Chair-Based Exercise
June 10, 2021Information
With Bill Banick, Certified Yoga Instructor. This is a mind/body modality based on the spinal alignment and efficient joint and muscle movement to promote strength and flexibility.
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- 00:05Hello, my name is Bill Ban again.
- 00:08I'm teaching for integrative medicine,
- 00:10yoga and IG instructor and we're
- 00:12going to chair based exercises today.
- 00:15So welcome will begin.
- 00:17So we're going to find a chair,
- 00:20sturdy and a very clear stay.
- 00:23Comfortable clothes,
- 00:24footwear or bare feet and
- 00:26everything will work for you.
- 00:29And as I go back toward the chair,
- 00:31I'm going to make sure that I'm against
- 00:34the chair and to get into the sharing
- 00:37that inhale stretch forward slightly
- 00:39and on the exhale release down.
- 00:41And then from here I'm going to bring
- 00:43myself toward the front of my chair,
- 00:45so I have my thighs free
- 00:47and my feet are parallel.
- 00:48I'm sitting upright in my chair.
- 00:53My feet and legs and hips and shoulders
- 00:57settle. Relax my face and jaw.
- 01:01Close my eyes and just come into my breath.
- 01:07Noticing how my breath
- 01:08moves naturally in and out.
- 01:12Long myself to rest into this
- 01:14space of body and mind and breath.
- 01:19So they gather to bring release integration.
- 01:26Well, tune into my balance and alignment.
- 01:32And opening up to health and well being.
- 01:38And the first thing I'm going to do is
- 01:41I am going to do some work through the
- 01:43top part of my body so the head and
- 01:46neck area so my face and John relax,
- 01:48my shoulders settled.
- 01:49I'm gonna bring my chin down it up.
- 01:53Keeping my neck long.
- 02:00So we went through the front and
- 02:02back of the neck and throat.
- 02:10Again, easy natural breath.
- 02:28Exercise I'm going to do is I'm
- 02:30going to take my right hand across
- 02:32my left hand on top and then I'm
- 02:34gonna turn my head from side to side.
- 02:37So slowly guessing my gaze across.
- 02:41They have some visual acuity here.
- 02:45You know, opening up through
- 02:46the sides of my neck.
- 03:08In come back to the center and
- 03:10then I'll take my hands down
- 03:12to my legs again from here not
- 03:15so dissimilar from cat cow.
- 03:17In yoga I'm going to inhale
- 03:19to stretch the hard forward,
- 03:21exhale to stretch the navel back.
- 03:23And if you're on the side,
- 03:25would look like this.
- 03:29So going at your own pace.
- 03:32How much stretch you can bring into play.
- 03:36I'm using the actual graph
- 03:38the inhale to move forward.
- 03:40The XL for Stretch tack.
- 04:04And then will come center and operate again.
- 04:09From here we're going to do the same thing,
- 04:12except I'm going to take the left
- 04:14hand across right hand on top and
- 04:16then move my head from side to side.
- 04:18So this positions my arms and
- 04:21shoulders into a particular position
- 04:23to equally stretch each side.
- 04:29Any anti good nice and
- 04:31slow with natural breath.
- 05:03Yeah, and then coming back to the center,
- 05:05released and then I'm going to bring my.
- 05:08Head from side to side easily.
- 05:10Just the natural occurring
- 05:12weight of the head.
- 05:13So you think of it as ear to
- 05:15shoulder and ear to shoulder.
- 05:25All the while staying upright in the chair.
- 05:38It will come back to the center and
- 05:40let our arms hanging by our sides.
- 05:43We're going to turn the Poms out
- 05:45and bring them up and then turn
- 05:48the palms down and bring them down.
- 05:51Then you could follow the inhale
- 05:53up and follow the exhale down.
- 05:55So while remaining long extended through
- 05:58the spine and relax the shoulders.
- 06:02Sterling into the feed and share.
- 06:07Getting some movement to
- 06:08the arms and the sides.
- 06:17Then again, following the inhale,
- 06:19often following the Excel down.
- 06:41And then release and then we'll bring
- 06:43the shoulders up toward the ears,
- 06:45and then bring the shoulders down.
- 06:48Again, moving through the.
- 06:50Back body to help lift the
- 06:54shoulders up the arm just rest.
