Keiko program - 2018-06-23

• self-body-acquaintance
  • finding comfortable sitting position, = zero tension. If necessary, then start from lying down.
  • vary around this position, stretching and/or sitting up, always smooth, always back the same way to full release position.
  • All the way to standing up (Feldenkrais way). and back (same).
• standing up (advanced) Japanese traditional way: from sitting on your heels
  1. getting on to your toes. relax
  2. moving one foot slightly forward. relax
  3. pushing up. relax
  4. both feet parallel. relax
  5. all the way back. relax
• standing up (advanced) variations: once the whole workflow is figured out and smooth, then
  • repeat, holding out one's hands, as if holding a tray (tea ceremony)
  • take hanmi right from step 1 (traditional martial arts) - as if being pulled forward, from sitting on your heels, by a string attached to your navel
• Wakame Taiso
  • finding standing up release position (aka. "wakame mode") as per the outcome of the first part (= the turning point between going up and going down, Feldenkrais way)
  • upon partner's push, let body memory exercise: last in first out - as soon, but not sooner, as nothing comes in. all the way back to (standing-up-) release position. and stay.
  • and again, on partner's input.
• Eiko Dai
  • Eiko means Glory - initially from Eiko no Ken: Sword of Glory
  • cutting sky by pulling (kiri harai) / cutting earth by pushing (kiri komi)
  • imagine zen monastery prayer wheels, which one spins in passing, except here: one above. one below.
  • simulate with your hands above. simulate with your feet below (the wheels, not the push - or actually both). both wheels spin in opposite directions.
  • centering the action in one's koshi, see (and feel) the wheels above and below spin while walking (running) - as if, again, pulled by the navel.
  • free wheels (= forget about them. just follow tanden, "riding the sea of Chi")