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Morning Stretching Practice to Strengthen Back and Spine (20 minutes) | Qigong Daily Routine

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    We can do warming up.
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    Moving body to the left and to the right.
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    You can kneel down
    your knees a little bit.
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    Feel your lower back and your shoulders.
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    Feel your feet moving.
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    And then open shoulders,
    like ah you swim backwards.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    Stretch the shoulders
    and you lower down your knees.
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    Breathe in.
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    Out.
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    That's good.
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    You can look up and stretch
    your elbows and then your palms.
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    We do reverse.
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    You may close your eyes and then
    relax your head and your neck,
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    where you are moving.
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    Just warming up but
    you can feel your body,
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    feel grateful you can move.
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    Go reverse.
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    Feel the morning mist
    of the Deer Park Monastery.
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    Relax your toes,
    your knees, and wrists, and fingers.
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    And then reverse.
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    And other leg.
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    And then reverse.
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    That's good.
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    Relax your hips and your waist.
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    Put your hands on your hips
    then move circles slowly, breathe in.
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    Out.
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    Now go reverse.
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    That's good.
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    Two hands front of your chest.
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    Reach your body to the left, inhale.
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    Exhale, right.
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    In, twist also your toes.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    One hand cross your head, inhale.
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    Look in the back. Raise your toes up.
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    Exhale, release.
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    Stretch, inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    That's good.
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    Going to shake your hands.
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    You jump.
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    Release tensions from your elbows, hands.
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    Feel your feet on the ground.
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    Open your palms, inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    Bring your mind back to the body.
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    You feel your lower abdomen,
    rising when you breathe in,
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    falling when you breathe out,
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    you feel two palms
    front of your lower abdomen.
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    That's where you are pay attention to.
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    Feel your feet on the ground.
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    So we continue to do
    the stretching, simple stretching,
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    with first four Integral Tai-Chi Qigong
    to help you to circulate.
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    Remember your spine,
    make your spine feel good,
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    but also open your tailbone
    and your whole body with the shoulders
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    and moving around
    with your two palms, okay.
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    So the first movement
    we call the The Heaven.
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    Two palms together, like holding the ball.
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    Breathe in, on the left,
    and then move back on the right.
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    Out.
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    Inhale.
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    Turn around, exhale slowly, okay.
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    You feel your— your shoulder,
    your hands, moving
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    but at the same time
    your knees and your feet, okay.
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    Exhale slowly.
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    Look at your hands moving, breathe in.
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    Out, look like the circle,
    bigger and bigger.
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    Low-down
    your knees a little bit.
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    Feel your knees and your feet moving.
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    To left and to right.
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    Exhale, observe your two palms.
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    In, deep.
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    Out, slow.
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    In.
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    Out, lower your knees a little bit more.
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    In.
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    Out, one more time.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    That's good.
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    Open your palms, in, deep.
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    Out.
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    (Birds chirping in background.)
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    Feel alive with the body,
    you hear— listen to the birds singing.
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    Morning, fresh air, breathe in.
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    Breathe out, and smile to your body.
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    Okay.
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    The next is called The Frog.
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    Stand two legs, um,
    a little bit parallel to the body.
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    Natural.
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    Breathe in,
    two palms together up, and jump,
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    and gently open your palms,
    shoulders, out, bend down your knees,
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    and then you look through your two legs,
    open your tailbone, okay.
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    Inhale, jump.
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    Open, exhale.
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    Bend down your knees,
    look through your two legs.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    Aware about your lower back.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale, you lower down
    your knees a little bit.
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    Bend down, and then
    look through the two legs.
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    Easier, in, jump.
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    Out, feel your palms, shoulders.
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    In.
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    Out, go reverse.
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    Open your chest, inhale.
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    Jump, two hands close together this way.
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    Out, slowly, move front of your chest,
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    and then open from your chest,
    okay, like a ? open.
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    Look down through your two legs.
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    Inhale, up.
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    Exhale, let it go.
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    In.
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    Out, bend down and look
    through your two legs,
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    open your tailbone,
    is very important to heal your lower back.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    In.
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    One more time.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale, that's good.
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    Open your palms, breathe in, deep.
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    Out, slow.
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    Slowly you can feel
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    your in breath and out breath
    naturally is deeper and then slower,
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    naturally like that,
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    and you feel your breath
    calmer and more relaxed.
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    Okay, shake your hands.
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    Jump, and release all tensions, from
    your shoulders, your chest, and your legs.
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    Okay, next one we call The Tiger, okay.
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    Breathe in, two hands cross down
    and face palms up, okay,
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    look down to the earth.
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    Exhale, jump.
    (Sound of hands clapping together.)
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    Holding hands together,
    breathe in from your left, and stretch up.
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    Out, two hands, elbows close to ears, and
    look down, hold stand to the left, okay.
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    Inhale from inside, stretch up.
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    Exhale, centre.
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    Inhale from the right side, in, look up.
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    Out, stretch and look down,
    look down to the earth.
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    In, up.
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    Out, centre.
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    In, jump.
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    And out, okay.
