[Music] good morning everyone are you ready to move some Chi I'm so grateful to be here with you today and to guide you through something truly powerful we're not just going to talk about energy we're going to experience it and the way we're going to do this is through an ancient Chinese practice called chiong Chi means life force energy Chi is everywhere it's in the air you breathe the food you eat it's in the wind the Rocks the rivers the cosmos it's in the stars the planets and it's in you you you are an energy
being having a human experience I'm going to say that again you are an energy being having a human experience so how do we do this how do we cultivate our cheat well the first step to become skilled at working with your energy is to be able to sense and feel your chei now you already know how to do this you actually do this every day how many of you know when you feel tired I see Hands who knows when they feel tired if you don't know when you feel tired right how many of know you
know when you feel good vital energized and happy yes yes and what about this one how many of you know when you feel anxious agitated or depressed right so this language of energy is a natural language that our body speaks and tells us we know how we feel and feelings and emotions Sensations these are all Chi moving through the body so the goal of a Chiang practice is to clear blockages and move your Chi into a state of balance and [Music] Harmony now what's important to remember is that the same energy that flows through the
universe flows through you and not just flows through your body it also flows through your Consciousness and when you're aligned with the universe then there is nothing that you lack you are perfect your true nature is perfect and there is an infinite resource of energy in the universe to connect to the way we do this in Chiang is through Movement we need to get that Chi moving and the breath and the intention intention is very important because your Consciousness is a powerful form of chi and this brings us to the symbol of the Dragon the
Dragon is a symbol of the transformation of Consciousness it's not just a mythological creature in Chinese each one of you has the ability to awaken your inner dragon now to connect with your inner dragon take a moment and reflect on this when you look out at the Horizon what gives you a sense of purpose and direction in life where does that come from within you this is your inner dragon at work your inner dragon is the aspect of your energy that gives you vision and direction to do great things in your life so today we're
going to connect to the dragon energy and I'm going to guide you through a swimming chiong practice to balance and awaken your inner potential so now I invite you toay stand up we're going to need uh space to move our arms forward and back so there's some space in the front in the AES on the sides even feel free to spread out so you don't hit anyone with your arms and you have plenty of room to move you can just check for a moment and see if you have enough space in case you need to
adjust yourself and take a moment to tune in your body relax feel the contact of your feet on the earth I see some of you took off your shoes which is wonderful so you can spread open your toes and really feel the contact of your feet with the floor relax your knees relax your hips relax your shoulders [Music] elbows and wrists relax your whole body and tune into your breath inhale the abdomen Rises exhale it falls towards the spine now relax your [Music] gaze and expand your vision so the dragon connects to the eyes it
gives you a sense of direction and purpose so smile at your inner dragon you can bring a smile to your [Music] lips and make the intention to connect to this aspect of your Consciousness and we'll begin with a warm up so roll your palms to face forwards bend your knees and begin to swing the arms it's a very common Chong warmup you'll see people in the park in China doing this maybe even in park here in Bangkok when we pump the legs this is very grounding because we're pumping Chi through the lower body connecting to
the Earth and getting the CH to move so we want to release any blockages in the beginning of a practice any stagnation so inhale through the nose blow out the mouth let go anything you don't [Music] need now bring your attention to your palms and feel the air and the chi in the air you can even connect to the tree behind me visualize yourself in a forest and bring this energy up to your face so collect G in your palms and swing it up to your head you can make the movement even stronger really bend
the knees good and now bring your hands to the eyes and look left and right left and right delete any negative thoughts any old hurts look left and right and move your hands left and [Music] right good it's like you're deleting words on a Word document on your computer coming back to a white scam clear the mind now bring your palms over your eyes send energy to your eyes and see that empty white screen in front of you and then spiral the hands up and around smooth the chi smoothing the chi of your mind the
mind is becoming brighter filled with light bring the hands back over the eyes lift up the elbows and push your hands down down down to [Music] you take a moment to enjoy this feeling and now let's shake it out a little bit get to shake shake the tree relax your joints really let everything go so shaking is a natural way to clear tension in the body get the chea moving it also wakes up the cells so let's take a moment to visualize that we're shaking off our old leaves like a tree shaking them into the
Earth let go again of anything you don't need any tension in the body just really let it go blow out the mouth and let's make it just a couple sounds to to get this out you can go [Music] good do that again yeah and then slow it down stop and breathe in these beautiful [Music] Sensations breathe this energy through every cell every pore in your skin [Music] smile at your body now it's time to awaken our inner dragon so bring your hands to Your Heart Center bow to your inner dragon and you can step out
a little wider the feet bend your knees get nice and rooted and press your hands to your right and then press your hands to your left begin to bend the knee as well so start to shift the weight and then look in the opposite direction so hands go left and you look right hands go right head turns and eyes look left remember the dragon connects to the eyes so use your your eyes to focus the energy and this is very good for the mind because we are moving one way and looking the other waking up
our Consciousness good stretch a little bit more really push your palms and stretch good now come back to the center and we've woken up our Dragon will swim so begin to turn and the movement comes from the spine so I'm not moving my hands I'm moving my spine this is the swimming Dragon form breathe in and out your nose and feel how this massages your liver spleen and stomach Digest Ive organs and now we're going to dive our Dragon down into the water dive Your Dragon and then raise the dragon up up up emerge from
the water into the clouds soaring up reach up inhale exhale hands back to the heart let's do that one more time swim so our Consciousness is connected to the energy in the spine your spinal cord and notice how this movement is undulating your spinal cord side to side and getting that Chi to move let's dive [Music] down and raising our Consciousness from the sub subc conscious Deep Dark Water up from the yin up all the way to the Y of the heavens flying through the clouds Your Dragon sorce up reach and hands to the [Music]
heart take a moment to smile again place your hands over your dtin step your beet [Music] together and draw all your energy into your Center take a moment to feel your Chi centered in balanced the Mind calm and [Music] clear and enjoy this feeling of relaxation and vitality thank you for your efforts may be blessed and filled with Chi that was a very quick session if you'd like to learn more go to yo.com y.com and there's three videos on YouTube I have a video on demand you can check out everything there thank you so much
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