Five minutes to feeling refreshed!
Sit down and begin to relax your breathing. Concentrate now only on your breathing and your body.
After a few moments begin focusing on your toes. Wiggle your toes. Bend them in. Stretch them out.
Now do the same with your feet.
Point your feet up. Point them down. Do circular motions.
As you are stretching your feet you are also stretching your legs.
Pay attention to how these movements feel. These soft stretches are a wake-up call to your body. Take your time.
Your human body is filled with many different muscle groups that allow for countless motions all through your day and night. These gentle stretches do much to relieve stress and restore energy.
Very simple to do, and yet the effects are profound. These simple stretches create relaxation, restore natural healthy blood flow and promote deeper consistent breaths.
Concentrate now on your stomach and abdomen.
Breathe in deeply through your nose. Hold the breath for 5 to 10 counts.
Push the entire breath out through your mouth. Repeat 10 times.
Feel the muscles working and stretching.
If your thoughts drift, just bring them back. The more you concentrate on these movements the better effect they will have in promoting a natural healthy response in your system.
Now, with the palm of one hand smooth one side of your chest, neck,around the shoulder and upper arm. Switch hands and with the opposite palm, smooth the other side of your chest, neck, shoulder and upper arm.
A lot of tension is in your chest which is greatly relieved with your touch.
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Now close your eyes and slowly tilt your head to one side. Hold for a couple moments and then tilt your head to the other side. Hold. Back to center.
Next slowly tilt your head forward and then back. Do this movement 5 times. Feel the muscles that are present.
Now your face. Focus on the area around your mouth. Open your mouth wide. Pull your cheeks toward your ears, hold for a couple seconds. Relax. Repeat. These muscles are often forgotten and can easily sag without attention. Next open your mouth and pull your lips in over your teeth. Hold release and repeat. Do 5 stretches.
Now a nice big smile. Hold for a couple seconds. Release and repeat. 5 stretches should feel really good to this area of your face.
Next open your eyes real wide. Hold for a couple seconds and relax. Open wide again, hold and relax.
These gentle relaxing movements restore, invigorate, and revive the human body leaving you mentally, physically and physiologically rejuvenated.
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All of these variations can add to the effects of your workout and sometimes they can help you to stay focused on your movements and add to the overall natural healthy benefits.
So remember quiet gentle movements can be very beneficial to your achieving a natural healthy happy system. Enjoy!