Lessons to Increase Comfort on Ice

The best advice for safely walking on ice can be summarized as:
advice

It is common to describe the falls anda simple description as shown in this infogram. Nevertheless, most people find themselves uncertain about how to actually do this. Thus the short course on this website.

(source: http://whereinoslo.com/blog/new-in-oslo-or-norway/965/)

The Map

Path 1: Breath

heel back

Path 2: Waking the Pelvis

Path 3: Knee to Floor

Introduction

The greatest difficulty we face on ice is finding balance in a dynamic way. That is, each second we are on ice, we sense that we are not stable. Thus we need to find ways for our body to be dynamically balanced.
In this introduction, I, and the participants, formulate questions about what is happening and what might be solutions.

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Reference Movements

Try these at the beginning, and return here after each section to check your increased ease in moving.

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1. Breath 1.

In this first lesson (only 11 minutes), we explore two ways of interrupting the habitual holding of the breath when faced with the possibility of slipping.

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Breath 2

In this part, we explore breathing in the lower abdomin and pressing down which brings the center of mass lower, allowing you greater balance.

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From here, try the heel back

Heel to side, or back

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Pelvis back

Part 1: Feeling the hip going back -- while standing

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Part 2: taking the hip back - on the belly

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Part 3: Taking the hip back - sitting (on the floor) and, of course, adding the breathing in the lower abdomen

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<--- Try the heel back now.

Knee to Floor

If you haven't done the other parts of the lesson, maybe do one of the breath lessons, first.

Next, try the heel back sequence. It is only 3 minutes.

Now you may be a bit ready for trying the knee to the floor. For this part, you will need a chair, and your initial starting position is facing the front of the chair, and lightly holding the seat ofthe chair.

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Maybe do the heel back sequence again. Notice the change

Breath Review

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Reference Movements

Doing the Reference Movements takes only 2 minutes and gives you a sense of how much you have changed.

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