Elena Martelli this is still great!! And challenging!! Proud of you for continuing to work through new things! The layback to brass monkey will come especially the more you practice feeling comfortable in brass monkey like you’re doing it here.

Vanessa shapes at the end!! Yes good!! Stag - excellent! Brass bridge varitarion yes! The flexy one - pull that leg back behind the shoulder instead of towards your chest

Vanessa I’m not going to ignore the 2nd clip 😉 (and no one else should either lols) a reminder for that dancer mindset of yours… it’s okay for things to not be perfect. It’s a process and you’re learning (love u!)

Drop down: there’s a major hip shift and oblique crunch that happens at :22 seconds of this very short tutorial. That’s imperative to get the pole lined on the outside of your leg (and not between your legs( https://youtu.be/9NS0-Hpte7o?si=p_xbaivn9iX6GZuw

Espi yes it looks like you felt more balanced this time around! Glad you didn’t push it right now with your left shoulder. Excited for you to revisit it again when you’re feeling all better! Appreciate the update on this!!

Elena Martelli thank you!!

Thank you!

Espi just tagged you in the post with the correct gym prorgram link. It's one of the pinned post here on the Feed. Make sure you are looking at that spreadsheet!

Espi yes sounds great!! If you get to it, update meeee :)) Yes- agree with you! I'm curious if thinking legs straight up first will help you find better balance when you slowly lower then both into the stag

Elena Martelli 🤣🤣🤣 I love when you mention your emotional support pillows!! Makes me laugh every time lol Yay keep us updated! This is a tutorial I made for a student a long time ago, but still a good explanation for you: https://youtu.be/qj7gKHbx_8c !! 

Espi Yayyy love to hear that you were able to really engage the upper back muscles when you were trying it- good stuff babe!! thanks for sharing this update :))