Turning Doorknobs

Turning Doorknobs

Laura Brooke: We're going to do a stretch that's called turning doorknobs. I love this stretch.

Let's just start by bringing your arms, float those arms up to your shoulders. Shoulders stay down.

Not here.

Here.

And you're just going to imagine that you are — maybe first you're opening some doors.

So you're turning doorknobs.

So soften your arms. They don't have to be extended wide. And imagine your hands are around a doorknob. You decide a little door knob, a big door knob. Turning doorknobs.

What I want you to sense is that rotation in the shoulder area.

So you're turning doorknobs.

You imagine the door opening or closing. Small doorknobs, bigger doorknobs. So turning doorknobs. Imagine your door, your doorknobs. You want to be opening or closing your door.

You choose.

Our shoulders take a lot of stress and strain as the day goes on. As our stress builds, shoulders hold a lot. As do hips, but — turning doorknobs.

You might be saying, "I'm opening a door."

You might be saying, "I'm closing this door right now."

"I don't want to talk to you right now."

So turning doorknobs, again imagining yourself actually doing this.

Up.

And again, listen to your body. Listen to your shoulders.

You might want to turn doorknobs just right here. That's fine. You may want to go higher. High plane. You may want to go a little lower.

Turning doorknobs.

You can actually bring the doorknobs behind you.

It's a big shoulder movement, so listen to your body.

The two bones in your forearm actually rotate over and under each other. It's amazing. Little fact.

So this is one of those movements where you can get a lot of stretch all the way through the arm. Turning doorknobs.