 Hello, our citizens. My name is Chris. I'm a brain education instructor from Rowling Hills, California. Welcome to this five element kegong series. We're going to take you through the five different elements and flows that help you build your energy and harmonize the energy in your body. Five elements is a Eastern philosophy that shows how the five elements can work together to harmonize and they can also manage each other. They become a checks and balances for your energy system. So we're going to work through those today. We're going to work on metal energy. So I'm going to bring my feet up shoulder-width apart. For metal energy, the organs that are related are the lungs. So we can start to rub our lungs a little bit. So you can feel the lungs and then they also the large intestines. So you can rub around. So we want to start to bring our mind to those organs. So through the flows today, we are going to work on purifying the energy. So cleaning away some of the negative energy. Good. Back to our lungs one more time. And we're also going to build the energy in our body. And then we're going to grow the energy we want. So go ahead and relax your body. Come on down. So take a deep breath. So as we're going to start, we're going to start with just a gentle flow. So a little Tai Chi opening. So we bring our arms up, let them flow. And as you exhale, let them fall. Good. So inhaling up and exhaling down. I'm going to turn this side so you can see. As I inhale, I want my chest to rise, my tail bone to drop. As I come down, I want my tail bone to tuck and my chest to sink. So it's a little bit of a wave of energy up and down my spine. Good. So with each inhale, we're coming up and each exhale, we're coming down. So we're starting to get a sense of flow, a sense of the breath, allowing it to slow down and calm our mind. Good. So now we're going to start to bring our focus into the metal and our energy. Good. So we're going to bring our index finger and our thumbs to touch. Our lung meridian and our large intestine meridian are in this ring. So we're connecting to both of them. So bring your hands in front of you. Relax your shoulders. Good. So now as we inhale, we're going to open our arms up nice and wide. So let your chest rise, open, and then as we exhale, you're going to bring your hands back to face. Good. So as we inhale, open, twisting through the meridians, opening through the chest and exhaling. So in this one, exhale out the mouth. We're trying to purge. We're trying to release. We're trying to let go. So often with our metal energy comes sadness and grief. So those are the negative, the heavy elements, energies that come with metal. So we're trying to release those. So as we inhale, open as we exhale, coming in. So using the breath, using the movement to open those meridians and cleaning. So if you feel real heaviness, you can breathe out a little bit more forcefully. You can use the sound. You can use the heavy breath. You can use the movement here. So with your inhale, you open and you expand. When you exhale, you contract. We're going to do three more. Inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. So our body starts to feel lighter as we purge, as we purify, as we release. Good. And now we're going to relax our hands and slowly float them down. Now we're going to come to a holding posture for this metal element. You're going to wrap your arms around almost like you're embracing the tree, but the tree's horizontal. I like to have a mind that I'm embracing or I'm supporting my intestines. My large intestines are part of this metal element. So I'm holding them. My arms are round, big curve, relaxed shoulders. So when we take this holding posture, we want to breathe in energy. You can feel this energy coming into your lungs. You can feel this coming into your intestines. This is how we build our energy. So the holding postures can be a little uncomfortable. Some of them can cause a little discomfort, a little vibration. You might feel cold. You might feel warm. It might feel pain. That is part of the energy cleaning. So as you get new, fresh energy, it starts to open. So as you relax, picture energy filling your lungs, energy filling your large intestines, helping you to push away that grief, that sadness. So as the chest starts to expand, as the vibration happens, we're growing this energy in our bodies. We fill our body with energy, then our second flow is going to help us circulate the energy. It's going to help us grow and cultivate the energy we want. So the more harmonious, the more positive energy of our lungs of the metal is our courage, is our intuition. So do this next flow, that's what we want to build. So with our inhale, we're going to bring our hands up slowly. Your hands are going to face your lungs and then they're going to spiral up and you just reach up gently above your head, not a deep stretch, just up. And then as you exhale, your hands are going to come back down. Again, they're going to face your lungs. So you're delivering energy. So we purge the energy away back down to the supporting of the intestines. Inhale, exhale. So now I'd like you to picture your lungs, your intestines filling with courage, feel your intuition opening. So each of the elements generally is associated with the color as well. So white is the color of metal. So you can picture this beautiful white light filling your lungs, filling your intestines, feel your courage growing, feel your intuition opening as we create more and more harmony in our body. We start to feel more calm and relaxed. So we inhale, pouring energy into our lungs. As we exhale, releasing, shoulders melt, body feel more full, more calm, one more full breath here, inhaling up, exhaling down. Now we're going to bring down the sky, inhaling up and pull the energy down. Now we want to kind of harmonize the energy all through our body. Inhaling up, exhaling down. One more time, exhaling down. As you come down, you can cross your hands, you can bring them all over your second chakra, your lower abdomen, bring your feet closer together and gently hold and just gently sway. Allow the energy inside your body just to kind of move you, sway you, allowing your body to relax because your eyes, you can feel the sway. So here we're trying to gather the energy into our second chakra, our lower dungeon, which is the foundation for all the elements above it. Good job. Now you can start to open your feet back a little wider. You can rub your abdomen clockwise, big circle, moving the energy through your body. Take a deep breath in and release. You may want to shake out some of the tension. So that was our flow for a metal element and we'll learn a few more elements and I want to thank you for your practice today. Come from me now. Thank you. 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