Standing up straight,
Feet hip-width apart,
Knees nice and soft.
We're going to begin by stimulating the lymph nodes.
Using this part of your hand You're going to place them.
Just below your ears.
Using firm pressure here.
Start to move your fingers in circles.
We're going to move through all of the clusters of lymph nodes that lie in your body.
Breathing deeply.
Now we're going to move on to the lymph nodes that live in your underarms.
Place one hand on top of your head and with the other hand,
Form a cup-like shape.
And we're going to cut through the underarm.
Moving up and down.
Stimulating the axillary lymph nodes.
Deep breaths.
And let's do the other arm Perfect.
And now let's move down to the inguinal lymph node.
These lie right in the crease where your hip meets your abdomen.
So form a cupping motion here.
Perfect.
And relax your arms.
Now we've stimulated all of the lymph node areas.
We're going to start moving.
Feet back to hip width apart.
We're going to start with a happy bouncing.
Bending your knees.
Shaking the body up and down.
Let your arms be nice and heavy.
Take this time to relax your forehead.
And clench your jaw.
Let your shoulders relax.
Let them bounce up and down with this momentum.
Deep breaths.
Now let's start to bounce from side to side.
You can widen your feet.
And bounce through the left and right feet,
Really feeling the ground beneath your soles.
This is one of my favorite things to do in the morning.
And now let's begin to gently twist the spine.
Heavy arms.
Allow your hands to slap your body around the kidney area.
Turn your neck to look to the back.
Twisting through the entire spine.
And now bring your arms up.
To hit your shoulders.
Right at the point where your shoulder meets your chest.
Here we're stimulating acupressure points as well as rotating the spine.
Nice and loose.
And slowly come back to center.
Now this next one emulates throwing a pillow.
Raise both arms up to the ceiling,
Palms forward.
Imagine you are holding a pillow right here.
Now,
What you're going to do is you're going to pretend you're throwing the pillow and slamming it down onto the ground whilst you bend your knees and swing your arms backwards.
So again,
And down.
And allow your arms to swing.
Inhale up.
Exhale down.
This is a fast movement.
Feel that stretch through the front of your body.
Through the shoulders and the chest.
Working through all of the fascia that lies through the front line of the body.
And last one.
And slowly come back to center.
Beautiful.
Next we're going to work through the shoulders.
Turn to the side.
Feet in a gentle lunge position.
And we're going to start rocking through the feet.
As the toe of the front foot comes up the back heel goes down.
And as you rock,
You're going to swing your arm.
There's something so meditative about this particular movement.
You'll find that it really relaxes your nervous system.
This movement is great for those with shoulder problems.
Because it doesn't use your muscles.
It just uses momentum generated by the feet.
And helps the shoulder move through a very gentle range of motion.
And now let's turn to the other side.
Start to rock through your feet.
Rocking through the balls and the heels.
Now start to swing your arm.
Allow your nervous system to settle here.
Feel the relaxation generated by this rocking movement.
Nice and gentle.
And slowly come to a rest.
Turn back to the front.
If you need to hold on to a chair or wall,
Please do so.
Standing on one foot,
We're going to start circling the ankle of the other.
Just sending all of the energy down from the spine into the feet and ankles.
Now circle the other way.
And other leg other way Place the foot back down on the floor.
And let's start our hip circles.
Nice and easy you can allow your upper body to lean forwards and backwards.
Once again,
Compressing through and working all of the lymph nodes that lay in this area.
And other way.
And let's do the shoulders too.
Big circles backwards with the shoulders.
Squeezing through the axillary lymph nodes.
Interlace your fingers in front of you.
Push them outwards.
Deep inhale here.
Exhale,
Bring your arms all the way up.
And from here,
You're going to bend all the way over to the side.
Feel the stretch of the fascia.
Running from your underarm.
Down to your ribs.
All the way onto your hip.
Back to center.
Deep breath in.
Exhale and lean to the other side.
Perhaps one side is tighter than the other for you.
Come back to center.
Deep breath in.
And float your arms down.
Feeling the air with your fingertips.
We're going to finish this practice with some grounding breaths.
Cross your arms in front of you.
Inhale.
Swing them all the way up.
And exhale.
Bring your breath and energy down.
Inhale.
Arms up.
Exhale,
Breath and energy.
Down.
And one more.
Inhale.
And exhale.
Breath and energy down.
Bring your feet together.
Place your hands just below your belly button.
Left hand over right for females and right hand over left for males.
If you feel comfortable here,
Close down your eyes.
And allow your body to sway very slightly.
From left to right.
Feeling your feet catch you.
This is a standing meditation.
Feel the energy in your body.
Feel the warmth in your joints and limbs.
And notice how your body feels.
This is an amazing way to start your day.
And I recommend.
Doing this practice.
First thing in the morning.
Find your center.
Release your hand.
And slowly open your eyes.
Thank you so much for practicing with me.
