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Stretching for Balance | 5-Minute Qigong Routine

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    In.
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    Out.
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    You see.
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    Relax your lower back.
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    Relax your shoulders.
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    Good, and then slowly
    stretch your shoulders, inhale.
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    Exhale, bend your two knees
    square down, like you are swim backwards.
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    Swim backwards, inhale deep.
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    Exhale, relax your palms,
    shoulders, and your chest.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    Stand by one leg, and then relax your
    hands, fingers, your knees, and your toes.
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    You can be a balance.
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    Go reverse.
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    Make a circle by two, er, wrists,
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    and another circle
    by your feet, by your toes, you see it?
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    Ahh, so wonderful,
    another one, another leg.
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    Relax your wrists, toes,
    your fingers, and your knees.
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    Reverse.
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    Breathe in.
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    Out, you breathe through your nose,
    and relax your whole body.
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    Looking, and you put your two hands
    in front of your lower abdomen.
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    You loose your knees a little bit,
    close your eyes, breathe in.
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    You feel your lower abdomen rising,
    breathe out, your lower abdomen falling.
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    Close your eyes,
    but you can feel your lower abdomen.
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    Breathe in, rising.
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    Out, falling.
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    The next one is, erm, The Butterfly.
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    From the left, breathe in,
    left legs huh, we use the left leg front.
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    Breathe in, go in the back,
    out, move forward, okay.
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    In, up, open.
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    And then out,
    you cross your two palms face up,
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    and you look down to your toes,
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    so your— your— your eyes look down to
    your toes, and your toe up this way, okay.
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    Front leg, your left leg, will be straight.
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    Your— your— your
    back leg should be square.
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    Look, square now, okay,
    and then you can feel this area, okay.
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    Breathe in, right leg up,
    ah, this is a good part, okay,
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    balance yourself, out,
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    we stretch your hands and legs at
    same time, look down to the earth, okay.
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    Inhale, up.
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    Open.
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    Exhale, cross your two hands,
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    look down to your toes again,
    rest, and let it go.
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    Okay, breathe in deep.
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    Two hands inside, ready.
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    Out, stretch your hands
    and your legs at same time,
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    look down to the earth.
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    Inhale, up.
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    And exhale,
    letting go all tensions and worries,
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    feel your lower back.
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    One more time, inhale deep.
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    Exhale slow and stretch,
    balance your whole body.
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    In, up.
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    Open.
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    Out.
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    That's good, and other side.
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    Right leg in front.
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    Inhale, go back.
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    Exhale, front.
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    In, up.
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    Open.
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    Out, cross your two palms,
    look down to your right toes, okay.
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    Inhale, we will lift up your left leg.
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    Exhale, stretch your left leg
    and your hands at same time,
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    look down to the earth.
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    In, look up.
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    Open.
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    Out, cross.
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    Inhale, we will lift up your left leg.
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    Exhale, stretch your left leg
    and your hands at same time,
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    look down to the earth.
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    In, look up.
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    Open.
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    Out, cross.
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    One more time, inhale.
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    Left up.
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    Exhale, stretch.
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    In.
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    Open.
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    Out.
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    That's wonderful.
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    Breathe in, stretch your hands up.
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    Turn around.
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    Out.
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    You feel your shoulders relaxed,
    your chest relaxed, and your legs relaxed.
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    One hand inside, another hand outside.
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    And then you can massage
    your lower abdomen, ready for dinner, heh.
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    So when you have, ah,
    trouble for digestive system
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    you can massage your abdomen often,
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    so we massage with clock-way, okay.
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    Press a little bit,
    and feel love and care,
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    and chi from your two palms
    will penetrate into your abdomen,
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    circulate the chi and blood,
    lower abdomen.
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    And then two hands,
    massage until you feel warm.
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    In the back you see me well? Yeah.
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    Okay, side by side,
    offer a gentle smile to your hands,
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    thank you my hands
    for being there, wonderful.
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    I see my hands still mmhmm young.
    (slight laugh)
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    Still happy.
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    And then you put on your face, okay.
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    You can massage
    a little bit gentle, breathe in.
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    Out.
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    Close your eyes, inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    Two hands, massage your lower back.
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    So, from your lower back
    go down to your two legs,
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    and then go to front, right,
    and go down again, and go in the back,
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    so we can do three rounds like that.
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    So, raise your hands up.
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    Stand by your toes, ready.
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    Let it go. Inhale deep and then 'hah'!
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    We call the Cleansing Breath.
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    Okay, in.
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    Hah!
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    Louder! Inhale.
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    Hah!
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    One more time, in.
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    Hah!
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    That's powerful.
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    Breathe in, relax your whole body.
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    Out, release all insanities
    and stress from your body.
Title:
Stretching for Balance | 5-Minute Qigong Routine
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Duration:
07:33

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