Power of Connection & Potential Energy with Marcel - May 2011
Rider's Body and Mind
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10m
Karen and Marcel use some simulations to describe the power that you achieve when there is a positive connection within the body. You will see Ovation show this in a transition to lengthening, then we will explore it in simulations using a ball. Marcel joins us again in a very powerful exercise
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