MENSENDIECK: SEQUENCE ONE

Sitting on a chair These are exercises for the neck, shoulder blades, shoulders, arms and lumbar done while sitting on a chair. Sit on a chair with the seat and the back hard (kitchen chair). You can use a thera band to increase the resistance. You can stop the...

EASY ANATOMICAL EXCERCISES BASED ON THE SYSTEM OF MENSENDIECK

EASY ANATOMICAL EXCERCISES BASED ON THE SYSTEM OF MENSENDIECK This program is divided in five parts Part One: IntroductionPart Two: Sitting on a chair: neck, shoulder blades, shoulders, arms, lumbarPart Three: Standing (tadasana) : neck, shoulder blades, shoulders,...

CLEANING THE SUKSMA SHARIRA

Elsewhere I have written about the various bodies that we have. These are described in the Yoga tradition, but are now confirmed by science. When the jivan, or soul, or atman descends into this matrix, it needs a ‘vehicle’ in order to interact. Now, contrary to what...

OJO CALIENTE – DAY THREE

Sitting and breathing Once you are all seated, see if for ten minutes you can not disturb the body, because we do need to go back to the posture and how to sit. In all the postures we need to find a very fine balance between having certain integrity in the posture,...

OJO CALIENTE – DAY TWO

Sitting and breathing Place the blindfold over your eyes and do not disturb. First find your sitting position. Take one or two minutes to find your balance. Yesterday we brought the attention to the spinal column. The center of your body, in this position, starts in...

OJO CALIENTE – DAY ONE

Sitting with awareness Use the blindfold, so that you screen out the rest of the universe. You are going to sit for ten minutes and I want you to keep the body still for ten minutes, because we do not want an interruption. If you do need to stretch your legs and...