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Following the archive DVD.. .. When raising your hands, does the opening of the joints follow the stretch of the hands, increasingly as your practice progresses, or is there a conscious focus on each joint opening?
Hi Ken,
Ideally, they all open together, throughout the rising phase of the movement.
There is a wave-like movement through the soft tissue, though, that travels from the feet up to the crown of the head that is related to, but distinct from the opening of the joints.
You want to build the opening/closing capacity in the whole system to have one pulse happen for each phase of the movement…make sense?
Dan
Hey Ken – to follow on what Dan wrote… the balance is between the 70% rule and the set mechanics.. (with the first being primary) ie. however far one can stretch the soft-tissue, vs however far one can opening/close the joint/cavity-pockets (those two being distinct from each other- although of course combine later) and how slow and smooth one can move through the range…
To be more specific- the last point above- the set raises up to ;touch the back of the head with elbows spread outward.. but that creates a stretch just getting into that position, and the goal being to smooth-even-connected flow in the movement (thus 100% being range of movement ROM one can move and stay even-connected Mind-present etc. not just the 100% ROM can stretch-push into….. and then the goal is 70% of that… (likewise KAI&HE (opening-closing) and softissue lengthening, etc.) So one can only Open so much- so how synch that with the move (ie start most “shrunk” hands down and then as raise- halfway up = halfway open… etc… If hands over and behind head too much- don’t reach asfar (ie change the movement- as relax into it over time, likewise Opening)…
Other thought being- just have the opening being “small” and just closed- halfway open about throat level- and then fully open -fingers touching back of neck… but even if make that proportionately- that is rather finemovement.. over long distance…
So a build up is “grow” as raise hands to about mouth-eyes level- and then “shrink” moving over head- and then “Grow” again, and move towards the touch-pt… (then shrink as elbows “clamp” head….etc.) ie can make a movement section that would have a single KAI-HE (grow-shrink) and insert another in the middle- in the same way that the reach-position of the “frame” can-should be eased up (recall looser-more “open” side should follow the tighter-more “closed” side) so that the movement is done with less reach (staying within your 70%, each session that changes- and as it changes where your range is- should change your ROM within that range- etc.)also- you may have done this, but I seem to recall other previous forum posts that may touch upon this question re H&E set- luck
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