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ð¯ 1 ½Ä (first movement of eight)

As with all routines:

• Breathe slowly, taking in the positive Gi.
• Don't try to think - don't try not to think.
• Emphasise quiet concentration on the actions.
• Try to be relaxed, graceful, and concentrated.
• Concentrate on grace and posture - not stiffly upright, but also not bent or round-shouldered.

1. Stand still, legs together, facing ahead.Put your hands on your waist (note the position of the hands).
2. Slowly bend the head forward and down (left picture), then back as far as it will go without straining.
3. Repeat #2.
4. Move your head slowly to the left (right picture) and then to the right. Keep the hands and feet in the original position, and let the shoulders hadn lose. Move only the neck.
5. Repeat #3.
6. Incline your head slowly to the left (look stright ahead) and then to the right. Move only the neck.
7. Repeat #6.
8. Starting as in the picture on the left, slowly rotate the head 360 degrees, twice to the left, and twice to the tight.