This class focuses on learning one of the most important movement patterns your body uses every day — the hip hinge.
Every time you sit down, stand up, pick something up off the floor, or lean forward to reach for something, your body is performing a hip hinge. When this movement happens correctly — folding at the hip crease rather than rounding through the lower back — it protects the spine, activates the glutes and hamstrings, and allows the whole body to move with much greater ease and efficiency. When the hip hinge is missing, the lower back is often left to do the work alone, which over time can contribute to tension, strain, and discomfort.
Learning to hinge well is not just about exercise. It is about changing the way you move through your daily life in a way that genuinely protects and strengthens your body.
In this class we break the hip hinge down simply and practically, exploring what it feels like to fold from the hip crease and how to bring this awareness into the movements you already do every day. We will work through sitting and standing from a chair, folding forward, and lifting from the floor — rebuilding these familiar movements from the ground up.
You will need a chair, a theraband, scarf, belt, or long-sleeve shirt, and a pillow.
This class helps you move the way your body was designed to — protecting your spine, waking up your glutes and hamstrings, and bringing ease to the everyday movements that matter most.