- 06:57So you do the work through
- 06:59the back and shoulders.
- 07:15Skeleton then they will do some shoulder
- 07:17rotation up forward, down and back.
- 07:20So now rolling the shoulders,
- 07:22keeping the arms just relaxed by your sides.
- 07:41It'll bring the shoulders up,
- 07:44back, down and forward.
- 07:48So reversing the direction of rotation.
- 08:17And then release.
- 08:19From here we're going to bring
- 08:22our arms forward. Close sophists.
- 08:24And then we're gonna bring the
- 08:26elbows very close to the body
- 08:28shoulder blades towards each other,
- 08:30turning the head from side to side.
- 08:33So you had a nice way of stretching
- 08:35through the front and back of the body.
- 08:40Lisa moving into the arms.
- 09:15And then release and then with
- 09:17the Same's office room to stretch
- 09:18the right arm out left elbow back.
- 09:20Look to the right and then
- 09:22come back to the center.
- 09:24So we get another way of working
- 09:27through the torso and the
- 09:29arms in a very relaxed manner.
- 09:31And again you could follow the.
- 09:34Axiron falling here.
- 09:42Staying upright and relaxed in your chair.
- 10:01Yeah, I'll take it to the other side.
- 10:34And then release and they're
- 10:35going to bring the right arm up.
- 10:37We're going to bend the elbow.
- 10:38We're going to take the left
- 10:40hand to the elbow, and we're
- 10:41going to stretch that elbow back,
- 10:43staying upright as if we want to
- 10:44scratch the back with that right hand.
- 10:52Just breathing in place.
- 10:56And then release. It will take
- 10:58the left arm up as if we want to
- 11:01scratch the back right hand to
- 11:04draw the elbows back slightly.
- 11:18And then release and I'm going
- 11:20to take both hands behind the
- 11:21head and I will do some work to
- 11:23open up the side lateral body.
- 11:25So on the exhale followed over
- 11:27to left on the inhale back up.
- 12:09Go ahead and then we'll come back
- 12:11up and take it to the other side.
- 12:12Follow the exhale to the right.
- 12:14Inhale back up.
- 12:48God and then release and
- 12:49then we'll take our hands.
- 12:51The back of the chair.
- 12:53And they were just going
- 12:54to bring the heart forward.
- 12:56Sitting steadily into the
- 12:57chair to open up the chest,
- 12:59you'll feel the shoulder blades
- 13:01being drawn toward each other.
- 13:12Yeah, then slowly release
- 13:14will bring the arms up again,
- 13:16interlace the fingers and will
- 13:18stretch the arms up on the exhale
- 13:21and release them on the inhale again.
- 13:24Now working through the
- 13:26wrists and palms and arms.
- 13:29Creating links.
- 13:48And then from that length.
- 13:51Now we're going to take ourselves
- 13:53over to the right side of the chair,
- 13:55and we're going to do a nice, easy twist.
- 13:57So as we turn to the back of the chair
- 13:59will take our hands the back of the chair.
- 14:02And I'm going to press him with my.
- 14:05Right arm and pull with my left
- 14:08turn slightly toward the right.
- 14:11Huge movement but enough just to
- 14:14bring yourself into a slight twist.
- 14:17As you breathe, keep your shoulders relaxed.
- 14:24Helen slowly release.
- 14:28And then from here will come
- 14:29to the center of the chair.
- 14:31We take our hands in her chair,
- 14:33and then we're going to stretch forward.
- 14:35So the back is long,
- 14:36but we're supporting to the
- 14:38chair and the feet. Getting leg.
- 14:40If you need more of a stretch,
- 14:43you bring your fingers down
- 14:46and stretch even further.
- 14:48Keeping everything long
- 14:49and relaxed with breath.
- 15:00Good and then slowly make your way back up.
- 15:03It will take it to the other
- 15:06side's going to the left side.
- 15:08Something call a new chair
- 15:10turning toward the back.
- 15:12Now I'm going to pull with a
- 15:15ride and push with the left.
- 15:17Turning toward the left.
- 15:20Keep your shoulders relaxed.
- 15:37Support will work on getting
- 15:39the legs and arms warmed up,
- 15:41so it's some slashing movement.
- 15:46So easy and having a little bit of fun here.
