1. Rest completely before you start a movement and then in between repetitions.
  2. Keep your eyes closed.
  3. Keep breathing normally the whole time.
  4. When you are working a muscle on the one side of your body, keep the other side of your body relaxed.
  5. Keep your neck supported and relaxed.
  6. When in doubt, GO SLOWER.
  7. You can count the time for your slow, shortening contraction and your super-slow, lengthening contraction at first, but gradually stop the counting and just pay attention.
  8. Try to do the more coordinated side first so that it can “coach” your less coordinated side how to perform the movement slowly and smoothly.
  9. Doing 1-3 reps well is much better than rushing through 5 or more.
  10. Go into an exercise with "Beginner's  Mind" every time. Pretend that you've never done it before so that it doesn't become a routine. If you stop paying attention and go through the motions, you won't get the benefit.

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11. "The Cactus"

Release the muscles where your neck, shoulder and ribs intersect.

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The Cactus                      

Position Lie on your back, knees bent with your knees and feet hip width distance apart. Starting with your R arm, move your arm out so your elbow is in line with your shoulder. Bend your elbow to a 90 degree/right angle position. Your palm faces your feet. Keep your face parallel to the ceiling, use a flat pillow if needed. 

Movements:

Part One (muscles that rotate your shoulder inwards) As slowly and as carefully as you can, let your right hand fall backward towards the floor. Try to take ~30 seconds to smoothly resist gravity.  Sense the weight of your forearm and hand. If your knuckles touch the floor, relax there for a moment, then to a count of 10return your hand to a vertical position. Do 1more repetition on the right. Repeat2x with the left arm then do 2 reps using both arms at the same time. 

Part Two: The Anti Cactus (deep upper front rib muscles and muscles that rotate your shoulder outwards) Start in the same position as above. Very slowly let your palm fall forward towards the ground, resisting gravity. The shoulder ball spins in the shoulder socket then at some point the spinning motion will stop and your shoulder will come off the floor. Flatten your back into the ground, feel your Abs contract. Reach the front of your right shoulder towards your left knee, strongly contracting the muscles underneath your collarbones and in your upper rib muscles. Then very slowly and carefully release the rotation in your shoulder and the rotation of your pelvis. Count to 10 as you return your hand to vertical. Do1more repetition on the right then repeat this 2x with your left arm, this time reaching your left shoulder towards your right knee. Finish by this with both shoulders, at the same time, attempting to get your shoulders to touch each other in front of you. Was one side jerkier or harder to control? If so, you can do one more repetition on the less coordinated side.

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ADVANCED Standing Posture

1.   Inhale into your bowl to relax your back and glutes
2.   Exhale to connect your 4 points
3.   Lightly engage your hamstrings by gently reaching your sitting bones down to your heels. This is subtle.
4.   Now, you can place your shoulder blades flat on your ribs but you must not lose the4 point connection.
5.   Your hard palate, the roof of your mouth, is parallel to the floor
6.    There should be no strain anywhere
7.   If you feel a sense of muscular work in your abs, hams and between your blades, that’s great!

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