Line of Effort and Skeletal Support

Listed by the publisher as “face down – Page 2 – kinesophics”

This lesson explores skeletal alignment by imagining force passing through the bones while lying face down. Participants mentally track a line of pressure from the heels to the hands, eventually using the image of a rolling ball to coordinate lifting and rocking the limbs in diagonal and central patterns.

Lying On FrontSittingLying On BackStandingSkeletal AwarenessForce TransmissionImageryDiagonal CoordinationMotif: Arms Legs XMotif: Pressure WavesEquipment: CushionsFlexion/Extension: Strongly ExtensionRotation: NoneSide bending: NoneCross-lateral: Defining