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Build on exercise to master abdominal breathing. Objective is to add focus on the feet to experience being able to move energy out of the shoulders and send it down to the feet and hands for use in routine movement. Step 1.   Lie down with back flat, tailbone down, legs flat on the floor slightly apart aligned with hips, feet turned in, for males, left big toe is placed over right toenail, for females right big toe covers left big toenail. Step 2.   Place hands on abdominal area in order to feel the movement, preferably below navel (or just above navel if that is more comfortable.)  Hands should be in either position learned in Class One:  thumbs touching, one hand covering the other, making a circle; or thumb and middle finger touching, index finger pointed straight.  Step 3.   Inhale pushing abdominal muscles out, starting at the lowest part of the abdominal area and rolling the movement up into the chest as you inhale. Focus on feeling you...

  Beginning exercise to develop abdominal muscles and gain breath control.  Objective is to introduce the use of hands to master abdominal breathing. Step 1.   Lie down with back flat, tailbone down, knees bent, feet flat on the floor, legs slightly apart aligned with hip. Step 2.   Place hands on abdominal area in order to feel the movement, preferably below navel (or just above navel if that is more comfortable.) Hands should be one on top of the other with thumbs touching to make a circle and the armpits are flared open, with shoulder blades spread apart. For females, right hand should be placed over left hand. For males, left hand should be placed over right. Step 3.   Inhale pushing abdominal muscles out, starting at the lowest part of the abdominal area and rolling the movement up into the chest as you inhale. Focus on feeling your breath travel from your nose to deep into your abdominals on the front side of your body. At the...

The Art of Walking and the Way of the Breath main goal, in these classes is to less stress in shoulder and tension in body through walking and using the breathing techniques and understanding how the mind works in directing energy in the body.  It offers techniques (ways of doing things with the mind and body) and concepts (relationship in the mind, between ideas, thoughts and abstractions to manage a persons body tension and shoulder stress) that less tension in the body and give a person ways to deal and manage life conflicts. It offers an understanding of energy in the body and out side of the body that affect the everyday experiences of a person living life. Understanding relationships between Mind, Body and Breath is the first part of using walking as a way changing one self by controlling body tension which lets a person feel more of there life experiences.  For Walking is a human act that benefits a person in more ways, for time spent doing it, then any other activity....