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.
Although not a true morning wake up, the song remains the same.
Today’s practice is my first intentional movements with breath. Three planes, lymphatics, joints. That’s the way we address the experience written in our bodies like physical graffiti. Through our intentional breath and movement we recognize our state of being dazed and confused. We can move with grace through good times bad times. We awaken our bodies like houses of the holy. Not to say that our practice is a stairway to heaven, but we cannot hope to get clear and strong if we try to sneak in through the out door.
You don’t need to go down to the seaside, or over the hills and far away, or even to california. Practice wherever you are in the light.
And after practice? It’s a celebration day. Eat a Tangerine, I will listen LOUD to a British rock n roll band who made their fortune in the U.S. of A. I will boogie with Stu and my black dog. These are dancing days. Led Zep is dead, long live Led Zep....