As we all know "Yoga" has its own rules and technique which enables a strong mind and physical balance for the human body.

"Floor Barre" instead develops a stronger control of the each ballet or contemporary dancer in controlling correct and accurate movements of the each single details of the the human body.

"Ballet" is then a mix of technique that is worked out with music, at the Barre and then at the Centre work during each ballet class.

As you may know all dancers before, during and after keep continuously doing their stretching in order to keep the body joints well tuned and warmed up.

Dancers in our days due to the intensive heavy training and performances schedule, work more on their technique and less on stretching, and less on taking care on how to avoid injuries during work.

"Postural Gym" instead is a mix of the three major ingredients:

1 - Yoga:, each move is done slowly controlling and healing the mind and eventual body pain.

2 - Floor Barre, created by Boris Kniaseff. is based on various movements made on grounding exercises linked with a strong ballet technique control for the turn out, pull up of the torso, and accurate pointe work with clean ballet positions.

3 -  Ballet, is the base of all the Academic and Fundamentals of the pure technique based on the great masters as Bournonville, Cecchetti, and Vaganova.

Below you shall find some very basic graphic design of Yoga technique, which twins in some way the usual daily warm up ballet dancer training and stretching.

In Postural Gym Class it is absolutely necessary and it takes time to understand what is the meaning  and the difference between:

Relaxation or muscles or joints relaxation and stretching.

The most difficult part  is to combine each part and each sequence or move with a deep inhale and exhale breathing.

Sound difficult but then it becomes a habit.

The days in which you see that your body doesn't cope then never push but you just mark the movement without really pushing.

Let your body decide and guide you, often our will and our soul wants to focus only the difficult things, but on the contrary you must start from the elementary ones and "then" you shall be able to reach your goals.

Never look the difficult movement only but be wise and look what could be the suitable ones that are in compliance with your body at first.

Consider that in each class not all movement will be done, even if a Postural Gym class could be lay out in a arch of  time of about 1 hour 45 or often 2 hours and more.

You cannot climb a full mountain if you are not wearing good shoes, so the same applies for your Postural Gym goals.

You must consider that if you are a sporty person who has been doing or still doing sport training either on a professional or amateur way then you won't have great difficulties in following the Postural Gym Class.

in case you haven't done any sport then classes are made in a different and easy mode adequate to the type of age and physical strength.

It is recommended, to always take a medical survey and see what your doctor will say if you are in conditions to take classes, never take decision on your own and say : I slept well this night I feel good and I will attend to my sport activity.

Be cautious and take care.

Even if you are very brave, NEVER do these exercises ALONE at home, a wrong move might bring you severe injuries at your own risks, always do this training in the studio, during classes with your teacher.

Remember:

The days in which  you have class, never eat too much,  you may eat a fruit salad, dring water, or green tea, or black tea with some lemon, or dring fruit juice of all type.

No alcoholic drinks, no smoking as is not compatible with your heart and sport.

Ladies who have their monthly periods, should not do some abdominal movements and should warn their teacher of their problem before class.

In case of headache, of flu, it is advisable you don't attend to class.

 

Of course during Postural Gym Class you don't really have to learn all or each name of the Yoga movement listed in these graphics.

Build Strength & Improve Balance With This Challenging Standing Yoga Sequence (No Yoga Mat Required) — Yoga Kali

Build Strength & Improve Balance With This Challenging Standing Yoga Sequence (No Yoga Mat Required) — Yoga Kali

Yoga Hip Opener poses

Yoga Twist and Bind Poses

Yoga Inversions 

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