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Here are a series of drills to teach the feel and idea behind one of the short work tactics: 1 Start walking using the square breathing method and matching your breaths to your heartbeats and breath (one step per pulse and expanding the breath according to the pulse count) keep your arms up in different positions…
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Start at the static push up position and have a partner lift up your feet using his hands. Your partner will walk in different directions and change directions and speed at will. You move using your body and arms and fists to remain relaxed and comfortable as possible. Remember to keep breathing and to find…
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There are physical aspects for prayers though stance is not among them because even a nice wave stance is still a constant that can be written down as an equation. Prayer comes to bring more life out of you and connect you to yourself. Prayer can come to you in the form of a vision…
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Tense the front of your neck and than the left side and the back and than the right side creating a circle of tension and relax in the opposite directions. Do this on the inhale and than on the exhale. Now bend your neck in some way and repeat the drill. Do this several times…
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The ten minutes static push up can seem intimidating and at first you may feel a lot of tension building as you fight the tension instead of releasing it with the breath. Consider this way to reaching the mark: Place a timer for ten minutes and start it. For every minute keep the static push…
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Thomas Aquinas made this argument in the 13th century, writing, “If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments where one suffices. In short: have a partner or more come at you and…
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I came back from the army yesterday and I have a lot more new drills to share. One of the most basic and more giving is to simply stand with your legs under your hips and lower your upper body upright a few centimeters down while maintaining a relaxed and free feeling in the hips…
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Place a fist to the face and relax, tense your neck and face to push the fist away and in this manner you learn which muscles you use to resist the movement. Exhale and relax those muscles and let the fist move without following it. Proceed to repeating this drill with your eyes closed and…
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Stand on one leg and start to move in a circle in one spot keeping yourself upright or finding what happens when you do not. Next move on one leg without leaving the ground in a straight line back and forth learning to relax the focus in the eyes and to avoid tension in your…
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Today I gave a night water lesson. We worked on grappling mostly with the legs being the primary movers and here are a few drills for starters: Have your partner lift your legs high or support them on a floating object and do push ups facing the waves and thus learn to keep a positive…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 