#bed-based circus

My pancreas is bothering me and I’m in pain this morning (which might have been why I felt so crappy yesterday if this was brewing).

We’ve been doing a lot of work lately on helping me be more embodied and being able to listen to my body better. As I am sitting here this morning reading academic articles about disability in circus (If you are at all interested check out Tina Carter’s work, it’s fantastic and she is awesome! It’s so well worth the read), my body started to become obsessed with getting into faux baby. 

Since I know the names of things are different everywhere, this trick starts from a scissor sit. The forward leg is bent with the apparatus resting in your knee bend, as the back leg stays straight pointing downwards, and the upper body is brought through the apparatus to rest on the shoulder of the same side as the forward leg. Your hips should be behind and lower than the apparatus. 

So, since I’m trying to do a better job of listening to my body, and have no aerial apparatuses at home, I figured let’s try hanging off the side of my bed and seeing what happens. Turns out my body let go of a ton of gas, and stretched out a tight hip, and while I’m probably going to have to repeat this several times before there is a lasting effect there were actually a few moments of relief.