- 15:52Warming things up.
- 16:00Cut a length to length.
- 16:02We're going to rotate out and in.
- 16:05So the legs and arms are long.
- 16:07They're not locked.
- 16:11Keeping them as relaxed as you
- 16:12can as we move and stretch.
- 16:25A little wait, hands and feet.
- 16:38And they will circle hands and feet.
- 16:42So circling in One Direction.
- 16:51Encircling the other direction.
- 17:05And then slowly release.
- 17:09Will sit toward the front of our chair.
- 17:12Continue to work through.
- 17:13The legs are going to lift the
- 17:15right leg up and release the fingers
- 17:17around the top and on the exhale.
- 17:18Bring the knee up toward the chest.
- 17:21And on the Excel release.
- 17:23Sorry, exhale to bring it up.
- 17:25Inhale release.
- 17:28And that makes room. To bring it up.
- 17:36So now you can use your arms more.
- 17:39Relax your leg. So working on
- 17:42some arm strength and stretch.
- 17:45And then release and then we'll
- 17:47take it to the other side,
- 17:49interlace it all on the exhale,
- 17:51draw it up, they'll release.
- 18:08And then release. Do some side work.
- 18:12So take the hand in front of the
- 18:14Shannon just below the knee and
- 18:16then stretch it out on the exhale.
- 18:18Release it in Word on the inhale.
- 18:34And then the other side.
- 18:54Dylan release and then we'll
- 18:56do some work to stretch the
- 18:58leg and also some core work so
- 19:01interlace the hands underneath
- 19:02the leg and extend and release.
- 19:05All the exhalent extension
- 19:06Farley in the Allergy relief.
- 19:16Then I'll just keep that leg
- 19:18up for a few breaths. Again,
- 19:21integrating at the core nice and tall.
- 19:23Relax your shoulders.
- 19:29Fan slowly release will do the same thing
- 19:33with the left interlace. Stand release.
- 19:48Well, then we'll keep the leg
- 19:50extension as we sit all keep the
- 19:52shoulders, relax and breathe.
- 20:05Looks good and then we'll bring the
- 20:07right leg up so we can on this one.
- 20:10So if you can create all
- 20:13the hand and leg and.
- 20:15Foot love yourself too.
- 20:17In some movement.
- 20:25And then if you can cross cross,
- 20:27make sure the ankles across the pie
- 20:29and that food is right underneath so
- 20:31you're stable and you're sitting tall.
- 20:33And then we'll bring ourselves into a fold.
- 20:37So making sure not on the joints.
- 20:45Keep your shoulders relax and breathe.
- 21:01Let the stretch take hold.
- 21:04Hillary release in the winter,
- 21:05bringing the leg with a slight knee bend.
- 21:08We're going to fold Tord that leg
- 21:10so you can keep the left arm on the
- 21:14left leg and pulled toward the right.
- 21:16Still sitting in your chair,
- 21:19so bring stability into place balance.
- 21:29Helen slowly release.
- 21:30They will bring the feedback into place.
- 21:33Do the same thing on the left side.
- 21:35So cradle foot in leg.
- 21:39Little movement from side to side.
- 21:5211 when we cross will make sure the
- 21:54ankles crossed over to the coast
- 21:56or flex slightly were sitting up.
- 21:58Right foot is in position
- 21:59for support as well.
- 22:00So even though most supporters in the
- 22:02chair we can also have the leg support
- 22:05us and then we'll fold as we can.
- 22:25They then released from folding again,
- 22:27bring the foot out, slight,
- 22:29bend the knee still position
- 22:30with the right arm on the leg so
- 22:33we can bring ourselves forward.
- 22:55Slowly release, it'll bring ourselves
- 22:57up to parallel again from here.
- 23:01We're going to do some movement through
- 23:03the back, so we're going to widen the
- 23:05feet and these keep the shoulders.
- 23:07Relax will go slowly as we turn
- 23:09toward the left fold. Come forward
- 23:11over to the right and then back up.
- 23:14And I like to follow the natural exhale out.
- 23:17Ilan actual inhaler.
- 23:18So when I say natural exhale
- 23:20an actual inhale.
- 23:21I'm trying not to force the breath.
- 23:25But I'm learning,
- 23:26my body brings much brothers and needs.
