Our first moves of the morning support the full function of the body as a vessel for mind and soul. Kumar used to say: “Put your soul into it!” Watch what happens then.
1. Stand and breathe three full breaths with sweeping arms.
2. Lymphatic marmas
3. Movement in sagittal, coronal, and transverse planes.
4. Joint mobility and strength
5. Wise Guys, an inspiration with a random quotation
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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.