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Try bouncing around the room with your feet together and all is aligned by your breathing. Jump forward and sideways and backwards and after you did this for a few rounds stand with the feet flat off the floor and jump up using just your feet and no motion in the rest of you. You…
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try this for a change: do 1 minute of static push up on the fists. Than one minute in the same form with belly up and than one minute with either side to the floor and the whole body aligned. Mind the head and see what you can learn from this.
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A good drill to learn to move past your fears: Close your eyes and go up and down some stairs for a few minutes. Leave the role of finding the way to your feet and body and keep the arms relaxed at your sides. Breath and listen for your pulse and note where the tension…
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In an hour I will finish a 48 hour fast and apart from some hunger and tiredness there are no negative effects. I feel good and light and I’ve done sets of 10 one legged squats and 10 one armed push ups throughout with no noticble decline in balance or power (much the same). A…
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A simple drill to learn how the body works as a whole and to learn to use this to your benefit: Lie on your back and lift the head up, check which muscles you are using to lift the neck and which you are using to balance the body tension chain. For example: Does your…
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To learn to relax the foot follow this drill and elaborate according to your needs: Lift your leg starting the movement from oyur core and following your breath. Relax the ankle so there is no exess tension in the foot and slowly bring the foot forward so it touches the wall or something with only…
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A drill to start working in groups or crowds: Walk towards each other and bump of each other without a set course like regular people walking about. As you feel the body coming through tense up and relax and allow the movement to go as you keep either your sight on a set or moving…
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I worked with the whip today and here are two simple drills for you: Place the metal handle in the socket of your clavicle (shoulder bone that looks like a violin frame) and push down and find a way to free yourself from it. Another drill is to very lightly tap yourself on the ears…
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Try this drill: stand on one leg and start to swing the leg forward and backwards. On the tip of the swing translate the swing into the whole body and let that movement lift you clear off the ground. Repeat with side to side swings (the leg swings behind the body and to the side)…
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To become good at something you need to know it well and master the basics. For example do this simple drill: Sit down and get up not using your hands as you place them on your hips or at the small of your back and mind your breathing. Do 20 and than move your hands…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 