Standing Roll Down
- Equipment: Reformer
- Category: Warm-up
- Level: Beginner
- Body position: Standing
- Repetitions: 3 roll downs
- Springs: Any
- Headrest: As needed
- Footbar: Any
Starting position
Stand tall with feet hip-width apart, arms by sides. Spine neutral.
Instructions
Exhale, nod the chin and begin to roll down through the spine one vertebra at a time, allowing the arms to hang. Inhale at the bottom. Exhale, roll back up stacking the spine from the pelvis to the head.
Teaching cues
- Move one vertebra at a time
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