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Self-massage is done according to certain rules.
- Massage is done an hour before or after eating.
- During the massage, painful effects are unacceptable.
- You can not perform massage in the places of moles, inflammations. It is strictly forbidden to massage the lymph nodes, the stomach during menstruation, with hernia.
- For self-massage there are a number of contraindications (varicose veins, cardiovascular diseases, etc.). Consult with your doctor!
Daoist self-massage with healing sounds
This ancient Taoist technique is based on the combination of patting, stroking movements with the utterance of certain sounds. Taoists believed (and scientists have proved) that sound vibrations affect our internal organs, harmonizing their work. According to the Tao, we have 5 main organs: heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen. Accordingly, there are 5 sounds that activate the work of these organs. The combination of vibration (sound) and tactile effects increases the effectiveness of self-massage. Sit on a chair, keep your back straight, feet on the floor. Activate the energy of the hands: clap your hands and carefully rub them until a pleasant sensation of warmth appears. With the tip of the index finger, press the center first left, then right palm: thus, you initiate the work of the heart point, one of the most powerful energy centers.
Face
Bring your hands to your face and lightly smoothing movements, massage your forehead. With your fingertips, circle your eyes from the inside to the outside. With the same movements, smooth the nasolabial folds. Take a breath and gently begin to tap the gums with your fingertips, moving from the upper jaw to the bottom. On exhalation, pronounce the sound of the buds "chhuuu".
Ears
Place the lobes between the index and middle finger and vigorously pound them up and down. Then, moving first from top to bottom, then from bottom to top, "squeeze" your fingers all over your ear.
Neck
Stroking your fingertips, massage your neck. Then, at the point between the clavicles, place the index finger and make a light vibrating massage. Simultaneously inhale and exhale the sound of the lungs "SSS" on exhalation.
Chest
Using your fingertips, start tapping your sternum lightly, as if drawing your arms light (without touching your chest). Breathe in and exhale the sound of the lungs "Ssss" on exhalation. Continuing to tap the sternum with your fingers, say the heart sound "xxxa" on exhalation.
Belly (liver)
Gently patting the area of the liver with your hands, pronouncing the dao-sound "shsh" on the exhalation. Place your palm on your side and make soft circular motions, as if warming it.
Loin (kidney)
Tilt the torso forward and start very gently with the back of the palm to "slap" the kidney area. Take a breath and, continuing to pat, pronounce the sound of "chhuuu". Again, take a breath and, slapping the area around the kidneys (activating the adrenal glands), pronounce the sound "chhuuu". Now put your palms on the kidney area and do a circular massage first on, then counter-clockwise.
Sacrum
Stand up, pelvis forward, legs slightly bent at the knees. Slightly tilt the torso forward and begin to slap the sacrum with the back of the palms. Then rub this area with your fingertips until the sensation of heat appears.
Buttocks and groin
Start to massage the buttocks with patting movements. Then hold the palms to the lower abdomen. Connect the thumbs, the index fingers pointing down. Moving downwards, by stroking movements massage the groin, the inside of the thighs.
Legs
With slamming movements, massage the legs down from the hip on the outside of the legs, then upwards - along the inside. Repeat 2 times.
Arms
Pull out your right hand, turn your palm upward and start slapping it left from the wrist to the shoulder. Then flip the palm down and just slam, move from shoulder to wrist. Repeat 2 times.
Head
Rub your palms and activate the heart point. Lightly tapping movements with your fingertips make a head massage. Now, do a neck massage: extend your fingers, crossing the forefinger and the middle one, and make movements that look like light snobbles. This technique activates thinking. At the end, with your fingertips, rub the area along the cervical vertebrae until heat appears.
Self-massage according to tai-chi system and wine-chun
In the small is hidden a lot - perhaps this is one of the basic principles of tai chi and wing-chun. Projections of all our organs and the most important systems of the body are on the feet and on the hands. So, to wake up the body and prepare it for a busy day, it's enough to stretch out the moans and hands. Morning self-massage should be done from the bottom up, in the course of the movement of energy Jan.
Activate large muscle groups
1. Do this self-massage in the morning, without getting out of bed. Begin with the feet: pull your foot to the chest and slide your fingers, the very foot, make it a few rotations, twist each finger separately.
2. Intense mashing movements move up the left, then - on the right foot. Smash the hips, lift them and crush the buttocks.
3. Massage the abdomen with stroking movements.
4. Then, stretch the arm muscles, rising from the hands to the forearms.
5. With light, stroking circular motions, "wake up" the neck, do self-massage of the head.
Stretch ligaments, small muscle groups
1. Stand on your feet. Bend your elbows in the elbows, fingers squeeze into a fist and turn one against the other (there must be space between the cams). Do the stretching exercise: spread your fists to the sides, very slowly gradually open each finger. When the fingers are stretched in a line, spread them apart. Then unfold the palms into the cone, again slowly gather your fingers into a fist. Repeat the exercise 5 times.
2. Bend and unbend your toes several times. Then, alternately fix and remove the big toe from the index finger.
3. Now try to "pass" 1 meter due to flexion and extension of the toes. Try not to help yourself with your hips.
Reflexology foot massage
Reflexology originated in Ancient Egypt, and the greatest development was in China. It is believed that on the plantar arch there are reflex zones that represent one or another organ in our body. Stimulating them, you can avoid certain health problems while simultaneously normalizing the energy balance of the whole organism. Sit down as comfortably as possible. Take the foot in one hand and start gently massage it with the thumb of the other hand. It is recommended to start self-massage from the zone under the thumb, slowly moving to the other fingers. Gently push on the thumb pad, twist it. Then release it and proceed to massage the rest. With your knuckles, start vigorously massaging your entire foot. Supplement the massage with circular and pressing movements, as if kneading dough. Try to ensure that all movements are as gentle and delicate as possible - this will help achieve relaxation. At the end of the massage, gently stroke the feet with your fingertips in the direction from the fingers to the heels.