Hey guys, as the title says, we're going to learn about head movements and this is something that I've learned from so many teachers in so many different classes and workshops and I tend
to think that there are little differences, but they are natural because once you put it into a certain timing or a certain move,
combine it with other things. There there will be slight modifications and this is more universal for you to learn, you know, in bachata or even in zouk the purpose is I want to talk about the very fundamental on how to do
this movement in a way that feels comfortable if you know if you've been following this channel, what I like to do is I like to generate momentum rather than forcing it.
So this is going to be like the beginning of how to do this movement, the way we like to do it and what I want you to focus on before you continue is you need to practice this until
you remember what to do.
So you're not really trying to think so much anymore and then you start to feel and letting those movements happen by itself.
So let's get to it. Okay, so the very first thing that you need to know if this is new to you,
this is going to be the most important part, like everything else is not going to be as important as this if you're learning this just now or recently and that is it's
called head movements, but what we're moving.
What we're actually trying to manipulate is not the head, it's not the neck, it's not the head,
in fact what we want to do in any sort of head movements is we want to relax our neck as much as possible.
Now in practice it kind of looks like this our head will follow where our chest is going.
The easiest to start with is the left and right tilt.
So if I keep my head straight and tense and I tilt my chest, my upper body like this is going to be start,
it's going to start feeling
uncomfortable for me and so I need to relax and when I relax it's gonna look like this, this is the start of head movement or to the other side.
this is the start of head movement or to the other side.
If I sort of crunch this way and I keep my head up, it's going to start to become
annoying and so I need to relax this and it can be at the start of a head movement, it's the same as if you're a lead or your your follow in a dip that you're not used to the dip that goes like this.
Like I see this a lot, if a follower, I don't know when to sort of like relax their neck or maybe it's gonna follow,
don't trust a lead when they're dipping like this, they're gonna look like this because they're not sure they don't want to fall back there and it's gonna be really uncomfortable,
it's gonna look weird and it's gonna feel uncomfortable, especially for the followers.
Now, what I feel is the most tricky part is when you're going back or in front and the difference is this your chest, when you're going down down here,
your chest needs to be collapsed and when you're going the opposite way, when you're going back, this needs to be open and the difference is this,
this is neutral, this has collapsed back to neutral and this is open.
You notice, you know, when you're doing it right,
is when, say for example, you're just doing this and then you're trying to go back here is very uncomfortable to speak.
But if I open my chest here, I can still speak clearly.
And this is technically the position that you want to be in.
So to recap, this is what you need when you're going to this side, you need to sort of tilt this way.
I don't really like thinking as a crunch as in the gym because it's not really that deep, it's more this upper body,
you're trying to crunch this way and then you're gonna start closing your chest and when you close your chest, if you relax your head it will naturally drop.
if you relax your head it will naturally drop.
And if you tilt that way,
you're just kind of open, start to open, it's not close anymore. And if you go back,
it's not close anymore. And if you go back,
it's not really going back that you think you're thinking about, it's more that you want to open your chest up
and when you're relaxed, you have this position so it starts from here, you relax and then close your chest open to the side and then open up.
This is what head movement is.
So the exercise that you need to do at home is that you need to start feeling rather than remembering.
So you want to just do this movement like this, this tilt and then really relax it and then close,
relax and then tilt to the other side and then open up.
So the goal for you when you're practicing at home is to do the movements and then relax because you don't want to be thinking so much of what the movement is and you want to,
you wanna feel more rather than remembering.
Alright guys, I hope that video helps and let me know if you have any questions or if you have any ideas for next videos and um Yeah, please share like and subscribe.
And I will see you in the next video.