seven steps to relief from neck and shoulder tension

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I was rummaging in the electronic clutter

for something entirely different, and came

across these exercises.

 

I would like to give credit to the source, but

I cannot remember where I got it. It was

freely shared.

 

Now, can someone remember if it was this list

where someone posted instructions on how to

get those famous glyco-nutrients from food?

 

7 Steps to Release Neck and Shoulder Tension

 

 

 

1. Shoulder Grasp

 

Curve your fingers of both hands; place your hands on

 

top of your shoulders, touching your fingertips on the

 

back of the shoulder muscles close to the base of your neck.

 

 

 

Gradually apply firm pressure and let the weight of your

 

arm relax forward, letting your elbows drop down.

 

Keep your fingers curved like a hook and hold for a minute while

taking slow, deep breaths. Let go, and further relax by shrugging

 

your shoulders up and down a few times.

 

 

 

2. Neck Release

 

Clasp your fingers of both hands behind your neck.

 

Close your eyes, and let your head hang forward with

 

your elbows close together, pointing down toward your lap.

 

 

 

Inhale deeply as you raise your head and stretch your

 

elbows out to the sides; let your head tilt back.

 

Exhale as your head relaxes forward and your elbows come close

together in front of you.

 

 

 

Repeat this exercise for two minutes, then release your hands

 

and relax for another minute.

 

 

 

3. Press GB20 (The 20th Point on the Gall Bladder meridian - see acuxo.com)

 

 

Close your eyes, and place your thumbs on GB20.

 

This point is in the indentations at the base of your skull,

 

where the head meets the neck, on both sides of the spine -

about halfway between the back of the ears and the center of the spine.

 

Your thumbs will naturally settle into that indentation.

 

Apply firm pressure for one minute while taking deep breaths.

 

(Let your hands and fingers naturally cup the back of your head while you do

this).

 

 

 

4. Loosen Your Jaw

 

This really worked for me when EFT would not get rid of the jaw

 

pain I had from being so stressed that I was grinding my teeth at night!

 

 

 

Place your fingertips on each side of the jaw, where the jaw muscles connect.

 

You know you have the correct point when you feel the muscle pop

 

out under your fingertips as you clench your teeth.

 

Once you find these points, relax your jaw, open your teeth slightly apart,

 

and hold these points firmly, breathing deeply, for one minute. End with

30 seconds of light pressure as you continue breathing deeply.

 

 

 

5. Crown Pull

 

You are moving energy with the above exercises, and sometimes

 

that gets stuck in your head. If you have any sign of a headache, however

slight,

 

at this point, perform the Crown Pull to release this energy.

 

You can also do the Crown Pull anytime you feel extra stress or tension in

 

your head... after all, it is simply energy, and once you give that

energy a pathway for release, the pain dissolves!

 

 

 

a) Place your thumbs at temples on the side of your head.

 

Curl your fingers and place your fingertips on your forehead just above

 

the center of your eyebrows. Take a deep in-breath.

 

As you breathe out, slowly press down and pull your fingers from the

 

center of your forehead to the side of your face, so that you feel the

 

skin stretch above your eyebrows. Move your fingertips from the center

 

of your forehead across your forehead to the skull above your ears,

 

applying enough pressure to feel as if you are pulling

your forehead apart.

 

 

 

Then shake your hands for a few seconds to release.

 

b) Rest your fingers at your hairline and repeat, stretching

on the out-breath from the center of the hairline across to

the tops of the ears. Shake out the tension from your

hands.

 

c) Rest your fingers at the top of your head, with your little

 

fingers at your hairline. On the out breath, push down with pressure

 

and pull your hands apart to just above the ears.

Shake your hands to release.

 

d) Rest your fingers at the crown of your head, and repeat the stretch.

 

Shake your hands to release.

 

e) Finally, rest your fingers over the curve at the back of your head,

 

with your thumbs where your head meets your neck.

 

On the out breath, pull your hands apart to behind

your ears. You can again allow your hands to rest on the top of your

 

shoulders, where the shoulders meet the neck, if this feels good.

 

 

 

6. Connect the Heart and the Mind

 

Gently place your right middle finger on the 3rd Eye (center of the forehead

above the bridge of your nose in between your eyebrows). Position the fingertips

of your left hand in the center of your chest (Heart Chakra). Close your eyes as

you hold these points, and breath deeply for at least one minute.

 

 

 

7. Rest and Relax.

 

For the most effective benefits, spend the next 5-10

minutes laying down and relaxing, allowing circulating the

energy through your body. If you do this before bedtime,

you will probably drop into a deep sleep!

 

 

 

Thanks to who-ever wrote this.

 

 

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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