Double Breathing (with palms
touching)With your arms straight out to your sides at
shoulder level, exhale with a double breath, bend your
knees slightly and bring your arms to the front until your
palms touch. With a double inhalation, bring your arms back
out, straighten your legs and tense the entire body in a wave.
Relax the body down in a wave in reverse order with a double
exhalation.
Calf Recharging
Balance on your right foot with your left knee
bent slightly. Then slowly lift your leg up, bending at the
knee, while tensing your calf muscle (as if you were pulling
your leg up against a weight). Briefly relax the tension at
the top, and then push your foot back down, tensing the calf
again. Do this three time with your left leg. Then, still on
the left side, lightly tense your ankle and rotate it in a
small circles, three times.
Balance on your right foot and repeat with the
right calf.
Calf -Forearm/ Thigh- Upper
Arm
Place your left foot forward, with most of
your weight on the right foot. Tense your left calf and left
forearm together, with low, medium, and then high tension.
Relax. Then tense your left thigh and upper arm together. Do
this sequence three times on the left, then three times on the
right. Then with your weight on both legs equally, tense both
calves and both forearms simultaneously. Relax, and tense both
thighs and both upper arms. Do this sequence three times,
also.
Chest and Buttock
Recharging
Tense the left buttock muscles and left chest
muscles together. Relax, then repeat on the right side.
Alternating left and right sides, do this sequence three
times.
Back Recharging
Tense and recharge your lower left back
muscles (just at the waist), relax then repeat on the right.
Alternate sides, tensing and relaxing three times. Then do the
same with your middle back muscles (the area around the
shoulder blades). Finish with your upper back muscles (across
the shoulders just below your neck).
Shoulder Rotation
With your fingers resting on your shoulders,
rotate your arms and shoulders in large circles with tension.
(Be sure to move your shoulders, not just your arms.) Do
this three times forward and three time in reverse.
Throat Recharging
Tense, recharge, and then relax your whole
throat and front of the neck three times. Then, alternate
tensing the left side of your neck, relaxing, and then tensing
the right side, and relaxing.
Do this three times on each side.
Neck
Recharging
Slowly relax and lower your head until your
chin touches or is near your chest. Don't let the head snap
down too hard. The movement should be gradual. Then pull your
head up slowly against tension in the neck. Inhale with a
double breath as you lower your chin gently to your
chest.
Neck Rotation
Rotate your head with medium tension in your
neck, three times in one direction and then three times in the
other direction. Repeat the same exercise with no tension in
the neck, three times each way. Caution: be careful; don't
grind the neck. If you have neck injuries you may want to lift
your shoulders up to make this exercise more comfortable for
you.
Spinal Recharging
Twist the upper body, shoulders, and arms in
one direction while you twist your hips and lower body in the
opposite direction. Your feet should be slightly apart and
stationary, your elbows slightly bent and your fist positioned
about hip level, and head pointed forward. This should be a
brisk motion. Alternate twisting to the left and right several
times.
Spinal Rotation
Start with your feet slightly apart and your
hands on your waist. Bend forward from your waist and arch
your back slightly. With low tension in your lower back and
with your hips stationary rotate your trunk in medium circles.
Do this three times in one direction, then three in the other,
relaxing momentarily in between.
Spinal Stretching (bending from side
to side)
With your hands still on your hips and your
feet slightly apart, with tension along the spine, slowly bend
your upper body to the left, and then to the right. Keep your
lower body stationary, and your head in a straight line with
the spine. Move only from the waist upward.
Spinal Adjustment
Bend slightly forward with your fists pressing
firmly on the muscles located on each side of the spine. Start
at the base of the spine and as you press in, arch your spine
and draw your head and upper body back. Repeat several times,
working up the spine. Caution: Do not snap your back in a
violent motion, rather feel the steady pressure of the fists
on the back pushing you forward.
Upper Spinal
Twisting