Several years ago, I had a student who could not, no matter how many times I cued it, feel her pelvis tilt.

I explained it in every way I knew how.

I demonstrated it.
I used imagery.
I used anatomy.

Nothing worked.

So after class one day, I stood beside her and showed her physically how the pelvis moves on the sagittal plane — how, when the rectus abdominis engages, the hip bones subtly draw toward the ribs.

In that moment, she felt it.

Her eyes lit up.
She finally got it.

And then… the next week, it was gone again.

What I thought would be a quick teaching moment turned into months of repetition, explanation, encouragement, and patience as her body slowly developed the proprioception to truly understand that movement.

That experience changed the way I teach forever.