pressure to thighs. Improve flexibility using modern dance straddle stretches with tips from a professional dance teacher in this free modern dance video lesson.

Video Transcript

Hi, my name is Chell Garcia-Trias and I'm a dance teacher in Austin, Texas. And I'm going to show a traditional straddle stretch. I'm first going to start with my legs straight in front of me. My feet are flexed, which means that the toes are pointed towards the ceiling. And I'm going to gently open my legs up to where I'm comfortable, with my knees still straight. So I'm just gently opening up my legs, that's where I'm comfortable so I'm going to stay there. And now I'm going to rock back and forth on my sits bones, those are the bones at the top of your legs, you can feel them pushing into the ground. I'm going to push through those bones and push all the way through the top of my head, so I do not want to be curled in at my belly. I want to push through those bones and have a nice flat back. And now I'm gently going to reach through with my chest towards the ground and my head towards the wall. And I'm just going to do that very slowly, just until I feel okay, till I feel a nice stretch but it still feels comfortable and I can rest my hands on my shin or I can rest them on the ground, whichever is more comfortable. The whole time I'm going to take deep breaths into my stomach. So, here we go. So wherever you're most comfortable is where you're supposed to be. I can still feel my sits bones pushing towards the ground. I'm going to come back up. You can stay there for a long time as long as you want. So that's the traditional straddle stretch. It's really important that you don't push passed your comfort level. You don't want to pull your muscles. You just want to stretch them out and help them relax.

Modern Dance Straddle Stretch

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