Y'all asked for this one- here are my top five tips to help people clean up their matrix 🌀
🏋️ In short, put the work of the movement in your hips, knees, and ankles to avoid straining your back.
I often hear masculine folks say they're not flexible enough to bend this way, but it's not about flexibility ☝️ It's about re-training your reflexes to control the staff with your lower body
I think of it this way- once my arms are out of the way, the rest of my body controls the staff. It's better to put that work into the stable, highly sensitive, and powerful muscles of the legs, rather than rely on the upper back and shoulders just because they're closer to the staff.
Remember, our bodies are made of interconnected segments. You don't need to power a movement with closest segment.
❓would anyone be curious in hearing more about WHY these tips work, from biomechanics❓ there's soooo much more I could say about hip and knee movements since I'm writing my doctoral thesis on how they maintain stability during locomotion. I tried to restrain my inner nerd this time 😅
✨SLOW FASHION DRIP✨
👕 top by @setera.clothingco
👖 pants by @_midnightreverie_
One of many highlights from @flame.festival 2026 was teaching partner dragon with my love, @therealjacksonbush 💕 this clip is an excerpt of the 90 second choreography we created to help folks find flow through collaborative movement
Thank you to everyone who came to my classes- teaching object manipulation is my favorite thing in the world, and I'm honored to have been a part of your weekend 🙏
📸: @hatsunestarlove
More videos to come!
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Challenge #19 - 2022 Ninja Pyrate Holiday Challenge.
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Claire - Contact Staff - Caged Combo
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Claire is a multi-prop object manipulator and neuroscientist interested in reflex development.
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Decided this shot deserved its own place on the grid 🦑 buugeng noodling from @flame.festival
captured by @alex_angel_photography
and thank you to @fishshapes for letting me borrow your squiggly sticks, and always, always encouraging me to spin this most wonky prop 💙🙏
✨ splice mini dress by @themodernvagabond
GLF is Supportive energy + strong Community = magic ✨These are the instructors here to help us with Grow, explore flow, and learn more deeply about the world within and around is. ☀️
Y'all really liked my previous class recap of this choreographed sequence- how about some fire 🔥
Grateful that as of today @therealjacksonbush is no longer a full time grad student with a separate full time job 🥹 now his Sunday afternoons can be for movement arts together, and not very abstract and contrived math homework 🥳🥰
#partnerdragonstaff #dragonstaff #flowarts #atlantaperformer
Lil Dragon Combo in the hills ❤️🐉🌄
Playing and collaborating with friends is what it’s all about!
Happy Spinning! 🥳✨🔥
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#flowarts #flowartscommunity #flowartsmovement #dragonstaff #flowartistsofig
the stories saw it first 🌄 did a cute lil hike/sunset jam up Arabia Mountain with my friends @cheech__chi and @nickleo.flow ✨ I just wish this spring hadn't been so dry, so they could have seen the endangered, ultra-rare Diamorpha blooms in person
🐉 Leds by @flowtoys and reflective/collapsible pole by @wizardofflow_
#dragonstaff #wizardofflow #flowarts #atlantaperformer #objectmanipulation
Somehow came away from @flame.festival with almost exclusively contact staff content 🤔😅
🪄 Stick from @wizardofflow_ and personally crafted by my friend @hatsunestarlove 🩵
📸 Thanks to my bb @therealjacksonbush for filming
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