 Hello, our citizens. My name is Chris. I'm a brand education instructor from Rolling Hills, California, and today we're going to be working on the five elements and the five elements is an Eastern philosophy for bringing balance into our entire body. So today we're going to focus on strengthening those five elements for our overall health and well-being, body, mind, and spirit. So let's go ahead and bring our feet about shoulder-width apart. We're going to start with a little bit of gentle balancing. So bring a little balance to your knees. Feel your feet pressing the earth, a little balance. We want to get a little vibration through our body. You want to start to feel the muscles start to relax. Breathe out through your mouth to let go of any tension. So we want to start to get a little vibration and tingling through the muscles. Feel your body start to relax and start to observe where you're holding more tension. If your shoulders are tight, it might cost them a little bit more. If your hands are tight, you might shake them a little bit more. You can bounce deeper through the legs. If your legs are a little heavy. So we want to start to activate energy all through our body. And then we're going to start to move into our flow to strengthen each of the five elements. Good job. And slowly stop. We're going to start a little tiny opening. So as we inhale, let your hands float up. Energy is filling your body as you exhale and fall. Inhale coming up. Exhale down. Good. As you inhale, let the energy flow up your spine, your chest lifts, your tailbone drops as you exhale. Your chest sinks, your tailbone tucks. Inhaling up and exhaling down. Feel the press of the earth beneath your feet. Inhaling up and exhaling down. So now we're going to bring our hands to embrace under our abdomen here. Like we're supporting our large intestines. This is our metal element. So we're going to build energy in our body. So we want to charge so that we have more metal has to do with our lungs and our large intestines. So we grow our strength by holding these postures. We can grow them gradually longer, a minute, two minutes, five minutes to help build our strength. And then we will circulate through the flow to help move that energy. Good. So now with our breath, as we inhale, we're going to bring our hands up, hands will face your heart. It'll come up just enough to get the gentle reach, but not a stretch. And then exhale, bringing your hands down, hands will face the heart again, the lungs again, and down. Good. So inhaling, coming up, exhaling up, good. So as you start to feel the body moving, inhale, exhale. So with the spine saying, lifting the chest, getting a little to one. Exhale, dropping the chest, tucking the tail. So this five element practice is my favorite for daily practice to help me manage this energy, to keep it strong, keep it as healthy, keep myself as complete as possible. Inhaling up, exhaling down, one more time, exhaling down. Now I'm going to bring my hands behind my back. So like I'm supporting my kidneys, I'll turn to see the next element in water. So feel the kidneys, relax the shoulders. If you need to lean forward a little bit to support your back, that's fine. Try to keep your back as straight as possible. Good. So we want to build the energy. You can picture energy filling your kidneys. So water helps to balance our kidneys and our bladder, the water energy in our body. Bringing a calmness, a tranquility. Good. Feel the buzzing in your teeth. Feel the buzzing in your palms. Feel the warmth in your lower back. Now slowly release, we're coming into our water flow. So the back of the hands will come towards each other. You can get a little seat as you inhale, pull the water up through your body. Spraying out like a fountain. Coming down, pulling the energy up. Exhale, inhale, inhale. Feel your body calming, warmth through your spine one more time. Now we're going to bring our arms up like we're hugging a giant tree. Relax your shoulders, let the elbows fall. Nice big circle around your arms. Feel the energy. As we hug the giant tree, we're working on our wood energy. This is our liver and our gallbladder. So start to charge yourself with the energy. Feel yourself getting stronger, feeling. Now you're going to slowly lower the hands down. Now we're going to twist to the left. As we inhale, pull the energy up. You're pulling in the nutrients, the water up to the trunk of the tree. Then twisting back, and as you exhale, let this tree bloom. Twisting to the right, inhaling up. Twisting back and exhaling. Twisting, inhale. Return, exhale. Picture the beautiful tree growing, blooming. One more to each side. Now we're going to draw our hands up into our holding posture for fire. So like you're holding a giant chalice. Your hands are holding the cup of the bowl of the cup, pulling down between your arms. Elbows are level with your shoulders and narrow with your shoulders. Try to soften through the chest. So feel the energy pouring down into your palms, into your arms, into your chest. Fire and a witness for your heart, for your small intestines. Good job. Now slowly come down. Like we're hugging the giant tree once again. We're going to lower our right hand. Let it face the earth as you inhale. Coming over. Push away, switching the hands and then twisting. Twist, switching the hands, slide away with your legs and then twist. So you can inhale in one direction, exhale in the other direction. One more to each side, to your center. And now you're going to bring your hands out to face the earth. Your elbows are a little bit lower than your wrists. A little space under your armpits. Like your hands are resting on the earth. Feel the energy from the earth coming into your palms, into your soles. The earth element has to do with our stomach and our spleen. Harmonizing those energies. Now bring the hands back towards the right part of your solar plexus. As you exhale, pushing out. Inhale, opening, pulling energy into this space. Exhale, pushing out. A little hinge at the hips. Gathering energy. So I use this five element flow to cultivate, to grow my energy, to get stronger every day. This is a standard daily practice for me to manage my energy. Manage my five elements so I can manage my body, my mind, my spirit. One more time. Exhaling out. Inhaling in. Slowly lower the hands. We'll gather energy three times. Inhaling up, pulling the energy out. Feel all five elements. Stronger. Body's full. Body's light. You are bright. Clasping your hands. Covering your lower lunges. Second chakra. Bring your feet close together. And drifting like the bamboo in the wind. Feel the strong body. The full energy. Now slowly begin to circle your abdomen, clock one. Really feel your shoulder width. Zeroing in on your lower dungeon. Right below your belly button. Keep breath in and out. Thank you for joining me for that full five element flow. This one is good for strengthening your energy, strengthening each of the elements, and putting them together for overall well-being of body, mind, and spirit. So thank you for your practice. If you would like to experience a full one-hour brain education class, please contact this body and brain center near you.