Movements
Hold static posts for 10s or more.
Muscles relax into a stretch, don't push it too far at first.
Symmetry - repeat actions on both sides.
Standing
- Head and neck side to side, forwards and backwards
- Arms starting at sides, rising outstretched to palms together above head, then bend at waist, lower arms forward, grab thights or touch feet/ground
- Arms out sideways, circle forwards and down from shoulder in increasing size, then backwards, then alternating
- Arm across chest front, hold back towards body just past the elbow with the other forearm
- Arms palm to palm in front of chest, then behind back, then palms upside down
- Arm over shoulder and down back, use other hand to pull elbow from above or hold down wrist from below
- Shake everything about
- Big hip circles, large and small, then reversed, then figure of eight, and reversed
- One leg out to the side, one leg bent, arm stretch down extended leg, other arm over head
- Stand on one leg, hold other, close eyes
Sitting
- Bring feet together towards crotch, butterfly wiggle hipe up and down. Advanced; press down on knees and/or move heels closer to crotch
- One leg to side, knee on the ground, other foot to hip, stretch up then bend towards foot
- Same again but stretch to the side after foot
- Same again but with both legs to the front, knees flat on ground, relax, again
- One leg over the other, other foot towards bum, hold that leg in
- Bend legs below and lean back to floor
- Happy cat, angry cat, undulating cat forwards/backwards, DISCO [boots]cat!
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