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Saturday 2:00PM -
3:30PM
Lotus Light Lei Zang Si Temple
#200-357, East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C, Canada, V6A 1P3 
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Golden Mother Yoga - Beginner Class - 8. Golden Shoe Fairy Walk

 

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Golden Shoe Fairy Walk

This walking exercise can bring you good health and relieve your stress. You will not get tired or get sore legs from the walk. On the contrary, this exercise can restore your energy, rejuvenating you and helping you to feel the inner peace that lies within you.

Throughout this exercise, remember to keep your body and spine straight, your head erect and your chin tucked in slightly (your lower jaw should be parallel to the ground). To get the most benefit from the Fairy Walk, you must maintain the proper breathing method and you must tighten your buttock muscles to hold the chi in your dan-tien (the energy center located for finger widths below your navel).

  1. Starting Position : Stand tall, back straight, shoulders straight, but relaxed. Hold your head up and centered, lower your chin slightly, and close your mouth lightly. Half close your eyes and look down at the ground just in front of you. Position your feet with your toes pointing out to the sides at a 45 degree angle.
     
  2. Inhale deeply, chi to dan-tien, tighten your buttock muscles, then extend your right leg forward in a stepping motion and gently place your heel on the ground in front of you. Hold the chi inside your body as you walk, to help keep your steps light and smooth.
     
  3. Shift your weight to your right foot and move forward, keeping the toes of your left foot planted lightly on the ground behind you.
     
  4. When you feel comfortably stable with your weight over your right foot, gently move your left foot forward and place the heel on the ground in front of you.
     
  5. Now shift your weight to your left foot and move forward, keeping the toes of your right foot planted on the ground behind you.
     
  6. When you feel comfortable stable with your weight over your left foot, gently move your right foot forward and place the heel on the ground in front of you and repeat the stepping motion described above.
     
  7. The left hand gently swings forward as you move your right foot to the front, and gently swings back as you move your left foot forward, and vice versa for the right hand as you move your left foot forward, and so on. Your fingers should point slightly upwards as they swing from front to back and from back to front as you walk forward.

The movements of the hands and feet are light and gentle, like those of a fairy, and also match the movement of chi in you body.

As you walk, chant "Om, Jin Mu Siddhi Hum" ("Jin Mu" is "Golden Mother")- "Om" as you step forward with your right foot, continuing the chanting as you move your left foot, and finishing with "Hum" as you plant your left foot on the ground. Repeat the chanting as you practice the Fairy Walk.

If you feel fatigued while walking, do the following : Bring both hands down by your sides, close your four fingers together (straight, not curled), extend your thumb outward, and face your palms inward. Then, keeping your arms straight down at your sides, tilt your hands upwards with your wrists at a 45 degree angle so your palms face downward. Relax your arms and rotate your hands/wrists clockwise and counter-clockwise 180 degrees. Continue to rotate your wrists as you walk. You will soon feel peace and harmony within yourself as the chi circulates through your body- our energy will be restored and you will not feel tired any more.
 

Edited by Reverend Lian Deng

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