Exercises based on conscious movement are more effective and healthier than coffee to get extra doses of energy.
It is usual that in front of a downturn in the middle of the day we run out to get a coffee. But did you know that conscious movement can give you back energy in a few minutes?
There is no doubt that coffee stimulates us. The problem is that it does this by increasing the level of cortisol, the stress hormone. We could say that it is bread for today and hunger for tomorrow. An option that can save us at certain times, there is no doubt. But there are other solutions and with positive side effects!
Through conscious movement, which is usually slow and pleasant, increases oxygenation in the body, stimulates the internal organs favoring the production of serotonin and regulates the activity of the vagus nerve.
That is, with conscious movement we increase the sensations of comfort and well-being and access the energy available in our tissues. An excellent tool for long-distance running!
WHAT IS CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT?
While automatic movement is a movement that is developed to optimize our actions and we perform it effectively without paying attention, conscious movement aims to generate self-knowledge about our body, movement and functionality.
Paying attention to the gestures that make up a complete movement is what characterizes conscious movement. Practice allows observation to be more and more detailed and knowledge to emerge deeper and deeper. This observation allows the body and the gesture to change spontaneously to fit the purpose of the movement, favoring the participation of the whole body in it.
CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT ROUTINE TO RECOVER ENERGY IN 5 MINUTES
In Organic Yoga we find a huge variety of conscious movement series that help us revitalize ourselves. Today I tell you a basic routine that contains three key elements:
- Relaxation of external tissues
- Deep tissue relaxation
- Activation of force.
EXERCISE TO RELAX EXTERNAL TISSUES
- To relax the external tissues, put one of your hands on the belly, covering the navel, and the other on top of the first.
- With the hand that is up you make a gentle pressure and the hand that is in contact with the belly begins to draw circles without moving from place. Observe how with this gesture you mobilize all the abdominal tissue.
- Keep watching to realize that little by little you can loosen the lumbar tissue, buttocks and the rest of the body so that the movement you generate with your hand on the navel spreads.
EXERCISE TO RELAX DEEP TISSUES
Then, to relax the deep tissues, you will be ready to observe your breathing gesture.
- What does the body do when you take in air and when you take it out? Imagine a large sponge inside your belly that expands from its center when you take in air and picks up when you expel it. As if when inhaling it was filling with water from the center and when exhaling it drained gently.
EXERCISE TO ACTIVATE STRENGTH
And now, once your outer and deep tissues are free of tension and available to movement, you will connect with your strength and feel how it runs through you.
- Sitting in a chair, push with your feet against the floor, as if you were going to get up, but without doing so, and you will observe the response force that runs upwards.
- If that rebound force slows down at any point, rearrange your posture to make way for it. You may need to loosen your thighs; you may be able to change the position of your lower back or modify the gesture of your jaw.
- After this observation you will loosen the thrust of your feet and observe how the response force is withdrawn from the body.
- Repeat two more times and with the third repetition you will complete the movement to stand up.
HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
Write a note with the time you have invested in performing these exercises and the degree of well-being and vitality you have achieved. Leave it in a visible place to remember how much conscious movement can do for you.