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exercise 2
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NECK
2: Nodding Forward and Back.
Following a short rest with the head tilted forward chin
'resting' upon the neck, gently raise the head until the
eyes look upwards. Try to use ONLY the muscles in the
neck and limit referral movement further down the body
i.e. shoulder's or waist.
Repeat this nodding forward a back say 9 times and conclude
again with head resting. Whilst this exercise is not devised
as a breathing exercise, it is however probable that the
practitioner would naturally coordinate the breath to
out as the head goes forward and in as it goes back. In
the latter of these positions (head back) the windpipe
is 'wide-open'.
To advance the exercise try to also allow the chin to
be subject to gravity thus becoming wider (and wider and
wider!) mouthed as the head tips further back with each
separate part reaching a maximum at the same time.
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