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Lace your fingers lightly over the back of your neck and make it so the shoulders are relaxed and the hands are not touching the back of the neck. Stand and lift your knee slowly to chest level and down a few times and notice how your posture and alignment change. Now climb a flight…
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A bit of water training: Stand in the water at mid thigh depth and walk. Start slowly and try to make as little a wave as you can. If you have a partner have him close his eyes and sense your arrival. This is a good way to learn to walk softly. Next walk or…
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Tension is a form of movement in stasis
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Have a partner place his hand on you and push. Move that part of you which is in contact with his hand away from the hand and note how this effects his movements in different ways. Now repeat and instead of moving away press that part or move as a whole in an angle to…
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Lie on the ground with a partner at arm’s length and have him push you with one hand. Move with the direction of the push and add to this by using your body to turn and twist him. For example if you are both on your backs and he places and pushes your chest you…
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Stand comfortably and lace your fingers behind your neck but without them touching the back of the neck. relax your knees and hips and walk around a bit as you keep avoiding this contact and keeping the shoulders and neck as relaxed as possible. Now squat as much as you can down while keeping this…
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With two or more partners choose the target man (or woman) and have all the partners walk into him in straight lines. Do a few minutes of this for each one as he evades getting hit by moving with the body and using both eyes to navigate and choose where you want to be. Follow…
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Take a strong thin rope and hold it with both hands at a comfortable width. Have a partner hold onto the rope and pull and push it in different ways to make you move and unbalance and you work to stay as relaxed and aligned as possible. This is a drill to help you learn…
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Go to the usual push up position on the fists and tense and relax your body in parts and in waves. Remember to align the neck and head and to feel the body rather than remote control it with your eyes. Now go to half hight so the elbows are at 90 degrees. from this…
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Lie down with your face up and close your eyes. Have a friend push the tips of his fingers or his fist into your face or throat and you work to keep breathing and move when you feel you must. Do this a few times and change roles. Now do this with one hand pressing…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 