Stretching for Balance and Energy Flow
Paul Chek
- Introduction – Paul’s background
- We came from the wild
- Mother Nature designed us to function effectively without getting stiff and tight muscles
- If we have tight muscles in the body - Must ask WHY?
- Trauma of exercise or trauma of external impact
- Problem thinking - Stretch because you’re tight.
- Know the source. Tightness = protecting something else
- Whole body stretching = loosening every spoke of a wheel
- Understanding length tension relationships to know what to stretch
- Stretch before exercise – relax heightened tone in muscles
- Muscles are stupid – only do what the nervous system tells them to do
- What happens when we exercise with an imbalance in the system?
- Role of assessment
- The meaning of education
- Not living it – don’t teach it
- Animals stretch naturally to balance the system
- Muscles are like guitar strings – a good player lengthens and tightens only those that need it in order to create balance and harmonious flow of energy
- Moving, breathing, exercising – feeds energy into the system – plays music of our bodies!
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