Waking Energy 7 Timeless Practices Designed to Reboot Your Body and Unleash Your Potential

Although you may not be able to twist very much from side to side initially, as you continue to breathe
and twist, you’ll find that your spine starts to open up, so that you feel freer and experience a larger
range of motion.
1. Start to gently turn your torso from side to side, initiating the movement from the waist, rather
than the arms and shoulders. Your arms should be relaxed so they are almost limp.
2. Breathing smoothly and naturally, start to move rhythmically, gently twisting your body without
effort as far as it will naturally go from side to side, allowing your shoulders, arms, and hands to
swing as a consequence of the movement that’s being initiated by the torso.
3. Using the palms of your hands and your fists, let your hands naturally start to thump against your
body. Target your hands so that the flat of your right hand comes to your upper left chest or rib
cage as you turn your body to the left, while the back of your left hand forms into a fist and
thumps against your lower back. Do the opposite when you twist to the right: let the palm of your
left hand thump your right shoulder or rib cage while your right hand forms a fist and thumps your
lower back. As you twist and thump your body, you are stimulating your lung chi, your Sea of Chi
and Door of Life, and your kidney chi simultaneously.
4. As you continue twisting right and left, work your way down the body using the flats of both
hands to thump and pat the middle of your torso, so that you are stimulating your liver, spleen,
pancreas, and kidneys.
5. After a few rounds of breath, gradually increase the vigor of the movements overall, forming fists
with both hands, and use your fists to thump your Door of Life, the lower back, and the sides of
the hips.
6. As you continue to twist from side to side, lower your fists so that they’re striking your buttocks.
If you aren’t able to twist that far yet, let one of your hands thump the Lower Elixir Field as the
other thumps the buttocks. Each time one of your hands hits your body, it is like a love tap—aim
to make each one count by directing your focus into your hands so that they transmit the energy
you are generating in your central channel and distribute it to your Sea of Chi and your Door of
Life, which are like central stations from which energy trains are being dispatched to each and
every part of your body, near and far.
7. With every twist of your torso, aim to gently increase the torque of your body, and as you do,
deepen your breath so that you facilitate greater opening in the spine, and start to look behind you
each time you turn.
8. As you increase the range of motion in the twist, your arms will naturally start to swing with
more vigor, a little higher, and the love taps or thumps will also become more potent because the
velocity of your body rotating around your spine will increase as well. Your fists hitting your
body should feel good, like a teaser massage, an amuse bouche, or appetizer, promising delicious
things to come.
Note: As you swing and increase your range of motion and speed up to a moderate pace, you may feel slightly dizzy. First of all, know
that this is completely normal and not at all dangerous, even if it brings up some anxiety. However, if you feel dizzy, please stop and rest
until you regain your equilibrium. Once you’re feeling calmer and more grounded, feel free to start again—or simply move on to the next