JOINT RELAXATION :
This techniques, while physically very gentle, it is also very deep and powerful.
It consists of a c combination of slow controlled movement, breath awareness, sensitization and visualization.
Your health, your mobility and much of your capacity for enjoyment of life depend on healthy & mobile joints. They are also areas of vulnerability.
In the modern urban lifestyle, our joints are often not exercised through their full range of movement. As a result, there is a progressive degeneration in the condition of many joints, with conditions such as rheumatism and arthritis common at increasingly earlier stages of life.
When purposeful, conscious movement is combined with breath awareness and visualization, the end result is the maintenance or restoration of mobility in the particular joint area.
The removal of blockages to the flow and balance of this energy is also very imp. benefit.
Movement :
In each of the joint areas, from your toes to your head, there is a slow, controlled movement. It consists mainly of rotation, and also flexion and extension.
In general terms, inhalation proceeds while the joint structure is moving away from the trunk or the limb it is attached to ( an expansive movement) and exhalation takes place as the part moves back towards the body proper ( a compressive movement )
Metabolic byproducts, inorganic salts and general accretions that may otherwise limit the range of movement in the joint are gradually released into the blood and lymph and are thereby eliminated from the system. It is a fact that your enjoyment of life will greatly depend on your mobility.
There is also a significant increase in fine motor control. The relevant pathways in the brain in the sensory / motor cortex and cerebellum are strengthened. It is type of active meditation. Repeat all movements a minimum of six times.
1. Toe bending and separating. Sit in a comfortable position, with your legs stretched out in front. You may, support yourself with your hands at your sides on the floor, a little behind your buttocks. Keep your feet still and slowly and gently point your toes down towards the floor, while exhaling in the Monitoring Breath.
Inhale in the same way, while you flex your toes back towards the body and separate them as fully as you can at the end of this movement. Keep your gaze fixed on the toes throughout the first few repetitions, then close your eyes, and enter into the sensitization and visualization process.
2. Ankle Extension and Flexible : Keeping your toes relaxed, arch your feet down towards the floor on inhalation, and then back towards you on exhalation.
3. Ankle Rotation : As for 1 and 2, but exercising only one side at a time, your heel remains on the floor while the foot sweeps down toward the floor on inhalation and back towards you on exhalation. Rotate each ankle both clockwise and counter clockwise.
4. Knee Extension and Flexion : Clasp your hands under the right thigh, allowing your lower leg to relax, with your knee bent. Slowly straighten your leg as you inhale.
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