- 23:29So each exercise may involve
- 23:31different breathing.
- 23:36So so she could feel the stretch.
- 23:40In control the movement.
- 24:09And then released sit comfortably operate,
- 24:11so make sure your shoulders relax.
- 24:13Your feet are relax your neck and
- 24:15head is feeling good facing job,
- 24:17remain relaxed and they will
- 24:19take it to the other side,
- 24:21right? Forward left.
- 24:26Easy smooth fluid movement.
- 24:31With bra and relaxation.
- 25:04And then we'll come back
- 25:06off a little parallel feet.
- 25:07Now we're going to use a little bit of
- 25:09movement to show ourselves how to get
- 25:11out of the chair easily and efficiently.
- 25:13So come up out of the chair few times.
- 25:16Then we'll come back down to do
- 25:18some more movement in the chair.
- 25:19So I'm going to show you from the side here,
- 25:22so keep your share where it is.
- 25:24I'm just going to position my charity side.
- 25:28So you can see my body position.
- 25:30So again, my thighs are free, my feet are.
- 25:35In front knees over ankles. I'm upright,
- 25:38so we're going to do this in three parts.
- 25:42You're gonna do this with that, so the
- 25:44first part is inhale to stretch forward.
- 25:47NXL truly so that gives
- 25:50you nice back traction.
- 25:51Inhale to stretch forward.
- 25:54Exhale to release that one more time.
- 25:58Inhale to stretch forward axial trelease.
- 26:02Next movement is getting slightly
- 26:04out of the chair a couple inches
- 26:07using our eyes and our legs and our
- 26:10movement breath inhale up slightly and
- 26:13then slowly control yourself down.
- 26:16Do that again.
- 26:18Inhale up slightly and exhale slowly.
- 26:21Control ourselves down.
- 26:24NM.
- 26:27So you can see the position that
- 26:29needs is key there, so you're not
- 26:31putting undue strain on the knees.
- 26:33Next time we're going to do it three
- 26:36times coming up in knowledge here.
- 26:38I didn't get that three times.
- 26:42All the way up. And then on the XL.
- 26:48I have a routine right like I can tell.
- 26:51And then to come down we're
- 26:53going to inhale to go forward
- 26:55and on the exhale release.
- 26:57A little come forward.
- 27:02Sitting to where we were before.
- 27:04So again, study in the chair upright.
- 27:07Try it again. And bring the arms up so now
- 27:12you can see we're developing leg strength.
- 27:15And then slowly bring our
- 27:17feet back on the exit.
- 27:19Most are touching the chair.
- 27:22Inhale forward in early,
- 27:24exhale slowly down.
- 27:26They will reposition herself
- 27:29toward the front.
- 27:30And I'm going to share it,
- 27:32turn my chair forward again.
- 27:37Alright, so we got the scratch.
- 27:39Strengthening flexibility in breath.
- 27:42So now we're ready to move shift
- 27:46fine balance from side to side,
- 27:49coordination and movement.
- 27:50So the first thing we do is just let
- 27:54our arms rest firesides upright again,
- 27:56eyes are parallel, same position.
- 28:00So the first thing we do
- 28:02is move over to the right.
- 28:04And then move back to the center.
- 28:07And they're going to move over to the left.
- 28:10And move back to the center.
- 28:12So I'm staying upright and I don't
- 28:14find that when I go to the right
- 28:16my left hip my left a little bit
- 28:19and as I move over to left my
- 28:21right hip might lift a little bit.
- 28:23But I'm not trying to lift the hips,
- 28:25that's just body positioning.
- 28:27So lining over one leg side to
- 28:29the center in aligning over the
- 28:31other leg side to the center.
- 28:33And we're going to coordinate
- 28:35this with the breath.
- 28:36So on the inhale will come over to
- 28:38the right and on the exhale release.
- 28:41It only inhale come over to the
- 28:43left and on the exhale release.
- 28:46So an easy exercise to do a weight shifting.
- 28:50Balancing. Stay in line.
- 28:54One side to the center,
- 28:57other side to the center.
- 28:59Next step is to do a look in
- 29:02turn as we shift.
- 29:04So as we inhale,
- 29:05will look and shift turn to the right,
- 29:08and on the exhale back to the center.
