Week Seven

Deeper Connections

Finding Center

1 Minute (5 Deep Breaths)    Wú Jí – Align your Three Dan Tian between your feet.   

1 Minute (5 Deep Breaths)    Tài Jí – Align your Three Dan Tian between your feet.   

Three Fold Path Solution

One time through     Greet the Sky, Unborn Mind, Heart, Body, Life, and the Land.

Expanding like the Sun

9 Breaths        Three breaths focused on embodiment, move like a wave, like Kelp – Dance to the Ocean and breath. Fluid Reaching and Melting. Connect with the First Ocean of Dao. (See Page 158)

Standing like a Tree, Breathe Like a Baby

5 Minutes       (1 – 2 Minutes for each option). Begin with Natural Breathing, then some Reverse Breathing, finish with some Three Inner Vessels (Nèi Qiāng) Breathwork. 

Structural Alignment

3 Minutes       Enjoy reviewing all aspects of Alignment.

Wings of Here and There

3 – 4 Minutes             Facing forward, turn to the right, lean and open your left side, turn towards your left and repeat. Fingers like feather. Also keep your attention on Vase Breathing as you open your chest. 

Bend and Sway

2 Minutes       Bend and hang from your sacrum, sway and extend your spine, then release your shoulder blades.

Lifting the Ocean into the Clouds

6 Repetitions             Focus on bathing your face and body, coming into stillness in the Hand Float on Water Posture.

Wise Owl Looks Back

3 Times each side      Momentum, Circles, and Spirals.

Old Person Strokes Braids

3 Times           Open your upper body and rotator cuff with an ancient story.

Wave Hands

2 – 3 Minutes             Occasionally include some random Reaching and Melting practice.

Exploring Your Qi Ball

2 – 3 Minutes             Draw in and hold together your Qi Ball. Rolling and Sphering, spongy shell of an egg, focus on the egg yolk, with a long focused exhale. Rolling Spheres, Eggs, and Yolks in front of your chest.

Settling and Sensing into your Three Dan Tian

2 - 3 Minutes             Become a Mountain. Palms slowly pass in front of each Dan Tian 9 times. Clear any tension by releasing that part of your body completely.

Closing - A Moment of Generosity

5 times            Moment of Gratitude for each of the Five Elements.

5 times            Closing Your Practice. Feet together on the final repetition.