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“It's a very short moment where the head contracts. Don't go too early. That's really important.”

Said while explaining opening and closing the head through a turn to the right, stressing the precision of the head-contraction timing

“Keep the body extended and don't let the head drop toward the chest.”

Part of the explanation about maintaining posture while demonstrating a tilted traveling turn to the right

“The weight shifts first, and then on the second step you stop in the contraction.”

A detailed breakdown of the weight-transfer order and contraction timing inside the turn

“At the beginning and the end of the movement, when I breathe out — you see, that's when the journey starts again.”

After mentioning other things to try between repeated moves like the penguin walk, explaining how the start and end of a movement connect to the breath