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Sankyo.
This wrist stretch, like the others, helps develop an overall feeling of relaxation and calmness. It's also ideal for relaxing your shoulders if that's where you tend to feel stress.
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How to do it. |
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Hold your left hand in front of you at about chest level, palm away, thumb down. |
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Reach over top with your right hand until you can see your fingers in back. |
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With your right hand, turn the palm of your left hand toward the ceiling. |
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Stretch your left wrist by smoothly extending both hands away from you. Repeat five times, then switch. |
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Tips.
- Keep your hands a little lower than your elbows, and your elbows a little lower than your shoulders.
- Don't use a vice grip. Just hold softly, like your one hand is glued to the other.
- Keep One-Point as you do this and all ki exercises. Don't become overly focused on what your hands are doing.
- Watch your posture. Stand correctly, with your weight on the balls of your feet, heels just lightly touching the ground.
- If you do this exercise in a seated position, sit forward in your chair, keep your back straight, chest out. Oh and by the way, relax.
- Does it feel good? With all ki exercises, this is a real good way to test if you're doing it right.
- You should feel the stretch not just in the wrist, but all the way down the forearm, and even into the shoulder region.
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