Still Forms
PTBO
Movement Qualities
Effort Qualities
How Many
100

Pin

What is linear/line

100

Body Half

What is left arm left leg, right arm right leg


100

Steady Beat

What is pulse

100

Subjective 

What is information or perspectives based on feelings, opinions, or emotions.

100

Still Forms Consist of 

What is 5

200

This still form is round like

Ball

200

Movement that radiates out from the navel or center through the body to the limbs and back from the limbs to the center.  The fetus finds its center and its ends. 

What is core to distal

200

Shaking or trembling movement

What is vibration

200

Sudden, direct, strong

What is punch

200

PTBO Consist of 

What is 6

300

The still form twist

What is spiral

300

This is the beginning of the exploration of the spinal column, from the top of the head to the base of the pelvis. 

What is Spinal

What is Head to Tail

300

Suspension

What is movement that has a rise, reaches a peak, pauses, then falls

300

Flick

What is sudden, indirect/multi-focused, light

300

Movement Qualities consist of 

What is 8

400

It is flat like

What is wall

400

Now the fetus explores movement from the waist up and movement from below the waist. They experience separation of the two halves and movements that sequence through from one half to the other.

What is upper/lower

400

quick, sharp, angular movement that has an end point

What is percussive

400

Sustained, direct, strong

What is press

400

Effort Qualities Consist of 

What is 8

500

Three points of contact with the floor

What is pyramid 

500

PTBO stands for

What is Patterns of total body organization/connectivity

500

arc like movement, a swinging action

What is pendular 

500

Slash

What is sudden, indirect/multi-focused, strong

500

Effort Qualities have areas of intention 

What is 3 

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