Technopunk said:
So are you going to share more techniques with us???
Somthing to de-stress?
Sure, it's really simple - You have jumper cables, right?
start with your left hand and hold your left middle finger with the right thumb on the back of the hand and the fingers underneath (palm down) use meditative breathing (even count inhale and exhale...i.e. if you slowly inhale for a count of four, slowly exhale at approx. same rate for a count of four) for 11 breaths (inhale and exhale = one breath).
fold the hands and breath 10 more breaths
hold the same finger with the right hand, but invert the right hand such that the thumb is on the palm side of the finger and your right fingers are on the back side of your hand, underneath (palm up). Repeat the breathing pattern indicated above
Repeat this on the Right side middle finger.
This is finger position #1 and is sometimes the very first thing taught.
Now, one item of theory behind Jin Shin: You have a central column of light that connects your life force to the earth core below you and to the heavens above you. energy moves back and forth along this central column and keeping it clear is important.
Energy flows down the front of the right arm and up the back of the right arm,
up the front of the left arm and down the back of the left arm
down the front of the right leg, up the back of right leg,
up front of left leg, down back of left leg.
She uses a star diagram to illustrate this, but I imagine an infinity might be more accurate? easier to envision, anyway without seeing the diagram I'm looking at here.
So, Techno...the above pose can be done reclining or seated - just try not to cross your legs or ankles or limbs in any way - this weakens the body and blocks energy flow.
This is the number one tension reliever...any other requests? I'll look through for more commonly useful applications.
Sorry for the syntax problems tonight, everyone - pretty tired over here.
