Omega Institute - May 1995
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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.
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.
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:
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
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.
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."
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