Ella Reese - | Stretching !!install!!

But after watching her train and listening to her philosophy on mobility, I realized I had stretching all wrong. I thought it was about pulling a muscle until it screamed. Ella Reese taught me it is about

Wrong, according to Ella’s methodology. In her training clips, you hear her exhale into the stretch. When you hold your breath, your nervous system thinks you are in danger. It tightens the muscles to protect you. When you breathe deeply (exhaling longer than you inhale), you tell your nervous system: “I am safe. We can relax here.” ella reese - stretching

If you are forcing a stretch and grimacing, you are working against your own biology. Back off until you can breathe. Ella rarely just "holds" a pose statically for five minutes. She uses rhythmic pulsing or contract-relax techniques (PNF). But after watching her train and listening to