A shaking routine that mimics animal movement to release trapped energy and stimulate your lymphatic system. Shake your legs, hips, neck, and upper body while making sounds and visualizing rain washing over you. The practice melts physical tension and emotional blocks like anger, and works as a quick reset anytime you feel stuck.
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Okay, so today I'm gonna take you through a shaking sequence. So many people have been asking me what it is, why I do it. Well, if you look at nature and you look at animals, you'll notice that animals shake often throughout the day, and this is a beautiful practice that we can adopt because when we shake, we release trapped energy and anything that's stuck. It detoxifies the body, in particular the lymphatic system, 'cause it gets everything moving. It literally detoxifies every single cell in the body, and any stuck tension or anything in the body, helps release it. So I'm gonna take you through a quick little sequence now. You can join in, or you can just watch and laugh at me. It's designed to be fun. It's designed to release things. You can make noises and sounds, whatever comes through. Let's do it. Okay, so you can start with your legs spread and just shaking a little bit, just allowing your body to bounce. Maybe you want to put Hands up, really good for draining. Maybe you want to go from side to side or come back. Do the good turn with the neck. Shake it up. Imagine just shaking every part of your body and letting all the tension melt away. You might want to dance a little bit, just get your body shaking. It's a really good practice to do whenever you're feeling stuck, the energy's feeling stuck in your body somewhere, or something's happened, it's making you feel angry. Maybe you want to feel the anger. It's really good to shake back and forth like this too, really moving the hips because we have so much stuck here. Don't worry what you look like. Ah, ah, ah, ah. It's really good to get your upper body moving too. Ah, ah, ah, ah. Wears you out quite quick, but keep pushing. So good for you, so detoxifying. Jumping up and down. I like to close my eyes because it's like a meditation. I'm really like focusing, visualizing what I want to let go of. In Qigong, they say to visualize that it's raining and imagine the rain washing over you and you're just shaking off the water. I really like that too. Really shaking every part of your body, feeling your body come alive. What I like to do is just put on one song any time of the day when I'm feeling stuck or need a break. Oh, and it's such a powerful practice. I'm feeling so good already. So alive. Give a big smile. Oh, and you feel your whole body soften and then you just wanna dance. Ahhh.
