This movement is called wrist flex.
We will be taking three deep breaths on each side.
Let's begin.
Stand or sit comfortably, relax your shoulders and leave
your arms straight for now.
You're going to bring your right arm up, if you can, all the way up until shoulder
height so your elbow, wrist, and hand are in the same height as your shoulder.
And if not, lower from that point in front of you is just fine.
Your palm will be facing the floor, and you'll be using your
left hand as the gesture hand.
You'll either be grabbing from your palm, Or from your fingertips,
and if you're grabbing from your fingertips, grab all of the fingertips
together with the left hand.
And on an inhale, pull the fingertips or the palm back towards yourself
so that the fingertips are now facing the ceiling or the sky.
Notice if you have overextended your elbow or if you've brought
tension to your shoulder.
Exhale, relax.
Inhale, pull back, elbows soft, shoulders soft, and feel the stretch in the wrist.
Exhale to relax.
Last one on this side, pull back either all of your fingertips or from the palm,
feel the stretch in the wrist and maybe a little in the forearm, relax the shoulder,
relax the elbow, and exhale to relax.
Go ahead and give that arm a little shake and we'll switch to the second side.
Bring your left arm up so that the palm, wrist, elbow, and shoulder
are all in line in front of you.
And if that's too high and you feel any discomfort, lower the hand to
the point where it's comfortable.
The palm is facing the floor.
And you will use your right hand now to pull back either all of
the fingers together or from the palm so that you feel the wrist
stretch and possibly the forearm.
So on an inhale, go ahead and pull back from the palm or the fingertips
on the inhale, leaving your elbow and shoulder soft and exhale to relax.
Inhale, notice the softness in the elbow and the shoulder
with the stretch in the wrist.
Exhale to relax.
Inhale, last one, pull back.
See if you can stretch a little bit further, feeling the
wrist and the forearm stretch.
Exhale to relax both arms back down to your side.
That is the end of this exercise.