Restrictions can be physical, health related, and psychological.
Breathing and movements are the optimal tools to function regardless of any limitation.
Drill: stand up and prepare yourself to move
Inhale: tense up your whole body while lifting your arms and exhale and relax
Wave-like tension for warm up
Drill: open your arms wide, inhale and tense up your body and then exhale and relax
Notice if your arms get warmer
When a person is ready for action, there are signs:
* Their body is formed for the upcoming movement
* The tone of the facial and body muscles change
* The breathing pattern becomes faster or irregular
These signs, you can see.
When a professional is ready for action:
* Their body is relaxed, but collected
* Their thinking is divergent and perception blends with the surroundings
* Their breathing and movements are calm
These signs, you cannot see.
There are many reasons to keep the legs relaxed:
Easy transportation – walking, running, carrying things
Better combative and sport performance
Leg muscles are the biggest in the body so relaxing them produces the most amount of endorphins
Healthy legs keep the spine and the rest of the body healthier
In this class, the goal is to reach deep relaxation not as a passive condition, but as a way to achieve inner attention.
Inner attention heightens sensitivity, energy and improves health.
We have a lot of noise inside and outside of us – especially with age there is more and more noise so to speak
Cracking joints, heavier walk and more tension in the head
People have been interested in power all along – the power of knowledge, physical and to take or give power
But the most applicable definition of power is something that allows you to move
If you wake up and have no power or energy to move, it’s useless
