 Hello Earth citizens. My name is Chris. I'm a brain education instructor from Rolling Hills, California And today we're gonna have an experience of basic Keekong. Keekong is generally the circulation of energy through our body So it's a practice to help us activate Accumulate and circulate that energy through our body. So we're gonna do it some very gentle movements that are accepted that are suitable for anybody So let's begin. So first, let's bring our feet about shoulder width apart Good relax your shoulders. And we're gonna start with just some gentle shaking of our hands. So start to shake your hands Imagine that you're trying to Shake the stress Shake your muscles shake the tension out of your arms and your shoulders Good as your arms start to feel a little softer and now breathe out through your mouth Good that exhale Helps you to relax the brain Help you to tell your body that it's time to let go of all the stress all the tension So now as you start to feel a little softer like we're trying to Melt the tension from our muscles start to bounce the knees a little deeper. Good start to get a little deeper deeper deeper So what we're trying to do is through this vibration through this shaking. We're activating the energy in our body So feel the tension start to release. You may start to feel tingling. You might start to feel Vibration warm cold. You might feel lots of sensations in your body. Now exaggerate your shoulders a little bit There's the chest tension. There's the back tension Good allow your body to release release feel the muscles getting softer softer softer Good now we're gonna Start to strengthen our bones a little bit. So I'd like you to start to lift your heels and bounce bounce the heels Good. So as you bounce the heels Can you feel the vibration through the bones? Ah, so that can start to strengthen the bones. So we're softening the muscles And we're strengthening the bones So from head to toe So anybody who has bone trouble osteoporosis problems like that This can help with the strengthening Good. So feel your body bouncy shaking bouncy shaking body feeling stronger stronger warmer Breathe out your tension. Good. Now slowly stop. Can you feel some tingling in your body? Good. So that's the key Of qigong circulating through our body. We've activated now. We want to start to bring this energy into our body So we're going to start to do a little twisting. I'd like you to tap your abdomen and your lower back And twist the other way good and start to tap start to let your arm hang and swing Good. So as you tap your abdomen and you tap your lower back You're starting to bring lots of energy into your lower abdomen. This area is where we want to Uh gather all of our power. This is our second chakra Good. So feel your body starting to get stronger and stronger and stronger So now all that energy is starting to gather Around your abdomen. We want to feel warmth in your abdomen feel your body getting lighter lighter You can turn the head. You can start to relax the tension in the neck So feel your body starting to get softer and softer your stress to come out more and more Good relaxing good I'll agree more times one Two and three and just feel your body. Can you feel stronger vibration? Yes. Well done So can you feel energy in your palms like they're tingling or they're warm or there's magnets? Great So now we're going to start to flow. We're going to connect with the breath So I'd like you to imagine and feel energy coming up through the earth as you inhale It's coming up through your legs. See the picture and then it as it gets up to your arms It starts to lift your arms They float and then when you exhale that's good. So as you inhale feel the energy coming up see it flowing up through your legs Up through your body if you're taller And as you exhale Coming down. Yes. So with your breath as you inhale you're rising As you exhale you're falling So what you may feel in your body is you might feel some warmth You might feel tingling You might feel some areas that feel a little tired or fatigued Those are the areas that are getting stronger So the most important part is not that you can copy me not that you can stay at my speed Is that you can feel the energy in your body And you may feel like there's water surrounding or energy or some substance Good play with that substance. Inhale up Exhale down One more time here in front of us Inhale up Exhale down with your next inhale. We're going to take our arms to the sides like a beautiful bird opening their wings And exhale so as you get stronger and stronger get taller And exhale Good job So feel your body feeling with energy like it's expanding Good, you might feel like every cell every organ your whole body's expanding inflating and then exhaling So when we activate and circulate new energy The old energy has to leave so let out the stress. Let out the tension. We'll do one more Relax your arm. Let them hang. So feel the tension in the body. You might feel it relax Relax the shoulders. Good. We're going to gather energy three times. So take your hands to the outside inhaling up And then gathering the energy above and pull it down through your body I want you to feel like it's washing over your surface like it's flowing down through the crown of your head And going through your spine through your nerves just cleaning And healing your whole body one more time Inhale up and exhale now. Good. Now we're going to take our hands I'm going to rest them on our lower abdomen on that lower abdomen. You can bring your feet together Good and feel you relax your shoulders and now you can gently start to sway Like a bamboo in the breeze Good you close your eyes I'd like you to breathe into your lower abdomen feel your lower abdomen feel With energy your hands rise and fall with the breath So here through this posture this gentle standing meditation We start to gather more and more energy into our abdomen. So allow your body to drift and sway You can push your feet into the earth. You can reach the crown of your head towards the ceiling Good. Feel the strength through your body You feel full of energy Feel how light your body feels when it's full of clean fresh energy. Good job Now slowly settle in. Good. You can rub your abdomen clockwise And now gently rub your hands Feel how soft they feel how warm they feel. Good. And then we can sweep off the body We can touch our lower back sweep down our legs come up the front of your legs Good and sweep off your arms Good. So if this 10-minute practice wasn't enough, please feel free to watch the video again And go a little bit deeper. Now to experience a full one hour Brain education based class visit the local body and brain center near you. Thank you so much. I hope to see you soon