hi it's Elissa Weinzimmer and it is time for another How To Warm-Up video
how to warm up
in today's video I'm here in the studio
because I want you to be able to see my whole body cuz we're gonna be doing some
circling now this is a really simple really really central exercise that a
lot of us probably know but we're just gonna circle through all the major
joints of our body so let's start at our feet take your right foot and keep the
ball of your foot on the floor and just circle your right ankle around to the
outside now as you do this just be really gentle and don't overextend your
foot you don't want to push too hard laterally sideways on your ankle and
then when you're ready you can go the other way circling your foot around
obviously your knees going with it and then you can do the other side left foot
circling around and then the other way so we're just really lubricating all of
the major joints in the body as we Circle which is a fabulous way to get
warmed up bring your feet together and I like to warm up the knees now your knees
don't want to move sideways too much but there is some motion that can bring you
into a circle so I like to circle them forward and around keeping my legs
together and then you can go the other way
circling your knees around awesome bring your feet a little bit wider so you have
the space to circle your hips circle your hips around to the right and as you
do make sure you get front corner and back corner all the corners all the way
around going nice and slow warming up your hips let's be totally honest this
is an area on our bodies that we tend to cut a ball cut off from and then go the
other way circling around
very nice and then we'll come up to our shoulders so circle your shoulders up
and back up and back and around circling very nice and when you feel
ready you can circle your shoulders around to the front awesome last thing
we'll do a circle or a head let's start with some half circles with the chin
coming down towards the chest and then right here towards right shoulder and
then left ear towards left shoulder so let your chin come down and around and
down and around and then as you do your full circle let your chin come down and
around but then think about drawing a rainbow in the sky with your nose so you
don't crunch the back of your neck up been around up and around and then you
can go the other way up and around and down
breathing feeling into your whole body and once you are done
shake it out blow through your lips and you've just warmed up most of the major
joints in your body you know what we forgot let's do a little bit of wrists
around a little bit of elbows fabulous okay enjoy this exercise is really
simple and easy to do it's pretty socially acceptable so if you are
standing waiting to go into a meeting or an audition or whatever you're doing and
you feel like oh I just need to circle a little bit it's a really nice way to
stay in your bodies stay grounded stay centered and get ready to do whatever
you're doing in the rest of your warm-up or in your performance enjoy and I will
see you in a future how to warm up video
how to warm up