It's really a video not an article. . . . And it is the captured video of one Salute sequence originating with one side.
Every day, Monday through Saturday I roll out of bed to wake up with you in breath and movement.
And you know, this work is really about presence and availability and creativity.
Every day, Monday through Saturday we wake the breath and the body and the mind together. We move in three plane of the spine’s functional ability, thus prepared to encounter every movement demand of our day. Lifting a child, mowing a lawn, exiting a truck, washing a floor, moving luggage, skipping over a puddle, reaching for a loose receipt in the back seat, smooching your lover, walking a dog, removing a coffee cup from the shelf, every move we make arises from the spine. We wake up the three planes of spinal movement.
Six days a week we wake the breath to fill the vessel of the body and to guide us into movement and stillness and movement.
Every day we move, we include the activation of lymphatic channels, moving the lymphatic fluid by opening the “gates.” These somatic gates can close for a variety of reasons including injury, too much sleep or not enough, allergies and immune responses, dehydration, dysfunctional movement or movement’s lack. We open the gates with light palpation and stroking fingers, allowing the movement of lymphatic fluid its return to the blood supply, ultimately filtered of its immune-gathered debris. From thoracic ducts into the heart, from the limbs and skull we open the gates and thereby invite every cell of the body to awaken and to function. To open the gates is to jump start metabolism. Open the gates, tell your body “yes.” You can feel the tingle and glow.
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This is a video of the left side initiating movement in a Salute to the Sun sequence.
Breath is first. It activates stability and sensation, strength, balance, and an active but receptive mind. Then, move.
Congratulations! You are about to complete the first chapter and the first series of one minute videos.
There are several positions with inter-laced fingers. Do this one first and breathe nine deep breaths. If you cannot do this, nevermind. And accept the completion of the first chapter! You are prepared to go on to Chapter II which is the first sequence for Breath.
We will come back to Laced Fingers again in a subsequent chapter.
I will add specific series for laced fingers witih arm movement in future uploads. Every position has many variations. Every position begins with breath, stability, and wholeness. In every position we set our intention and move, guided by breath. The work is an effortless effort that confronts pain and learns.
This video completes the initial series of nine short videos to awaken the upper body.
IF YOU STARTED HERE GO BACK LIKE SHOOTS AND LADDERS TO THE FIRST VIDEO —
I. Standing A.) Arms, Shoulders, Neck 1.) Open/close the fist....
From a standing upright position, maintain stable and unmoving shoulders as best you can.
Isolate the head’s movement with a nod forward and back. Hinge the head forward and back. Inhale back, exhale forward. Make at least three reps of nodding “yes.”
Return to center. Turn the whole head right and then left. Turn the chin and forehead equally. Turn your eyes deeply back, too. First breath is to exhale over your shoulder. Make at least three reps of “no.”
Return to center. Tilt the head to one side. Pretend you could lift the ear up into the sky. Stay there and breathe. Feel the dilation in that side fo the neck. Feel the compression on the opposite side. Take three breaths on each side. Make three reps of “maybe.”
Return to center and make a circle with the top of your head. Turn the head three times to the right, then reverse three times. Every circle is a breath.
HOW TO USE THIS VIDEO SERIES:
Please watch the video then make the movement. Make at ...
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