Post Summer Travel Balm

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/23Xuh7G6i3Gsl5sKSB8N0t?si=4507fb660dee43f4

This class features loads of hip extension, hamstring strength and flexibility, and thoracic rotation perfect counterposes to sitting for long periods of time on trains, planes, and automobiles.

The Salish word for the sound of waves is Whulge (or sometimes spelled Whulj). It’s an onomatopoeic word, meaning it’s meant to imitate the sound itself. It’s also used as a place name, particularly for Puget Sound (my current view for my daily practice).

In the Lushootseed language, the word translates as “saltwater waves washing onto the beach”, according to the Puyallup Tribal Language.

Today’s practice takes this word ‘whulge’ to heart - wave like movement through the spine, waves upon waves in a wave accumulation flow (wave flow is a much more appropriate description than the linear feel of “ladder flow” I hear so often to match the organic curves I teach in transitions) - waves of emotion too of course that arise from depth to surface as we excavate through movement breath and flow state