Shaolin Morning Exercises for Waking Up

Shaolin Morning Flow is a wake-up mobility routine borrowed in spirit from the monks who have been solving the same problem for fifteen centuries: how to bring a body from sleep to readiness without violence. This one works as a single continuous flow rather than a leveled circuit. The monks rise, move and are ready before the sun clears the mountains.

0:00 Wrist Stretch /1
0:41 Wrist Stretch /2
1:23 Fingers Up
2:03 Fingers Down
2:44 Shoulders Circle
3:24 Chest Fly
4:06 Kickback
4:45 Ankle & Hip Stretch
5:26 Hip Stretch
6:06 Circles Knee
6:48 Forward Bend with Rotation
7:27 Forward Bend
8:09 Forward Twist
8:49 Neck Circle
9:30 Torso Rotations
10:11 Alternating Leg Circle
10:51 Reverse Lunge Twist

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