Stan's Physical Warm Up

This is a copy of the warm up that we used in our lesson on Stanislavski. If you require it again at a later date, here is a brief description.

Firstly we started working the head in all directions, opening and closing the jaw, moving onto shoulders and ribs. Warming up the top half the body, which is vital in the kind of work we were doing. Preparing us for the work ahead.

Next we found a space to lie down on the floor - using Stanislavski's stretching, and tension releasing exercises.
Lying on th efloor, working through the body, consistently tensing and releasing each set of muscles from the feet, the calves, the knees, the thighd, the buttocks, ( the whole leg), the stomach, the chest, then the whole torso.
The upper arms, the lower arms, the fists, (then the whole arm), the neck, the face, the whole scalp.

Next adopt a series of poses (sitting up straight, half sitting, standing, half standing, kneeling, crouching.
As you adopt each pose make a mental note of which muscles are involved in the task., and how few are actually needed to carry it out effectively.
Then relax any muscles unncessary employed.

Dominique