- 29:11And on the inhale,
- 29:13look and shift and turn to left and
- 29:16on the exhale back to the center.
- 29:18Inhaling?
- 29:20LXL so you can see it's a
- 29:24pretty subtle movement.
- 29:26Very manageable.
- 29:26Can you feel what's going on
- 29:29through your back and your hips?
- 29:33Next movement we're going to
- 29:35do the movement, the shifting,
- 29:37and we're going to do a lifting of the toes.
- 29:40On the opposite side.
- 29:42So when we go over to our substantial side,
- 29:45the insubstantial side are not.
- 29:46So wait inside,
- 29:47we're going to bring the toes up easily,
- 29:50keep the heel on the ground, ready in there.
- 29:55To the right, left, toes up, exhale.
- 29:57Everything settles to the center.
- 29:59Inhale to left, right, toes up, exhale.
- 30:02Everything settles the center.
- 30:05Inhaling?
- 30:07Alexander and then Haley.
- 30:10In excel.
- 30:19Next exercise, we're going to bring
- 30:21the heel off on the opposite side.
- 30:23So in the inhalers we looked,
- 30:25heard, shift to the right.
- 30:27The left heel lifts about the exhale.
- 30:29Come back to the center.
- 30:31Inhale, looked, heard, shift,
- 30:33right heel lifts, exhale back to the center.
- 30:37Inhaling? Alex Haley.
- 30:41And inhaling. NXM.
- 30:44So you can see your body slowly
- 30:47bit by bit becoming involved
- 30:49with breath in mind here.
- 30:52Balance and alignment
- 30:54in controlled movement.
- 30:59Let's exercise as we shift over,
- 31:01we're going to lift the left leg.
- 31:05There are the externalities.
- 31:07The left lift, the right leg,
- 31:09and on the exhale release.
- 31:17So now. Walking. In place on new chair.
- 31:25So developing coordination and
- 31:29strain. Balance and alignment.
- 31:35And then release.
- 31:36And then we're going to do some
- 31:38practical movements from the chair,
- 31:40so we're going to use that turn and shift.
- 31:43And now we're going to
- 31:45bring the arms into play.
- 31:47So we're going to think about if I
- 31:49were having a clock in front of me
- 31:52and I'm looking down at the clock,
- 31:54and if I mean of course I'm mirroring you,
- 31:57so I'm going to say the opposite
- 31:59of what you're going to be doing,
- 32:01but you could follow along.
- 32:03So if I were looking at my clock here,
- 32:06I'd be looking at 1:00 o'clock here,
- 32:08and at 11:00 o'clock here I'd be
- 32:11looking at 3:00 o'clock to 9:00 o'clock.
- 32:14That I'd be looking at. 4-5 and.
- 32:19Tender.
- 32:21So from here we're going to slowly
- 32:24do that movement OK, and again,
- 32:26we're going to think about practical ideas.
- 32:29OK, so if we're in our chair and we
- 32:31wanted to say we're at the table
- 32:33and we want to pick up something
- 32:36you would inhale and reach laterally
- 32:39forward and on the exhale release.
- 32:42Dylan inhale reach laterally
- 32:45forward excellently.
- 32:47So we're either reaching to pick
- 32:48something up or maybe reaching
- 32:50to hand somebody something.
- 32:51So I like to bring the practicalities
- 32:53of the move that we do,
- 32:55so you can start to bring them
- 32:58into your everyday life.
- 32:59So they go from theory to reality.
- 33:03Inhaling X.
- 33:08And if I were to go over to the side,
- 33:11I turn reached the side so you
- 33:13can see that I'm keeping my
- 33:14shoulders in front of my body.
- 33:16I'm not trying to reach the back.
- 33:25Philly here. I'm coordinating with with the
- 33:29inhale to reach out in the XL to resell.
- 33:32So you have that nice pattern
- 33:35of breathing and movement.
- 33:37Now, if I were to reach over,
- 33:39I would turn the waste even more.
- 33:41Inreach overturn the way Steve.
- 33:45So yeah. Caution students that
- 33:47when they're doing something in
- 33:49real life that they're not doing
- 33:51anything to dislodge their shoulder.
- 33:53So sometimes if we're in our car and we
- 33:56want to get something out of the back
- 33:59seat instead of getting up returning,
- 34:01we reach around to try to get it,
- 34:04and then we left and put our shoulder
- 34:06to very vulnerable position.
