I presented the first in-person workshop on Sequential Stretching™ at California WorldFest in Grass Valley, CA on July 16, 2022. It was exciting to finally do the in-person class I have been dreaming of for the last few years!
I think it went well overall. The participants seemed engaged for the approximately 1 hour 15 minutes that it lasted. I got to work with 5-6 people who had never been exposed to these techniques before. It was great talking with people afterward and getting real-time feedback on how people were feeling during the stretch sequences.
We did the following stretch sequences:
Standing Bent Wrist
Standing Squat
Cross-legged Weight Shifts
Leg-forward Tripod
I recorded video of most of the workshop, but unfortunately, the audio recording was not usable due to the festival music playing at the same time and the lack of microphone-direct recording. But, I did get some photos of the event.
I learned some valuable lessons to improve next time:
- Bring a signup sheet to collect people for my mailing list.
- Try going around the audience to get feedback on muscle tension levels periodically during the stretch sequences instead of asking for volunteers.
- Get microphone-direct audio for the video recording.
- Make sure someone is checking on the cameras to get the best framing and restart them when they shut off. Kat’s camera stops recording after 30 minutes. My phone stopped recording after 45 minutes.
- Find a way to either: hear myself through the microphone so I don’t feel like I have to project or just learn to talk normally and trust people will let me know if they can’t hear.
I am grateful to Kat Pierdon for assisting me with the workshop. I hope this is the start of many more in-person classes on Sequential Stretching.
