IN THIS LESSON

Explore moving with your Fire meridians.

Turn on this Summer Playlist or your favorite music, and move through the following sequence.

Perform 5-10 repetitions for each movement.

You can do the whole series on one side and then switch sides, or alternate sides with each exercise.

Pay attention to what your body likes best. I encourage you to sprinkle these movements throughout your day as a simple ‘movement snack’ to keep your energetic spark alive!

  • rocking forward and back in child's pose

    Child's Pose Pullbacks

    Exfoliate that underarm fascia!

    From all fours, slide your palms towards your knees as you sit back in a child’s pose. This will stretch the fascia along your underarms, the origin of the Heart meridian.

  • rocking from side to side on forearms

    Forearm Teeter Totters

    Open the back of your heart!

    Press your forearms into the floor, knees wide. Teeter your shoulders from side to side as if listening to the ground.

    This will warm up the space between your shoulder blades, lifting your heart and improving your upper back posture.

  • Moving from a plank to a downdog

    Heart Peekaboos

    Build some heat!

    In a plank position, slide your hands and feet towards each other as if squishing your mat shorter. Keep that push as you swoop back towards a downdog shape.

    Then ripple your spine through to a plank as your hands and feet stretch your mat longer.

    Spicy!

  • Half Monkey Pumps

    Balance all that fire with a Water moment.

    In a low lunge stance, kick your front heel to the ground to engage your hamstring. Pump your leg forward and back to warm up the back of your leg.

    This is for the Bladder meridian, the yang of the Water element.

  • Reverse Plank

    Reverse Plank

    Open Your Heart

    Press your palms to the floor and swipe them towards your hips to tense the muscles of your chest.

    Extend your spine, open your chest, and lift your chin to move through the resistance. You might feel a stretch in your wrists and/or shoulders.

    You might also feel some emotions moving through you!