Qi Gong Pics - Lower

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Lower Qi Gong – Exercises explained Spinal Cord Breathing Extension and Flexion Iron Bridge Hip In, Out, Up and Across Knee Circles The Baby Side Bending Qi Gong increases the awareness of the body and helps with mapping movement and sensation in the sensorimotor cortex. It also helps to facilitate deep abdominal breathing in an active, yet calm way. It loosens up the thoracic spine to decrease sympathetic nervous system upregulation. It teaches you to move without tension, and helps to decrease stress. It is an active way to improve the mindbody connection. Never push a movement beyond your comfort level. Move slowly and smoothly at your own pace. If your arms or legs get tired, gently shake them out before moving to your next exercise. If an exercise seems too difficult for you to do initially, just visualize doing that exercise first until it feels comfortable to try it. Listen to the audio clip through fully at least one time and imagining the positions that you will go into. This can be really helpful, especially if you have a lot of pain. Be gentle with yourself. This is a gentle practice, and there is no hurry to rush through it. The exercises are available on your website in a short instructional video format. Please go to guidedtherapeuticexercise.com if there are any questions about how to perform any of the exercises.

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Lower  Qi  Gong  –  Exercises  explained                                                                              

   

Spinal  Cord  Breathing   Extension  and  Flexion  

Iron  Bridge   Hip  In,  Out,  Up  and  Across  

Knee  Circles   The  Baby   Side  Bending  

Qi  Gong  increases  the  awareness  of  the  body  and  helps  with  mapping  movement  and  sensation  in  the  sensori-­‐motor  cortex.    It  also  helps  to  facilitate  deep  abdominal  breathing  in  an  active,  yet  calm  way.    It  loosens  up  the  thoracic  spine  to   decrease   sympathetic   nervous   system   up-­‐regulation.     It   teaches   you   to   move   without   tension,   and   helps   to  decrease  stress.    It  is  an  active  way  to  improve  the  mind-­‐body  connection.    Never  push  a  movement  beyond  your  comfort   level.  Move  slowly  and  smoothly  at  your  own  pace.     If  your  arms  or  legs  get  tired,  gently  shake  them  out  before  moving  to  your  next  exercise.    If  an  exercise  seems  too  difficult  for  you  to  do  initially,  just  visualize  doing  that  exercise  first  until  it   feels  comfortable  to  try  it.    Listen  to  the  audio  clip  through  fully  at   least  one  time  and   imagining  the  positions   that   you  will   go   into.  This  can  be   really  helpful,  especially   if  you  have  a  lot  of  pain.  Be  gentle  with  yourself.    This  is  a  gentle  practice,  and  there  is  no  hurry  to  rush  through  it.    

 

The  exercises  are  available  on  your  website  in  a  short  instructional  video  format.    Please  go  to  guidedtherapeuticexercise.com  if  there  are  any  questions  about  how  to  perform  any  of  

the  exercises.