Morning Energy Flow

Start your day by waking up your body with this intermediate-level movement flow. Through shaking, twists, and grounding lunges, you’ll loosen stiff joints, stimulate circulation, and create warmth through the torso and spine. The rhythmic movements help release tension while encouraging energy to move freely through the body.

By the end of the practice, you’ll feel more open, grounded, and alive. Repeat daily to keep your body supple and your energy flowing.

Transcript

Start by shaking out your body, Flicking your hands and wrists down to the floor. Allow your knees to bend slightly. Shift your weight from side to side. Just starting to get the flow of energy moving around your body. Unlocking. Loosening up all of the joints. Allowing the bouncing to vibrate through your spine. Take deep breaths into your belly. And shake off the day's tensions. And now let's start to swing our arms from side to side, Dead arms. Allow them to hit your lower rib cage with each turn. We're starting to introduce twisting into the spine. Ringing through the organs, Especially the liver. Allow your head to turn. As you move from side to side. Really allowing your whole spine to twist. And last couple of twists. Come back to center. We're going to do a similar move, However instead of allowing the arms to swing, We're going to let our hips swing. So just to demonstrate. The movement looks like this. It's a faster movement. The movement is coming from your pelvis as you rotate it rapidly from side to side. Your arms are still dead arms, But the momentum of your hips is allowing your arms to swing up and hit through your lower rib cage. You can feel how this movement is more intense than the first. Always remembering to take deep breaths into the belly. And now come back to your center. Feel that warmth already starting to seep in through your torso and your midsection right where your liver lies. Bring your arms in front of you. Interlock your fingers. Push them out in front. Take a deep inhale. Bring them up overhead. And from here, We're going to turn. Moving your hips torso and head to the side come back to center. Exhale and turn the other way. And come back to center. Again, Twisting to the other side. And back to center. And the other way. Feeling the stretch pull through your ribs. All the way down to hip. Take a deep inhale. Exhale, Float your arms down. Let's repeat again. Exhale, Pushing your arms out in front of you. Bring them all the way out. And rotate your body. Come back to center. Rotate to the other side. Feeling that pull in your hip. Back to center. Other way. Back to center. And other way. And come back to center. Take a deep inhale. And exhale, Float your arms all the way down. We're going to work through the sides with some side bending. Keep your body in this plane. Do not allow it to come forwards or backwards. Reach down to your side with your straight arm to your knee. And come back up Let's go to the other side. And come back up. Continue flowing through this side bend. Reaching down to your knee Feeling your ribs open up as you move. Swaying like a piece of bamboo in the wind. Reaching down with your arms. Pulling it up and reaching down with your arm, Pulling it up. Welcome the heat that's arising in your body. And last one. Come back to center. Take a wider stance. Benjonies! Settle into a horse tent. And we're going to hold a ball of energy. One hand at your chest and the other at your abdomen. And just start to feel this energy around. Cultivate it in between your hands. And now stop with your right hand on top. Using your right elbow. This elbow is going to lead your movement. Over to the right. Feet twisting into a lunge. Now swap your hands over. And use your left elbow to come back through the center. Changing into a lunge on the other side. And again change. Head should remain level. Keeping your knees bent. Allow your spine to twist as you reach the end of that lunge. Looking all the way to the back. Feel that intense ringing through the sides of your body. Also working through the leg. Knees and thighs with this movement. Grounding your body into the floor with your feet. Allow yourself to flow. Make your movements nice and smooth. Inhale as you come to center. Exhale as you twist. I'm starting to feel my stomach gurgle. That's a good sign that the energy is moving through my body. And last one. Come back to center. Straighten your knees. And pass that ball of energy into you. Keeping your feet wide. Inhale, Arms up. Exhale. Bend your knees, Pulling that energy down. And again, Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. And exhale And now straighten up. Repeat this practice one to two times daily for at least a week to unlock your blood and qi circulation. Thank you so much for practicing with me today.