46 Minutes to Take It Down a Gear
Designed by BearmoreDo you need to teach your body how to slow down?
Come out of it moving at half the pace you went in. Take three deep breaths, then work through a long tai chi form. Finish by putting a record on and listening to it start to finish, without any distractions.
The runsheet
Three deep breaths
Breath workReed (who this Burst was inspired by) practiced a habit of "three deep breaths." Start here and settle first. Slow the breathing as far as is comfortable and don’t force the count.
6 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing breath work before tai chi
These go especially well together because breath work delivers the regulated rhythm Tai Chi's movement is led by, so the practice picks up where breath work left off.
Chen-style Tai Chi form
Tai ChiMove through the forms slowly and in order. Shorten to twenty minutes if that is the time you have.
20 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing tai chi before listening to music (mindful)
There's a useful connection here because the contemplative state can flow into mindful listening without much shift.
Ten minutes of listening to music
Listening to music (mindful)Take this final session to listen without distractions, this is a Bearmore addition.
10 min activityTime well spent.
46m spent doing something good for yourself.
The breakdown
Burst evaluation
Wellbeing focus
About this Burst
This block is composed: breathing, the Tai Chi forms, then meditation music.