Move For Your Mind 💪🧠

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are. If you are interested in moving your body, I would love to help you get a little movement in, get a little fitness going, and get your brain in that space that you'd like to have it. Because otherwise it'll just end up wherever it goes, right? Like, unless we take the discipline of controlling our mind or thinking about what we're doing or bringing mindfulness and consciousness in, our minds are just going to do what they want My name is Theresa Byrne, Master T, that's what my students call me, and I'm a master instructor. Martial arts, fitness, I've been doing this for a long time and I love it. I love body moves. I love moving the body. I love it! And if you've met me in person, you would know energy is one of my superpowers. So I would like to give a little energy to you. What am I doing? I'm crossing my body. I'm crossing the midline of my body. I am rotating my hips so I'm not just punching with my upper body. It's one of the reasons I love martial arts, boxing and kickboxing, because you use your whole body. Good, nice. I'm even stretching out, warming up my feet. And if you're joining in, these are all exercises, low impact, that you can do. We'll do them all standing and just kind of get your body in that state of mind that, I don't know, that you want it to be in. You pick. Imagine that, having a choice. And Always align that body. So my neck is over my shoulders, it's over my hips, and typically over my ankles, unless an ankle goes out to the side. 4, 3, 2, 1. Good. Now I want you to think plant, rotate, and eyes forward as you cross that body. So the first punches we did were just to the opposite shoulder. These are all the way to the side. It'll have you rotating almost like a rag, and you're squeezing your spine, getting all that good fluid moving up and down your brain. We love cerebral spinal fluid. Woo, woo, woo! Cerebral spinal fluid in the house! Punch, punch. Good. Make sure that you do not hyperextend, but you want to extend to about 5%. Let your muscles stop the movement, not your joints. 3, 2, 1, and we're gonna touch opposite knee. Now if you're feeling kind of stretchy, if you've been sitting all day, this might be a lot. But if you feel kind of like you've got a little bit more flexibility, try to get your forearm on that knee. And if you're feeling like, I've been up for a long time, get that elbow. None of them are better. None of these are better than the other, but I do want you to make contact. So if you can make contact with your If you can touch your hand, that is fantastic. That contact sends a message to your brain to cross the midline and to use both sides of your brain. 3, 2, 1. Good. We're gonna do some front kicks, and you pick up your knees and you kick out your toes just like you stepped in something gross. Good. Breathing in and breathing out. Martial arts have been around for many, many thousands of years, 5,000 years. The reason that I think it's So long-lasting. It's not the martial part necessarily, although it does require discipline. It's the art. It is the art of moving and breathing. And there are many, many precepts like strong mind, strong body. Okay, we're gonna go to a side kick. So you're gonna pick up your heel and kick to the side. Pick up your heel, pick up your heel. And you want to do this from your knee. There are Straight leg moves, but we're not doing that. Knee extend—that helps to wake up your quads, your hamstrings, and your bootyus maximus. That's right, I said bootyus. But martial arts has been around a long time because it helps you get into that meditative state in your body where you are in charge, where you can do what you need to do. Three, two. 2, 1. Nice. Next move we're gonna do, you're gonna bring a knee up, step it down underneath you, and kick back. Knee, back kick. Good. And you're gonna go at whatever speed is comfortable for you. This is also a balance move, and I think balance is something that we don't train often. In martial arts, you kind of have to balance because you've got to be able to do multiple kicks, but in the rest of the world, are we doing balance work? No. Only in public, you're working with a trainer. 3, 2, and 1. Nice, other side. Knee, kick to the back, knee, kick to the back. Make sure you don't kick anything. Knee, kick, and the back kick is just you picking up your heel, bend that knee, and then straighten, just like you were closing a door behind you. You know, you're carrying something. Am I the only one? You kick behind you to close the door gently. You don't want to break through it. 4, 3, 2, and last one. All right, knee circles. This will open up your hips from sitting a lot. Oftentimes we get small— our muscles get smaller in our hips, the side of our hips. Stress relief. You want to do as much as you can for your low back, getting some blood flowing. Now we're going to take that leg outside in. Step back with the other leg. Outside in, outside in, outside in, outside in, outside in, outside in, and outside in. Good. Now go ahead and rotate your arms. And these are really just warm-ups. We are just warming up your body to get ready. Take your arms back. If you have shoulder issues, keep your elbows bent. If you've got fluid shoulders, fluidity in your shoulders, you can open your arms up. Cross in front, reach back behind you. Breathing in and breathing out, opening up that chest. And speaking of that, we're gonna step forward, open. Wild and free. Breathe in, open. In. Breathe. 2. And last one. Nice! Now you can always grab water if you need it, because by the time we are dehydrated, most of us— or by the time we're thirsty, most of us are already dehydrated. And I don't want that to be you, unless, you know, that's how you want to roll. So we're going to do a move, a back fist. Back fist. So the back fist, it's a simple move. If you're standing, you can just extend from here. But I'm going to have you rotate your body so that you're also using your core. And I'm not extending my arm all the way so that my elbow has to stop it. So I'm extend, extend. Use your arm to stop. Use your muscles to stop the motion. And you can go whatever beat you want. You can turn on music. I'm on my radio. Good. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And other side. So same kind of thing, you're not hyperextending and letting your joints stop. You're tightening your muscles, letting your muscles stop the movement. And you can get— dance around with your feet if you want to. You can get your hips involved. Four, three, two, one. Nice! Now we're gonna go one, one, bum, bum. Back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist, back fist. To your level of comfort. Never ever push past pain. If you get a sharp pain, don't do it, even if it's somebody like me saying, hey, this is your next move. Pain means stop. Discomfort, or ache, or tiredness is different. Pain, stop. 3, 2, good, last one. Alright, so we're gonna work on a punching and kicking combination. I'm gonna have you put your left leg in front, and your We're gonna throw a front punch, which is gonna be jab, cross. You can keep your hands out if you want, and you're gonna put a knee in there. Jab, cross, knee. Jab, cross, knee. Jab, cross, knee. Now in Muay Thai, we simulate grabbing for the opponent's head, but that is only for defense. We don't walk around doing that. But we practice how we would do it in real life. Nice. 6, 5, we're gonna turn that knee into a kick. 3, 2, 1. So jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. 1, 2, kick. Now if this is slow for you, you can always speed it up. 1, 2, kick. Just make sure that you again don't hyperextend your knee, use your muscles to stop it. 4, 3, 2, last one. Awesome! Switch to the other side. Jab, cross, kick. Cross, knee, jab, cross, knee, jab, cross, knee, jab, cross, knee. Almost done. Jab, cross, knee. Good. Breathing in. Did you guys know breath is the antidote to stress? That's right. If you ever get stressed out, breathe in, breathe, and exhale. We're gonna add that Jab, cross, kick. Jab, cross, kick. 1, 2, kick. 1, 2, kick. 1, 2, kick. Good. And you can do this slowly. 1, 2, kick. 1, 2, kick. Or you can go faster. It's entirely up to you. Martial arts was created with alignment and bodies in mind. It wasn't just random, and it was created I created it so that people could do it up until their 80s and 90s, do it with alignment. 4, 3, 2, and last one. Nice! Celebrate yourself. You did a warm-up, you got your muscles moving, you got your airflow in and out. Take a nice deep breath. Be grateful for yourself. I'm grateful for you. Thanks for joining in.