Barbados Reiki Association

Contributed by Rosemarie Layne

These gentle exercises serve to unblock stagnant chi (energy) in the body and condition your internal organs and eliminate toxins. They should be executed slowly, with concentration and in cycles of nine. Coordinate the breath with the movements for best results.
The key is to move SLOWLY and fluidly, which in turn, adds grace and poise to your belly dance movements.

Tai Chi Bo Balancing

– Begin with hands softly cupped and spaced about waist width in front the dantian (source of life energy located in the centre of the abdomen), and legs comfortably apart. Moving at a very slow pace, turn to the right and move the energy down your right leg, with arms extended, maintaining the softness in your hands. Reach out, as your left leg bends to accommodate the movement.

Take the energy upward with your hands and then lean back on the left leg, straightening it as you bend your right leg. Follow through, down your body, until you return to the dantian.

After completing nine rotations, repeat to left side.

Swimming Dragon

Maintaining posture, bend left elbow so your palm faces the dantian and, maintaining the position of your feet (grounding yourself), extend the right arm out at shoulder height in front and slowly move it to the right as your torso twists around, and your head follows it As the arm makes its return to centre, the left arm moves out to the left, initiating at the elbow in a slow, fluid motion.

As the left arm comes back, the right arm moves out again, initiating at the elbow. Continue this series for at least one cycle (nine rotations).

Dragon Pearl

Pt 1 This segment can be done with feet together and then shoulder width apart.

With hands cupped at the dantian, this time as if holding a small ball, inhale and extend arms out to the right, left palm over right, maintaining your feet position and feeling a stretch in the waist. Hold for a few seconds and exhale slowly, returning to centre. Repeat to left and continue until you have completed one cycle.

Pt 2

Move right leg in front, in a slight lunge, and cup hands closely with left palm over the right. Inhale, slowly lifting the upper palm up, then exhale, bringing it back down. Continue for two more rotations, increasing the space between your palms each time.

Repeat sequence, with the Dallas double breath (inhaling to a point, holding breath and then continuing before returning palm). This is excellent for releasing toxins from the body.

Turn right palm up by twisting wrist to left, and then bring it towards your body, making a slow anticlockwise circle (moving to the left) over your head, before returning to cupped position. Return leg in front to centre, and your hands to the dantian.
Repeat sequence (Pt 2) with left leg in front.

Bagao Xun Dao Gong

With feet shoulder width apart, inhale, bending knees, with arms out to sides and palms face up as if holding a large ball of chi, and bring cupped palms toward each other overhead. Exhale, bringing ball of chi back down. Repeat twice.

Inhale, bending torso towards the floor, as arms come down in front body in a cupped position. From this position, inhale as arms move up and back, with palms facing up to gather chi. Exhale down. Repeat twice.

Next, move energy, by hovering hands over feet and slowing move up along inside of legs. Hands cross as they come to hips and continue like this as they move over the lungs and then uncross at the chest, moving outward. Hands move over shoulders, then behind, just below the neck and then travel up behind the head as arms extend straight upward (elbows locked). Hands are flexed with palms facing upward and middle fingers touching.

Exhale with arms moving down sides and repeat sequence.