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Old 05-22-2011, 01:06 AM   #7
Linda Eskin
 
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Re: Learning Through Feeling

Thanks, Carina. :-)

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Carina Reinhardt wrote: View Post
... one thing my teacher said in one of the last classes: move the legs first do not to anticipate with the upper body.
A good way of putting it. We have a similar focus on moving first from our base, and not getting caught up in fiddling with the details of hands and arms.

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