Tensegrity Seminars

Omega Institute - May 1995 [ 1995 Index | Previous | Next ] To:   The Ixtlan Mailing List Date:   95-06-04 13:47:09 EDT Rich has done it again! Great notes! I just have a few things to add. Warm up number four on page two of his notes: remember Chubby Checker and the twist? Well, this is like the twist, except that you twist to one side very rapidly, then stop; then twist to the other side and pause briefly, etc. You put a lot of force into each 'twist'so that the body really feels it. Warmup number five: on page 3:this is more of a hop..heels out at 45 degrees with toes about 4 inches apart..then hop up bringing heels in and toes out;now hop bringing toes in and heels out.repeat many times. Re: Fluidity foot part two: I think you are basically right here, Rich; you just step forward with your right foot, right leg straight, left leg bent, weight more on left leg. Then raise toes and rotate foot inward[twist foot until you can see your arch], then lean to left. repeat on other foot. re stellar hatch: (..allow ball to rise to top of luminous egg). This would be just above the top of the head, they said. (strike down with right [palm flat, thumb in locked position]). I think palm is supposed to be vertical here. you are cutting a hole in space. -think of opening a manhole cover from below. Now after you cut the hatch, you want the ball to go out into infinity, so you stare out through the hatch into infinity as the ball goes out. lower hands as you watch the ball go out.Then you drop your head. Kylie said we're not accessing energy from the earth, but from our own energy field with this movement. Re: Drawing the width of the energy circle: moving leg remains straight during movement.moving foot faces forward until it reaches as far as you can get it to the rear of your half circle at which point it faces outward. think of the leg as extending all the way from the hip, and use the entire leg from the hip downward. extend your leg as far as possible. You are drawing a line of energy. Re: axing energy:never extend the arm fully, on any pass. always keep elbow slightly bent; that way you won't risk injuring the elbow. They constantly stressed this during the workshop. By the way, we had to sign a lengthy waiver of responsibility for any injuroies occuring during the workshop, and nobody was allowed in without having signed it! Re: little house of energy: I think that it starts, as Rich says, with hands brought around to the back then they end up in front slightly palms up at waist level, with a jerk. (hands up to eye level) about 1 1/2 feet apart. (hands flip and slice with impact). yes, the hands do each part of this exercise fast and with precision. In other words, when you make the roof, it's pause at sides at eye level after raising hands up, then faster than the eye can see, cross hands and back to sides, pause. Then lower hands fast stopping with a jerk, palms facing down. pause, then slice again to make floor.that's it! Very hard to describe. Re: pyramid of energy: after the first three arm movements, the hands end up at waist level, palms parallel to floor, thumb side of hand touching waist, tips of fingers just touching. now, form one side of pyramid by angling hands at 45 degree angle up and moving them up and out about one foot. now form second side of pyramid by bringing hands down again at a slant outwards. Pretend you've got an A-frame house in front of you[a model of one] and its facing to your left. now you are going to trace its roof. so your hands go up and out to the peak, then down and out to the other side. now place hands parallel to floor[theyre still out from your waist about a foot] and bring them into your waist. this forms the floor of the pyramid. now you have two other sides of the pyramid to form.place your hands out in front at your sides, with finger tips facing front and thumbs up. now raise them up at an angle till they come together at the top of the pyramid.now back down the same sides to the bottom. now, you've got this pyramid sitting in front of you at waist level. place your hands fingers forward, palms parallel to ground, thumbs facing each other about 6 inches apart and grab the pyramid and shove it forward. now, the entire building of the pyramid is done with one slow exhale, and when you shove it forward away from you[only a few inches], exhale quickly any remaining air. now, inhale and raise the pyramid[still holding onto it] and set it on the top of your head.now do the 3 inhales and exhales.[whew!! this is a heck of a one to describe without pictures]. Re: Sorcerer's breath: a clarification on : 1.  cross arms at wrists over chest. 2.  inhale and bring right hand up to left, over to right and back to starting position, while left hand goes up to right, then over to left, down and around and back to start. The right hand goes clockwise and the left hand goes counterclockwise. 3.  