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    You can find out that The Tiger can strengthen
    your neck and your head at same time,
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    but at same time to make your spine
    straight ahead, and then go up,
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    so your— your neck and your—
    is very good, see it, your neck and your spine.
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    Your— your spine and your lower back will
    stretch and strengthen your artery,
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    strengthen your back
    and your upper back, okay.
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    Breathe in, stretch two hands,
    look down to the earth.
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    Out, jump.
    (Sounds of hands clapping.)
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    Inhale, up, left.
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    Out, go down, look down to the earth.
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    In, stretch up.
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    Out, centre.
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    Inhale, from the right.
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    Exhale, move down, look down to the earth.
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    In, stretch up.
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    Out, centre.
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    In, jump.
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    Out.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
    (Sound of hands clapping together.)
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    Inhale from the left, stretch up.
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    Exhale, down.
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    In.
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    Out, centre.
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    Inhale on the right.
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    Exhale, let it go, down.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    In.
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    Out, that's good.
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    Breathe in, stretch your two hands up.
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    Turn around, out.
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    Let your body rest,
    hopefully your shoulders relax,
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    your spine relaxed,
    your neck relaxed.
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    Mmm hmm, shake your hands.
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    Release all worries and tensions from
    the body, don't forget to smile, yeah.
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    The next movement we call The Crane.
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    Breathe in, left leg up,
    and then two hands up, yeah,
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    and then open out, and stretch
    my left leg at same time, okay,
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    slowly and let it go.
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    Inhale, raise up the energy of freedom,
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    And exhale, open our hearts,
    and letting go all worries and tensions.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    You stretch your legs
    straight forward at maximum.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    (Breathes in.)
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    (Breathes out.)
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    (Breathes in.)
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    (Breathes out.)
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    One more time from the right, in.
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    Out.
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    That's good.
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    Breathe in, up.
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    Out.
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    Relax the whole body.
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    Relax your legs.
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    Okay,
    you can do massage movements.
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    One hand inside, another hand outside.
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    Then massage your lower abdomen.
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    Feel your warmth, the blood, the chi,
    flowing inside your stomach, abdomen.
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    Two hands together.
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    Side by side.
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    Massage your body,
    it's simple art, er, simple act,
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    but actually, if you know how to do it,
    5 minutes, 10 minutes,
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    after long period of working, walking,
    or sitting, it's very helpful, okay.
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    For example also, massage your face,
    and rest your eyes.
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    No more working in front of
    your screen, your computer, you see,
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    and let your face rest,
    refresh yourself.
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    And then, ten fingers, you brush your hair,
    massage your brain and your head.
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    Front of your head, beside your head.
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    You can massage, ah,
    brush alongside of your hair,
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    in the back, beside, front, okay,
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    and your ears: first fingers,
    index fingers and thumbs.
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    Pull your ears down. Breathe in.
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    And then breathe out, press in the centre
    of your ears by your thumbs, okay.
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    Inhale.
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    Exhale.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    In.
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    Out.
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    Good.
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    Massage your back, lower back.
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    Go down on two legs,
    go to front, go down.
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    (Sounds of massage.)
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    Two hands, two side of your hands.
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    You can do like this,
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    you can strengthen your internal organs,
    your heart and your lungs, okay.
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    The other side again.
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    (Sounds of massage.)
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    That's good.
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    One hand lower abdomen,
    five fingers together.
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    Click to your heart's left chest
    and left shoulder together.
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    Twenty times,
    and then you change to the other side.
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    Right side.
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    That's good.
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    Left palm,
    and then right palm holding together.
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    And then you breathe
    in and out for three times,
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    and relax your wrist,
    relax your elbows.
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    You put down your palm,
    and hold in back.
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    And other hand.
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    And put down, and holding back again.
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    Three times of breathing.
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    That's good.
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    Raise hands, your hands up,
    stand by your toes, inhale.
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    Hah!
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    Release all tensions and worries.
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    In.
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    Hah!
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    One more time, louder.
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    In.
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    Hah!
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    That's good.
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    Open your palms, inhale deep.
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    Exhale slow.
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    Let go of all worries, anxieties, fear.
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    One hand on your heart,
    another hand on your lower abdomen.
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    Look like you are embracing your body.
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    You feel your heart beat,
    you feel your lower abdomen,
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    and relax your whole body.
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    Feel grateful to your body being alive.
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    Your two palms transmit the energy
    to your whole body, to your internal organs.
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    You transmit the love and peace,
    compassion, healing energy, okay.
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    And then you touch your body.
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    Presence truly for your body.
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    Breathe in.
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    Breathe out, and smile.
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    "Thank you", thanking your body,
    you can say silently like that.
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    Okay, you can open your eyes.
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    Morning just started and just, ah,
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    always raise up the awareness
    of feel and energetic to live, to be alive,
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    and to give like, er,
    love and care to your body.
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    That's how always I start my day, okay.
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    Thank you for being there. Enjoy your day.
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Morning Stretching Practice to Strengthen Back and Spine (20 minutes) | Qigong Daily Routine
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