Hello and welcome to this daily lymphatic flow.
So we are going to begin in an easy seated position.
Just creating a long spine and softening the shoulders.
We'll start with a few rounds of a deep belly breath.
So breathing deeply into the belly,
Maybe placing one hand on your abdomen and one on your heart.
Breathing down low.
Deep breaths help to stimulate the lymphatic system,
Which is our body's natural way of moving fluid and wastes through our body and kind of clearing them out.
Today we'll be focusing on our lymph node.
So there's different parts in the body that has large collections of lymph nodes,
And we will be working on stimulating those areas.
So beginning with the neck,
We'll drop the left ear down towards the left shoulder.
If you'd like you can take the right hand and gently reach it towards the ground.
Just allowing gravity to do your work.
And tucking chin to chest and switching sides.
It'll be right ear to right shoulder,
Left hand reaching down.
Allowing gravity to do your work here.
As you continue to breathe deeply.
And from here we will rock the head.
From side to side a few times,
Massaging out the neck.
Stimulating and opening up the lymph nodes in the neck.
And pausing with chin down to chest.
And lifting up the head.
I'm going to do some light tapping just below the collarbone.
Opening up the pathways here.
And then taking your hands,
This might feel a little silly,
That's okay.
You're going to put them in your armpits.
And you're going to do this gentle massaging of the armpits.
We have a lot of lymph nodes here.
It is a place where a lot of fluid can get stuck and stagnant.
So just doing a little bit of massaging here and releasing the hands and rolling out the shoulders.
Making sure to go both directions with your circle.
Releasing the shoulders down,
Hands come to the knees.
And just draw in big circles with the body.
As we continue to breathe down low here,
We're stimulating the lymph nodes that are in the pelvis and near the groin.
Switching directions with your circle.
This is also great movement for the hips and just to move the spine gently in all directions.
And taking our hands out in front of us,
Interlacing the fingers,
Rolling out the wrists.
Going back and forth a few times.
Then we'll bring our legs out in front of us,
Focusing on the area behind the knees.
So you're going to take your hands behind your right thigh and circling out that right foot.
It's almost like you're stirring up a big pot with your foot.
And making sure to go both directions with your circles,
Massaging out.
Behind the knee.
And then switching legs,
So holding behind the left leg.
Imagining that we're stirring up that big pot with our foot.
Stimulating the back of the knee.
Then coming down onto our bags.
Resting on your back for a moment.
Taking another big,
Deep breath,
Maybe in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Doing a few pelvic tilts if that feels good,
Just tipping the pelvis up and down slightly.
And then bringing your right knee in towards your chest,
Circling out the knee.
Massaging out the hip.
Once again,
Stimulating those lymph nodes in the pelvis,
Near the groin.
Make sure to go both directions with your circle.
And then taking the right knee out towards the right shoulder,
Hugging it in as you circle out the ankle.
So our whole practice here,
We're just working.
Stimulating the lymph nodes.
Go ahead and switch sides.
It'll be left knee in,
Big circle.
And we started at the top with our neck and collarbone and we worked.
All the way down.
Moving through the hips and pelvis,
Behind the knees.
And when you hug that left knee in towards the chest here,
Circling out the left ankle,
Getting the lymph nodes in the ankles.
So just piece by piece.
Manually stimulating these areas where lymph can collect.
Our final pose will be legs up the wall.
So a few options.
You could put a block or a pillow underneath your hips.
You could go to a wall.
Just put your feet up the wall.
Whatever feels good to you.
You could also just stay on your back and lift your feet up or use a strap.
And when you get there,
Point and flex the feet a few times,
Circle out the ankles.
Continuing to do that.
And eventually when it feels good to you,
Just.
.
.
Find stillness here.
We'll be taking a full minute in this position.
Continuing to breathe low into the belly.
This is a great posture for your lymphatic system.
It helps to move any stagnant fluid that might be in the legs or the feet,
Any puffiness.
This is also a great posture to do to help improve your sleep and quiet the mind.
You may feel a little bit of coolness or tingling in the feet and legs.
And from here,
Bringing your knees into your chest,
Feet back onto the ground.
Taking a moment.
Removing any props that you have or sliding away from the wall.
And rocking yourself up to seated.
Bringing your hands to heart center.
Thank you so much for joining me for this practice.
