Warm Up with Jessica Walker

This warm-up works up a sweat while the body goes from loose to ready. It opens with articulation, moving the head, ribs, hips and shoulders in turn so the spine gets mobile. Then comes technique at the barre-free center, and a long stretch and core section to close.

Parallel and turned out are both worked, so the feet and inner thighs do real work. Breath leads: inhale to sustain and lengthen, exhale to ground into the floor.

The stretch and core sections also work as a cooldown after dancing.