Drawing on the historic and contemporary frameworks of les chaines musculaires, Anatomy Trains, and GDS (Godelieve Denys Struyf), this course helps you navigate several different conceptions of myofascial lines in the body from a movement education perspective. Using Pilates-based exercises, we put these criss-cross lines of movement to work to optimize their functioning. The overall objective is to help teachers see systemic patterns for movement in the body, followed by a review of key exercises to target each one.
Recommended reading: Anatomy Trains by Thomas Myers
Learning objectives
- Explore the links and history of the myofascial lines and how they inform our current context
- Learn to see the human body in terms of several different myofascial perspectives
- Practise and apply moving along the myofascial lines from different schools
- Compare and understand the differences between myofascial and locomotor lines of movement