Hey Reader,

Here's Part 2 of Flare with Flair, where I’m breaking down the mechanics of taking your flare from this:

To this:

In part 1, we established the Big Circle (If you missed it, catch up here!)

Now, it’s time to start turning the pelvis.

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Taking the four basic positions: front, side, back, side, we’re going to add a layer.

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Every time the pelvis is on the side, it’s also going to be turned in, so the hip bones are facing towards the center of the circle.

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What’s a little tricky here is what happens when the legs are in front. When they’re in the back, the hips point forward. When they’re in the front, they’re going to switch.

The hips stay pointed in till the legs are all the way forward, and then they do a little flip to point the hips in the opposite direction so that when they come around to the next side, they’re already pointing back towards the center.

The same big circle now looks like this:

Side, hips in

Back

Other side, hips in

Front with a switch

Look at how it’s starting to come together:

With a spin, it looks like this:

Now we can talk about the legs!

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And the best part is, if your pelvis is moving the right way, the legs are easy! Because if your pelvis is moving the right way, legs don’t have anything else they can do but travel through that flare pathway.

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Let’s go through the same exercise turning the hip bones into the center of the circle, but this time the legs are going to stay separate.

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Side

Back

Other side

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Front with a switch

Putting it all together, can you see the leg pathway develop?

Here it is with a spin:

Notice how my legs stay about the same distance apart the whole time. I’m not steering with the legs, I’m steering with the pelvis and working on keeping the legs apart.

Now the hips flex in the front switch because they have to in order to make the switch!

So, we’ve established the basic pathway. How do we use it to go upside down?

That’s what we’ll go over in the next part when we talk about the slingshot!

Got a question about any of this? You can reply to this email and I'll answer, I'd love to hear from you!

Love,

Lauren

PS: Did you see my big announcement about the sling retreat I'm hosting in March 2027? Check it out here if you missed it!​

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