now exhale while right hand makes circle going counterclockwise and left hand goes clockwise Clarification on (inhale and push arms out toward the front in a round motion three times). okay, you're turning a paddle wheel with your hands; your hands ARE the paddles. push them out in front in a circular motion sort of at a 30 degree angle, etc. Adding a bit to what Kylie said at this point: The warrior's way is not about getting something. It's about getting out of the way. we are unfamiliar with ourselves because we don't interact the same way we used to, because our APs have moved..That's why it's so important to just do the movements. If you want it bad enough, you can hook into it. It's our own solitary fight. We're not a group, but we're hooked into the same intent. There's only you and IT. The recap never ends; every single second counts. The mere fact that we know we are sentient beings who are going to die should jolt us. Re: The Seer's Window: (move each hand across the bottom ledge of the window and back to the hand's starting position, beginning with the right hand.) okay, you have finished with the crossing three times to make the bottom of the window. now, your two hands are palms down at waist level about 1 foot apart, and your hands are slightly out in front of your body. now, move the right hand, palm down ,over to touch the left. move it back. now move the left hand over to touch the right, and move it back over to the left. do the right hand one more time. next, you trace the outside of the window by turning your hands so palms are vertical with thumbs up, hands 1 1/2 feet apart. now move hands up 1 1/2 feet, and back down 3 times[tracing the outside of the window]. next you take your right hand, bring it up to the top of this imaginary window, and flip your hand over so the palm faces out to the right at eye level[now it's supposed to be just INSIDE the frame you just traced]. do same with left hand on the left side of the frame.now both of your hands are raised to eye level, your elbows are bent outward, and the palms are facing outward, thumbs down. now, trace INSIDE of window by moving hands up and down 3 times. next continue with what Rich says about tracing the roof, and when you come to ..it's the same movement you did at the bottom of the window, with the right hand moving over to the left, etc. This is a wonderful pass, and a lot of fun to do. When you look out of the window, you should look into infinity. It was really something to see 500 people in the tent, looking through their windows, then stepping back and yelling INTENT at the top of their lungs.. Re: Local Application of Energy: a few points: 1.  again, never fully extend arm in any of these movements to protect the elbow from injury. 2.  when you pull the energy down with the two fingers, the two fingers curl inward like you are scooping ice cream, so you raise arm with fingers straight, at top, you curl and scoop and bring arm down. 3.  when you bring the scoop of energy down, do it with a lot of tension in the arm and hand. Re: elbow crank: this is a heck of a pass to describe in words. (beginning with the right hand with palm flat and pointing upwards, thumb locked,"shoot"hand out toward the front with the elbow bent. Then bring the hand up and make it into a fist.) Okay as you bring up your fist, the thumb is pointing to your right, and the fingers are facing your body.there should be lots of tension in this pass. (rotate the fist and turn it inward and then down, with the elbow coming up) now, as the fist moves down, the back of the fist faces your left, and your thumb faces towards your body, until the fist is justat the side of your right thigh. (and then push out with the left palm across the front of the body to the right, as you bring the right hand around to the back of the body.) now, as the right fist, which is now down by your right thigh and by now the thumb-side of the fist is facing your body, and your fingers are facing the rear], moves to behind your back, the left hand is facing palm up and to the right, the left elbow is bend and the left forearm is parallel to the ground. The left hand "pushes"the right fist, but never actually touches it. There's always 3 or 4 inches between them. just let me state here that at the beginning of this pass, the left hand waits palm up and a bit out in front of the left chest, while the right hand does its thing with the fist. Only when the right fist starts its movement around to the back, does the left hand 'push'it. (then bring the left hand around and back to the left and push it out. Then do the same movements as described above, beginning with the left hand.) [this particular maneuver was very difficult for a lot of us to grasp even with them repeating it ad nauseum for us]. okay, the left hand is down by the right thigh, the upper part of the body is turned to the right and the right fist is behind the right buttock. NOW, bring the left hand up and over the head and behind towards the back on the left and down to waist level and shoot it out palm up all in one fluid motion. Now, at the same time[yeah right] the right fist opens, and the right hand comes up in front with palm up facing forward. Now repeat on left side. [ you guys will probably laugh your heads off at these futile attempts to explain these passes with mere words when you see the video...oh well ] :-) Rjuna's Notes from Monday Morning Review Session On the Axis Breath: We're trying to break the connection with the social order. The energy loops out of the bottom of the body; it's brought up and out; it gives us a moment when we don't have to be concerned with the social order. After raising the arms, look out into infinity, sending the energy out. Then break the connection with the energy you have sent into space, by lowering your eyes, then lower the head, and lower the arms. "The mass energy we get from doing these passes and from the workshops allows us to pull out of ourselves and focus on something else besides ourselves. Then our chains are broken. Carlos is compelled to do this" [ i.e., to make Tensegrity available to those who are interested ]. "In the social world, our words are never the same as our actions. In our world, our words are the same as our actions." "We're talking about the hypothetical alcoholic who even though he has been sober for 15 years, longs for that one drink; we will make that desire for that one drink as if it were never there." [ 1995 Index | Previous | Next ]

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