Break the Rectangle Cage: Mat Exercises for Whole-Body Strength (formerly Mat Matness)

Your mat is likely the laziest prop in your practice, laying around, always underfoot. It’s time to put your mat to work and test the boundaries of this rubber rectangle. This class integrates dozens of unconventional mat uses to awaken and surprise every part of your body, especally your mind. *Be prepared to get your heart rate up and sweat.*

After doing the Break the Rectangle Cage: Mat Exercises for Whole-Body Strength class, we recommend you also do the following class from the Library:

• The Handstand Class: Balance and Beyond (formerly Handstand – Give Yourself a Hand)

The reason I’m pairing The Handstand Class with Break the Rectangle Cage is because these classes mutually complement one another. Both classes have a heavy focus on the scapulothoracic joint, the un-joint between the rib cage and scapula/shoulders. Alternating between the preps from each of the classes will help build Handstand and Core Integration – whichever is your goal.

In each class from MOVE, BREATHE, ROLL – Innovate Series Jill leaves the confines of the ‘rectangle cage’ and brings you into her creative lab where she picks one theme and alchemizes it to help you identify body blind spots. Each class is a whole-body session full of surprises and novel therapeutic approaches that address mobility, pain, strength and soft-tissue recovery. If you’re hungering for something a little different, these sequences will interject some spice into your own practice and spark your own creativity.

Innovate Series Mentorship Session #1