Hidden in Plain Sight

If you’re not moving your pelvis, everything becomes more difficult. And yet, it’s not something we talk about very much. Perhaps because it’s close to the genitalia, it tends to get shuffled quietly offstage. But the pelvis deserves centre stage. It just happens to be where sex and excretion take place, but its primary role is movement.

The Centre of Movement

Few parts of the body have as much influence on how we move as the pelvis. Through the hip joints below and the spine above, it connects the upper and lower halves of ourselves. When we’re able to understand those connections and sense the range of movement available through them, we can begin to find a fuller range of motion, rather than the partial one many of us unknowingly put up with.

For musicians and singers, this can offer a fresh perspective on support. Rather than relying on holding, tightening or extra effort, support can emerge through improved coordination and connection.

When you add ageing into the equation, the pelvis becomes more important, not less. Sensing your pelvis in motion can help you go up and down stairs more easily, stand more efficiently, walk with greater ease, and, for us musicians, support our hands or voice from a more integrated centre.

Sensing rather than Strengthening

It’s the largest bony structure in the body after the skull, and it’s connected to some of our strongest muscles. If you’re not using it fully, other areas often end up working harder than they need to.

Rather than trying to strengthen the pelvis, we’ll be exploring how to sense it more clearly and make use of the movement that’s already available to you.

Awareness Before Effort

By the end of the lesson, you’ll have a clearer sense of what your pelvis does for you, how it contributes to both stability and movement, and how a simple change in organisation can create greater ease throughout your whole body.