The first thing and the last thing is Breath.
Breath, yes, is the bridge between the mind and the body. The four phases of the breaths signal the nervous system both somatically and autonomically. And more, the breath is the current of Life Force which courses through every person. We take it for granted. Not here.
Three planes of Functional Movement. Lymphatic clearing. Joint mobility.
What is needed for hand balances? How do they build? How do we enter and exit? Where is shtira?
Beginning again means asking familiar questions and looking for the answers in the posture, observing what doesn’t work, and what does. Learning twice, and twice again in Beginners Mind.
I recorded this last night because I must be on the road during our usual time. Here we observe three planes of functional spinal movement with breath. I invite you to recall warm-ups of this past week and to practice from whatever you can recall. If you cannot recall, then reboot yr favorite livestream recording and use that.
This week marks the start of a new endeavor at the SAMURAI INTI Martial Arts Studio in Frisco. I’ll be teaching i a group class there at Sendai Sebastian Mejias ‘ dojo on Monday and Wednesday mornings.