Floorbenders Taxonomy
Layers group the six realms by the mover’s relationship to the floor: body grounded, body lifted, or the body supported unconventionally.
Layer
Realms organized around positions that are low and have weight grounded into the floor across multiple points of contact.
Insect
Horizontal orientation
Reptile
Vertical orientation
Layer
Realms organized around having the body lifted off the floor and weight distributed equally across the hands and/or feet.
Mammal
Horizontal orientation
Amphibian
Vertical orientation
Layer
Realms organized around the body being supported unconventionally in difficult positions, such as with heads, elbows, and knees.
Bird
Horizontal orientation
Fish
Vertical orientation
How layers reveal phrase architecture
do
Sky Insect. Horizontal and grounded.
mi
Sky Mammal. Horizontal and lifted.
so
Sky Bird. Horizontal and supported.
Together, do → mi → so reveals a phrase that is all Sky and all Horizontal, but travels through all three layers: Grounded → Lifted → Supported.