- 34:08So we've all done that where
- 34:10we've heard our shoulders.
- 34:12So instead we're going to turn and reach.
- 34:15In turn enrich any other following
- 34:18the reach on the inhale and
- 34:21releasing on the exhale.
- 34:26Now we can also do it with the opposite hand.
- 34:29Reach over laterally to one side.
- 34:33Reach over laterally to the other side.
- 34:37The inhale. The exhale.
- 34:41He can heal. In the accident.
- 34:45Side, if we want more of a stretch.
- 34:48Then go to the side if we want more stretch.
- 34:52Inhaling? In excel.
- 35:04Good and then release so
- 35:05that's the seated exercises.
- 35:07Now we're going to use that same
- 35:09methodology to get up out of the chair,
- 35:12so we'll do it three times.
- 35:15Once each this time, and then he'll.
- 35:18Forward. And on the exhale release.
- 35:23Second part is coming a couple inches
- 35:25out of the chair and he'll forward.
- 35:27And then exhale to control.
- 35:29This time all the way up in here.
- 35:35And on the exhale release.
- 35:38My way around the chair.
- 35:44So now I'm going to have the
- 35:45chair forward of meeting.
- 35:48This will be useful in different
- 35:50movement exercises here.
- 35:51OK, so we're going to do some
- 35:52simple exercises to start to
- 35:54stretch through the entire body,
- 35:55so I'm going to have my hands on my chair,
- 35:58but I'm not going to lean into the
- 36:00chair and then just slightly touching.
- 36:02So the first thing I'm going to do is come
- 36:05up to the balls of my feet and release.
- 36:09They could follow the inhale
- 36:10up and on the exhale down,
- 36:12but if we wanna try one arm up, we can't.
- 36:17This will give you a
- 36:19little different. Balance.
- 36:23It'll be one drive the other arm up weekend.
- 36:30And then we could try both arms up.
- 36:33So stretching through the legs. Arms.
- 36:39Body with coordinated movements.
- 36:49Then release.
- 36:52This will turn from side to side,
- 36:53so charge from one side like a golf swing.
- 36:56It will turn to the other side.
- 36:59They can notice that I
- 37:00want to go to one side.
- 37:02I had the opposite arm on there,
- 37:04so nice, easy control with.
- 37:06And then if you didn't need the chair,
- 37:09you just do that easy little swing.
- 37:12Live in the arms go.
- 37:14And for those of you who do golf,
- 37:17you could see what this movement entails,
- 37:20keeping everything level.
- 37:21Brighton shifting from side to side.
- 37:28Next movement is going to
- 37:29be a circling of the hips,
- 37:31so again we keep our hands on the chair.
- 37:34We keep one hand the chair,
- 37:36one hand to the hill.
- 37:41Try the other side.
- 37:43Or we could freeze silent pending
- 37:46upon your situation and your balance.
- 37:50And of course, we'll take it
- 37:52in the other direction as well.
- 37:54With one hand on the chair.
- 37:56Both hands on the chair or freestyle.
- 38:03So loosening up to help.
- 38:06And I will bring her hands,
- 38:08sharing her feelings together.
- 38:09And then we're going to come down
- 38:12and circular nice we could have.
- 38:14One hand down. Circle.
- 38:19Change and have the other
- 38:21hand down the circle.
- 38:23Or we could do both.
- 38:27And then of course the other direction.
- 38:30So again, I'm not leaning into the chair.
- 38:32We're going to talk about that in a moment.
- 38:34Very important. The other hand.
- 38:39Or both.
- 38:43And then slowly release
- 38:44that will separate our feet.
- 38:46Again, I'm going to shift over to left,
- 38:48bring the right heel back so we can
- 38:50rotate around on the ball of the foot.
- 38:53So. One hand on the chair,
- 38:55both hands on the chair.
- 38:57No hands on the chair.
- 38:59Then I'll say it change that direction.
- 39:04So losing up to the floor and ankle leg.
- 39:08And then release them and go to the
- 39:10other side, same thing. Circling.
- 39:19Circling the other direction.
- 39:25And then release.
- 39:26So talking about using the chair.
- 39:28So I talked to some of my students
- 39:30who have a cane or Walker.
