Yes, we are well into June and approaching our one year anniversary of these morning practices.
These may be the only intentional movement “exercises” you do all day, but I hope you make time for other movement, too, whether a sport like golf, tennis, pickleball, or some other activity like yoga, martial arts, or walking.
The purpose here is to activate the body in the three primary planes of functional spinal movement with conscious breath. To do that allows your body to respond to the demands of your day with less resistance.
The purpose here includes the activation of your lymphatic system which is the sewage system of the body’s metabolism. By clearing our lymphatic system we clear the space for all the systems of the body to fully function. We benefit lymphatic, yes, and also other systems —- digestion, cardio-vascular, nervous system, immune function, muscles and joints, etc.
Let’s do that. . . .
ps. pic of my son, father, me from yesterday’s visit
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.