Mindfulness exercises

Find your inner zen by slowing down your workout for a happier, healthier you

Touch the sea, look at the sky

Benefits: Lower back, heart, lungs
Technique
-Place the laogong over the zusanli as the weight sinks through your front foot and your upper body remains light.
-Slowly transfer your weight backwards, as you raise your arms up and outwards.
-Repeat on both sides.

Punching

Benefits: Digestion, bowel movements, resistance against adverse weather conditions

Technique
-Make fists at the sides of your waist.
-Slowly and softly turn the fist to punch out in front of you.
-Bring it back to your waist and repeat with the other hand.

 

Separating clouds

Benefits: Heart, lungs, brain

Technique
-Align the laogong with the lower dantian.
-Slowly bring the hands up in front of the body, opening up to the sides with you reach the top.
-Turn your palms downwards as you bring the arms back down. 

Looking at the moon

Benefits: Spleen, liver, gall bladder, circulation, energy in upper body
Technique
-Start with your palms facing each other in front of the dantian.
-Turn around, bringing your hands above your head.
-Return to the start position and repeat on the other side.

Rotating the wheel

Benefits: Vitality, hands, liver, gall bladder

Technique
-Lean as far forward as is comfortable.
-Continue to turn your upper body to the side and upward and outward in a circular motion.
-Repeat another set in the opposite direction.

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