- 39:32Then I caution them that when they're
- 39:34using it, they want to use it correctly.
- 39:37So you're keeping your body healthy and
- 39:40upright instead of trying to lean into it.
- 39:42So I caution some of my students from
- 39:45if they're using a Walker about leaning
- 39:47into it that they need to use it,
- 39:50but make sure you're using your body for
- 39:53the most part since it is a useful tool.
- 39:56Alright, now I'm gonna step over
- 39:58to the right side of my chair.
- 40:00I'm gonna rest my hand on my chair.
- 40:02Just let the elbow bend and I'm going to
- 40:05settle on to my left leg to lift my right.
- 40:08Leg and foot.
- 40:10So again, getting some stretch and
- 40:12flexibility as well as balance.
- 40:24Shake out, loosening up to him.
- 40:30You know, either shake forward, back.
- 40:40Yeah, and then release and
- 40:41then will come to the other
- 40:42side of the chair easily.
- 40:44So again utilizing the chairs you need.
- 40:48And then bringing the.
- 40:51Left leg, up and down.
- 41:03Shake it out.
- 41:11And then shake it forward and backwards.
- 41:20And then release them to
- 41:22take my chair to the mall.
- 41:26Let me show you how to do
- 41:28this with another camera so.
- 41:30So here's a really good way of stretching
- 41:33your legs and back with support.
- 41:35So for those people who are in yoga,
- 41:38this is like downward facing
- 41:40dog modified from a chair.
- 41:42So place your palm's shoulder
- 41:43distance apart, Sir.
- 41:45To walk your feet back again.
- 41:47The chair is against the wall for support.
- 41:50A little bit of peril on my feet.
- 41:52I'm gonna bring my.
- 41:53Hips behind my heels and I'll give
- 41:55a shift from side to side so he
- 41:57see how this feels on your body.
- 41:59It's really good way of traction in the back.
- 42:02You know, if your back is sore,
- 42:04need to stretch.
- 42:08Easy breath. They were just
- 42:11gonna sit back. So again,
- 42:13most the way it is in the feet legs.
- 42:17But there is some weight into the chair,
- 42:20so you're counterbalancing in your breathing.
- 42:36Hey Linda, come on it.
- 42:38Slowly walked toward the chair.
- 42:40Banner dies and come all the way out.
- 42:46And I'm going to show you that
- 42:48modification with two chairs.
- 42:50From the side. Chair from here and play.
- 43:06So again, there's always a
- 43:08way of modifying for support,
- 43:10so if I'm sitting upright into that chair,
- 43:12I could take my hand so this chair,
- 43:15and now most of my weight
- 43:17is into still into my back,
- 43:19my legs, and really good way of
- 43:22getting some good back traction.
- 43:25So breathing it's either late to
- 43:27sign the release the shoulders.
- 43:43England come on over.
- 43:44Take your hands off the chair
- 43:46slightly bring them on your
- 43:48thighs and then slowly stuff.
- 43:52So yeah. Use many options that you need to
- 43:57be able to do these exercises and start
- 44:00to explore your mind and body anymore.
- 44:03Gain more control and balance and.
- 44:06Lineman and shifting all I could stop.
- 44:08So as we go through, we're going to revisit.
- 44:11Some exercises were going to be
- 44:13some new exercises into play.
- 44:14We're gonna bring some standing exercises
- 44:16with the chair and we use the chair.
- 44:19We need. The chair will use the chair
- 44:21and if we can freestyle freestyle as
- 44:23well but will always have the chair on
- 44:26hand for these chair based exercises.
- 44:29Which happened on.
- 44:33Tuesdays at 1:00 o'clock,
- 44:34so tune in at 1:00 o'clock.
- 44:37Let your friends know.
- 44:39Again, my name is Bill Bannock and
- 44:41I work for integrative medicine and
- 44:43this is the series of chair based
- 44:45exercises which will continue on with.
- 44:47So hopefully you found this useful today
- 44:49and you'll practice what you could remember,
- 44:51and we'll have some references.
- 44:53Will have some video references
- 44:55for you to be able to.
- 44:57Exploring continue to practice,
- 44:59so I thank you for coming out.
- 45:02Today and look forward to
- 45:04working with you next time.
- 45:05Take care.