Qigong practioners (young and old) in the park..these exercises (shown in park photo's) are different then the ones described below so as not to confuse.
"Arm Swinging"
This exercise has the same posture and details as the previous exercise "The Tree." The only difference is that your arms are hanging loose at your side with your elbows and wrists slightly bent, and the word is slightly. This is just enough to let the chi flow. Slowly swing your arms back and forth (front to back) in unison like a pendulum. You need not use a lot of force, it's almost like the momentum is swinging your arms by themselves. Like I say everything else as far as posture, breathing, relaxation, feet position, etc. is the same. The key word is relaxation. As your arms swing let the tension go with each exhale of breath. Pretend like your a little child just happily swinging their arms. Remember to keep your knees just slightly bent.
Variation:
Begin with feet firmly planted, shoulder-width apart. Rotate, turning left to right from the hips. Arms hang limply at sides; but they start swinging horizontally as your body turns from side to side. Leading from hips, not from shoulders. Some people let their hands slap their kidneys and lungs (hand swinging to rear slaps kidneys while hand swinging to front slaps lungs) in a whipping type motion as they complete a swing in one direction. This calls chi to the area.
Breathing: Breathe consciously, in and out through the nose. Use deep, low belly breaths from the diaphragm.
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