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A good way to develop good alignment in motion is to throw and catch things as you walk. Do it by yourself in front of you and continue to do this to the sides and from the back to the front and so on. If you have a partner to do this with it is…
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Roll from a standing position to the ground and up with your arm tensed up and roll backwards using the same tension. Do the same going over all your body and remember to breath and keep your eyes relaxed. Afterwards go over the solutions you found in your head and remember they were good then…
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Hold your breath a few times while standing, sitting and so on and do at least one breath hold as you tense up your entire body. When you feel you cannot anymore, relax the muscles and take it a little further. Note how it feels and what you can learn from it.
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Lie on your stomach and lift your head up while keeping the legs relaxed on the ground. Check what you can see using just your eyes and neck and slowly add a lift with your back upwards while still keeping your legs and arms relaxed. Now when you are up, take a pistol or a…
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Do the regular squat and add to it rotating your forearms over your head like you are spinning a rope around them opening on the way down and closing on the way up. This will help you learn to relax the shoulders and to move the entire body as one. It is also fun :)…
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To clean tension and misalignment in the spine and learn to move from the breath, do the regular straight back sit up and add to this placing your hands flat on the spine where the back meets the legs. Do this with the purpose to breath, align and than move and you will feel your…
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Place your open hand close to your face and look at it. Move it very closely to your face and track it with your eyes. Notice where it makes your face and your spirit tense (or reminds you to cut your nails) and repeat this drill with now moving your face (avoid opening your mouth)…
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A small tip on survival in cold water or weather. Speak without stop and it will force you through breath holding and going into a pasive state of mind. It is a very simple method to pray or repeat something you like (a song or anything uplifting) and it works. Note that you can do…
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Use a combination of breath holding and walking with the intention to lead with the hips and create a wave in your body as you walk to create a more relaxed movement and becoming aware of the natural wave in the body. Remember once you create the wave it has to come out somewhere so…
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Create a form where you have to keep some tension in the body to maintain it and from there start to tense up the body part by part and than in waves. It is helping you control your tension under more chalanging conditions such as hard work or fighting. For example you can go to…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 