Your Hips Are Trying to Tell You Something
Your hips do more than help you move; they play an important role in how your entire body functions. But how well do you really understand them?
If you’ve ever experienced tight hips, stiffness, limited mobility, or discomfort during certain movements, you may have wondered what’s causing it and what you can do to improve it.
The answer isn’t always more stretching. Understanding how your pelvis moves, how your muscles work together, and the relationship between flexibility and strength can help you take a more intentional approach to movement.
In Your Hips Are Trying to Tell You Something, Vanessa Kelly of Function Pilates guides you through an educational, movement-based workshop exploring the relationship between your hips, pelvis, and spine.
You’ll learn about anterior and posterior pelvic tilt, how these positions influence movement, and why developing both mobility and stability is important for overall hip function.
Through guided demonstrations and targeted exercises, you’ll explore techniques for releasing muscular tension, improving flexibility, activating key muscle groups, and building strength through your hips and core.
Whether you’re new to movement or looking to deepen your understanding of your body, this workshop provides practical tools to help you move with greater awareness, control, and confidence.
In This Course, You’ll Learn:
- Understanding Your Pelvis: What anterior and posterior pelvic tilt are and how pelvic positioning influences movement.- Hip Mobility vs. Stability: Why flexibility and strength are equally important for comfortable, controlled movement.- Muscle Release Techniques: How to use gentle self-massage techniques to explore tension through the hips and surrounding muscles.- Targeted Stretching: Exercises designed to improve flexibility through the hip flexors, hamstrings, glutes, and other supporting muscles.- Muscle Activation & Strengthening: How to engage your glutes, abdominals, hip flexors, and other key muscle groups to support pelvic stability.- Body Awareness & Movement Control: How to recognize differences in mobility, strength, and coordination between sides and make adjustments based on your body’s needs.
What’s Included:
- Understanding Your Hips: An introduction to pelvic anatomy, anterior and posterior pelvic tilt, and the relationship between mobility and stability.- Part 1: Posterior Pelvic Tilt Exercises: Guided release techniques, stretches, muscle activation, strengthening, and hip-opening exercises.- Part 2: Anterior Pelvic Tilt Exercises: Targeted stretches, hip release techniques, and strengthening exercises focused on the glutes, abdominals, and hip flexors.- Workshop Wrap-Up: Practical reminders and guidance for incorporating what you’ve learned into your regular movement routine.
Perfect For:- Anyone experiencing tight hips, stiffness, or limited mobility.- Beginners looking to better understand their bodies and move more comfortably.- Pilates enthusiasts, athletes, and active adults wanting to improve mobility and strength.- Pilates instructors and movement professionals interested in deepening their understanding of pelvic movement.- Anyone curious about how their hips, pelvis, and spine work together.
No Pilates experience is necessary! This workshop is designed to be approachable and accessible, with exercises you can explore at your own pace.
Your Hips Have a Story to Tell. Are You Listening?
Understanding your body is the first step toward moving with greater intention.
Rather than focusing on achieving a particular pelvic position, this workshop encourages you to explore how your body moves, recognize its individual needs, and develop a balance of mobility, strength, and control.
Because sometimes your hips don’t need more stretching—they need a better understanding of how to move.
$27.00 USD
