hello friends i am dondi dahlin and i am here with your daily energy routine challenge you've
seen my mom you've seen my sister now you get me and if you're thinking i don't really want to do
this today i'm tired that's when you really need to do it you can do it in your chair you can do
it in bed you can do it on the couch or stand up with me first we're going to do the four
thumps you know where to go right here on the cheekbones i like to do it with a bit of pressure
you'll know what feels good to you this is for grounding all right this goes right down to the
feet on a meridian actually stomach meridian which goes right down to the ground and next we're going
to come down just below our collarbone these points are called k27 you don't need to remember
that they're the 27th acupressure points on kidney meridian and kidney can give you a boost of energy
so we're going to tap these you can also just massage them or rub them or you know what if you
don't like that you can create some warmth and hold them so you make it right for you okay k27
all right next to the thymus we're going to come down a little bit more to the breast plate
right here it's kind of a flat spot on the chest and we're going to thumb that thump that
and you know all about the thymus it builds t cells and people say well why are we
thumping it because after puberty it starts to shrink anyway that's exactly why you're
thumping it or hold it or massage it lightly whatever feels good to you
the energy of the thymus is still there even when it shrinks after puberty
and you want to activate that energy for strength for vitality and then we're coming down
below the bra line over here on the side of the body you can even see the seam in my shirt we're
going to come right here just into and kind of below the rib cage and we're going to thump there
oh my goodness we have some loud people over there but that's okay we're going to keep going
thump thump or just massage and rub and there you had our four thumps
i like to go all the way across this whole area is good and you can do all of it all right
what's next cross over shoulder pull reach up opposite hip reach up opposite hip
and cross and cross and if you have someone that can do this on your back it feels so good fix my
clothes here and keep crossing you can do this anytime as many times a day as you would like
take a nice deep breath and we're going to go right into the cross crawl now remember this one
you want to really get that crossing motion and the the easiest way to do that is to really
slap your leg slap your opposite leg from your arm that's the easiest way to do it
cross crawl okay variation on the wayne cook i think most of you if you're in this in this world
of energy medicine you've heard of wayne cook he's a he was a pioneer he really helped stutterers and
he looked at the brain body connection and this is one of those exercises that can help
for stuttering if you can't find your words if you're going into a performance i used to use this
all the time when i was in theater before i go on stage to remember my lines and really calm my mind
so we're putting our arms out in front of us palms facing and we're going to cross the arms
flip them over clasp and under you can also cross your legs if you'd like but you don't have to
just if it's comfortable we like to cross as many things as we can and breathe deeply
ah breathe with me i'm going to breathe a few more times
now i'm going to unravel and do this on the other side so now i'm uncrossing my arms to
see which one was on top my right one was on top my palms are facing out and now i'm going to cross
my left arm on top cross clasp your hands pull them underneath did you see that right through
some of you will only get to here that's totally fine some of you won't have the
flexibility that's okay you can go this far and envision the rest for those of you who can come
all the way then come all the way with me and i'm crossing my legs and i'm going to breathe deeply
i love the wayne cook and now we're going to unravel and bring our thumbs
to the third eye this is this is a really amazing area with a lot of spirituality
that connects to it because of the third eye and the crown chakra and all of it being connected
it's also a powerful energy of acupressure points some of the very first acupressure points
in your nervous system are right here always good to calm your nervous system and we're going
right into the crown pull everyone loves the crown pool raking across the forehead
you're covering all sorts of energies here oh my gosh different organs in your body different limbs
and you know what to do we're going across across the top of our head
i'm going to turn so you can see what i do on the back
you can see i like to use pressure your pressure will be up to you what feels good
when you do this every day you'll be able to know what works for you all right fix my
hair we're going to do connecting heaven and earth i'm going to back up so you can see it
hands on our thighs nice deep breath bringing our arms to a pyramid position in front of us
and one arm up one arm down you know it oh it feels so good stretch stretch stretch
and back to pyramid position in breath
and out breath nice inhale making space in your body so everything works better your metabolism
the energy flows better and back together and one more
now we're going to roll over roll over with me my knees are bent you can have yours bent or straight
fixing my clothes figure eight's coming on up you know how it goes and
oh that's so great all right next is the zip up starting at the pubic bone and
coming to the bottom lip this is such a terrific one for protection to feel
like you can take on your day this is a great one for kids if they have a little bit of
hesitancy to to go out and be with other people or go out and be with friends or maybe they're
dealing with some bullies this is a great one i do it over and over and over sometimes four or five
times and last but not least one of my favorites the hook up so fingers in the
belly button and pull up fingers at the third eye and pull up and you can sit if you need to
you don't have to stand for this sometimes the hook up is so powerful that you might get dizzy
i'm closing my eyes and i'm going to breathe
many of you know my story that i'm prone to fainting and this is the exercise that is
that has saved me more than any other exercise in the eden method it's the hookup as soon as
i feel wobbly as soon as i feel like uh oh i might faint i sit down and i do the hook up
it really helps to create a force that binds all the other techniques together
all right and guess what i'm going to give you a bonus i'm going to give you a bonus today
i'm going to back up a little bit because i want to throw in the celtic weave the celtic weave is
an exercise that we often throw in to the daily energy routine because so many people love it and
for me as a as a person who has been on stage who has been on camera all of my life i really
want my good energy to go out to people i want to reach my crowd my audiences if you're a teacher
and you want to reach your students this is one that works with your aura it creates a really
strong weave in your aura but it also helps it to emanate out to the people around you so
rub our hands together put them in our thighs right on our thighs ah
take a couple nice deep breaths people ask why we put our hands on our thighs it's
just for grounding to get that energy really stable going down to the feet
in breath
and i'm going to bring my elbows together
cross my arms and push out the energy and i'm going slowly for you bring my elbows together
cross and push out the energy fix my shirt and now i'm going to start bending from the waist crossing
continuing to cross all the way down to my feet can you see my feet crossing here
and coming up and twinkling the energy all around us you can also do a little quickie
cross on the back if you'd like so that's the celtic weave let's do it one more time quicker
oui that's all it takes so we're so happy you're with us this week for the daily energy routine
challenge and we will see you tomorrow bye-bye