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Take a stick the size of a broom stick and press on the ends in both palms. Sit on a chair and see how you can move while still pressing on the stick and note what you can see around you. If you can, have a friend move around you and move so you always…
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Take a stick and a telephone pole or something that can serve as an obstacle (a whole is also something and the lack of ground or sound can tell you a lot about what is around you) and work with a partner using a stick to check how you can use the stick to control…
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Take all your shoes and sandles and put them on one by one. With each pair sit down and get up without using your hands in at least two different ways and than do the same as you hold a stick behind you with your elbow pits. This is a very silly thing to do…
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Another way to align your spine and the four points of shoulders and hips is to stand and walk as you imagine your arm pulling and lifting a heavy load like buckets of water. This will naturally align your spine to carry the load without harming yourself and relax the shoulders and spine accordingally. If…
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Lie on the ground and roll a bit to unwind it. Now as you inhale press the back of your head to the ground while keeping the rest of the body stays relaxed and relax completely on the exhale. Now press in order the back of the neck, the spine between the shoulder blades, the…
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Jump: Do a few push ups on the fists and jump with your entire body off the ground and land with soft limbs so there is no impact. Move your entire body with the breath and relax so there is no impact of hard on hard. Do a few sit ups and when you are…
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Take two sticks and a friend and squat with your feet relaxed on the ground. Use the sticks to help each other to the ground and keep moving all the time. This is a great way to develop staying power in the legs and hips through relaxation and a more minimal and effective movement with…
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The wave or whip starts with the breath in the body and moves either to the target or to the limbs or tool and than to the target. The body usually moves slower than the limbs so it is like the handle of a whip or a sword. You can use this difference in movement…
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To relax the hips during the squat and walking you can do many things. For example if you place your arms between your legs and work to separate them as the legs resist you will relax the hips because the regular forces you place on them in the chain of tensions change and allow for…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 