(Bachata) Feel every single part of your body and finish the movement~ Edward & Maria 2024 workshop - K-Sensual Week by Gatsu & Honey #bodyawareness

“It's not that you lift the hips and go straight from there — once they're lifted, the ribs have to catch first.”

CONTEXTOpening of the body movement section, stressing the sequence from hips to ribcage.

“When you flex, your partner follows in — and from there you have to lift her up, not twist her like this.”

CONTEXTA caution about which direction you lift your partner after the flex.

“The ribcage is what moves up and down like an accordion, and the partner underneath it moves like they're being lifted up and tossed.”

CONTEXTExplaining hip-to-ribcage connection, using an upper-body/lower-body "partner" analogy.

“Even when you throw this movement out, it still has to stay inside your own body — so be careful with that part.”

CONTEXTA caution about not leaving your own axis when throwing a movement out big.

“With your elbows lifted, press the base of your palms together as much as you can — that area switches on, the ribcage tightens up, and you get cage control.”

CONTEXTHow the elbow-to-palm connection creates ribcage control.

“You have to really try to press the base of your palms together so the muscles switch on — then even the tiniest movement travels straight through that tightened part.”

CONTEXTHow fine muscular connection transmits even small movements precisely.

“If you don't give me this, the movement only goes as far as your shoulder — but if you receive it thinking of this part as lifted from the inside, the lead becomes so much easier to feel.”

CONTEXTFor follows: how to stay aware of the inner connection when receiving a lead.

“My hand goes to her axis, and now I do the turn in her axis. Put both together and press the floor with your foot.”

CONTEXTExplaining, in English, where the lead's hand goes in a turn and how the foot presses the floor.

“In a turn there's energy that wants to fly outward — instead of that, put the energy of your hand toward the center at her forehead, keep the knees together, and just flex. That's it.”

CONTEXTOn controlling centrifugal force in a turn.

“It's easy to lose your center the moment you go up into a turn, so if the lead holds the follow's center up around her forehead and she keeps her knees together in a flex, she can turn as stable as a cylinder.”

CONTEXTOn how the lead should hold the partner's axis during a turn.