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Stabilizer system

Submitted by ian wesley on 2023-06-29 22:42
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A little while back I was traveling for work, flying to Washington DC.  While on the flight I got up to use the bathroom.  While standing in line, I really noticed how effective the stabilizer system is.  With each bump or movement of the plane my body instantly adjusted to stay upright.  I activated my foot couple and payed close attention to the effortless adjustments my ankles, knees, hips, and tendons were making.  They all adjusted instantly and without any feelings of effort or input from me.

Tai Chi Breath

The breath is the smallest movement. Breathing is a rhythm and a skill. During trauma, your base rhythm is interrupted. Over time, with repeated trauma, the body changes. Reestablishing your healthy rhythm is critical for full recovery and provides opportunity for improvement. Central to maintaining health, good lymphatic circulation is dependent solely on movement. This helps to establish a new view of the breath movement as a balancing lymphatic pump.

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Sunday Mind-Body Training

This intensive morning training helps students reach deeper to explore their limits of physical strength and mental endurance. Prerequisites: UCB LIve or by interview.

 

Evening Mind-Body Training

This intensive evening training helps students reach deeper to explore their limits of physical strength and mental endurance.

Intro To Standing Meditation

We all experience stress. Over time we develop painful habits to compensate. Learn to undo these painful habits.

UCB Mind-Body Inventory

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p>This #mindbody training increases increases energy while calming the mind. Prerequisites: None

UCB Movement Primitives

UCB Movement Primitives are moving meditations that support better posture. Better posture produces deep changes in mind and body. Learn to relax while improving range of motion. Get more energy. This class is appropriate for all fitness levels. This is a group class so get your 8-12 of your friends together and get in touch.

Exploring the foot couple and restarting practice

Submitted by ian wesley on 2023-04-26 20:49
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Week two of practice. Two experiences stand out from the last week of practice. The first was after watching a video on the plex server. Sifu Kelly was leading an exercise where one foot couple is actived more fully then alternating to the other foot being activated more fully. I tried this exercise. I felt a pumping pressure sensation in my neck muscles on the side that was more activated followed by a significant release of those muscles.

5 Elements

Submitted by wrenii on 2023-02-07 20:55

Just coming to class was so hard today mentally. I was about ready to call it quits for the night but, as per usual, I stuck it through class. It's always rewarding in the end. I feel ok and my organs, especially my kidneys, are wrung out. Always new things to learn. Interesting (:

Flicking

Submitted by wrenii on 2023-02-06 11:17

              After flicking and shuffle steppping I've found that I can flick out most any kind of discomfort or tightness of a specific kind. I hurt my knee the other day and used it then. My hands also hurt from climbing and I have a twinge down my ring finger tendon area so I've been able to flick it out with pretty good accuracy down that line. Interesting and useful in an immediate kind of way. 

Flicking, Shuffling, Stepping, Kicking

Submitted by wrenii on 2023-02-02 20:38

Class this week was interesting. I learned something new with flicking from Tuesday's class. Also it's become distinct in a new way the difference in the mechanism/decision for walking vs shuffling. It's also always interesting to revisit certain movements after a time. Back bear was much more clear and I hav'nt done it in months. It's motivating to know progress.