Exercises for all seasons

EXERCISES FOR ALL SEASONS

On 1 Leg, close & open hip joint, through 6 Kicks, front view - 06/23/07 P, Q1, Q2 of Complete Morning Sequence (list below) ** This is the entire sequence for my morning exercise routine, which lasts approximately 30 to 40 minutes: A1 - My Tai Chi Chi Kung set (Shoulder-width stance) [my expanded variation of the Classical Yang Tai Chi Chi Kung set (S1)] A2 - My "11 Smiles" Chi Kung set (Shoulder-width stance) B1 - Bend-down #1 (V-feet) B2 - Bend-down #2 (V-feet) C1 - Bend Bow #1 (wide horse stance) C2 - Bend Bow #2 (wide horse stance) C3 - Bend Bow #3 (wide horse stance) D1 - Cloud Hands swings (Shoulder-width stance) D2 - Swing Arms Sideways & Turn In Place #1 (Shoulder-width stance) D3 - Swing Arms Sideways & Turn In Place #2 (Shoulder-width stance) D4 - Swing Arms Up & Turn In Place (Shoulder-width stance) E - Huang Hsin Hsien sequence F1 - Wide Horse / Snake Creeps Down variations F2 - Wide Horse Master Yuan variations G - Mantak Chia Sequence (Shoulder-width stance) H - Bounce & Shake in Place (Shoulder-width stance to V-feet) I1 - Bend forwards and backwards (Horse stance) I2 - Overhead block (Horse stance) I3 - Look behind self (Horse stance) I4 - Master Yuan's Look Behind Self (Wide Forward Stance) J - Combination Wei Lun Choy, Master Yuan, Dr. Young Chi Kung set (shoulder-width stance) K - Yang Tai Chi Short Form (Cheng Manching's form) L - Feng Zhi Qiang's Chi Kung set M1 - Bend-down #3 (V-feet) M2 - Bend-down #4 (V-feet) M3 - Rise on tip-toes N - Elbow-stroke to side back-fist (wide-horse stance) O - Touch opposite ankles (wide-horse stance) P - Open hip joint (stand on 1 leg) Q1 - Snake Creeps Down to Stand on 1 Leg Q2 - 6 Kicks R - Crouch as press hands together (V-feet) S1 - Yang Tai Chi Chi Kung set (Shoulder-width stance) S2 - My "11 Smiles" set (Shoulder-width stance) T - Eye Exercises (Shoulder-width stance) U - Embrace Tree Chi Kung (Forward Stance) ** It's important to have a set of exercises that can be done EVERY DAY, regardless of weather. So there is no excuse NOT to exercise on a particular day! Exercises that can be done indoors, or outdoors. Exercises that don't require any special clothing, equipment, or special setting. One should have a set of core exercises which can be done indoors, and outdoors in all kinds of weather, during every season. One doesn't need a lot of different types of exercises, just some one knows how to do very well, almost without thinking. Just keep doing them, over and over, as a regular habit, during every season, indoors and outdoors. Not just during good weather. During bad weather also. Helps acclimatize the body to all sorts of weather changes. Strengthens body's endurance, and ability to adapt to all types of external weather conditions. Stale indoor air, full of carbon dioxide, can make one sleepy. It's important to "air out the body" regularly by exercising outdoors and breathing fresh air. I always feel better, "more alive," after I exercise - - especially outdoors, in fresh air. I began doing some of these exercises when I was a teenager. I've continued doing many of these deep-breathing, chi circulating (Chi Kung type) exercises, on a daily basis, for 40+ years now. I'll be 57 next month, April 2008. These daily exercises continue to help keep me healthy, flexible, and full of energy. ChiGuy396 ChiGuy396@yahoo.com **