Melting into the Ground Part 1

[@KBNZ83]

All hail the algorithm gods

[@CraigMallett]

@@KBNZ83 haha Cheers!

[@danielmajor1015]

Awesome stuff. Do you have a bigger picture perspective on when/how to balance standing, seated and ground based practices into your overall programming?

[@CraigMallett]

This is the million dollar question which doesn't have an answer that isn't entirely made up 😅 Basically there are a few considerations I take into account when selecting exercises for a given day/period: - is it a new exercise/set of exercises? If so I usually like to include it in my daily routine for 2 - 3 months to kind of 'install' the foundation from the practice, then I can back it off to intermittent as needed/wanted - am I cooked on that day? the lying exercises for example are especially nice if you're a bit nuked and can't muster the energy for standing or sitting. it's particularly good for people who tend raise their yang easily (getting nausea, headspins, headaches, migraines etc). If I have more juice I'll tend towards standing exercises - have I just not done the exercise in a while? It's nice to revisit after a period of looking at other things. - does the exercise highlight a particular weakness? if so it may be useful to keep it around for some time until the weakness is improved. From all of this I can work out what I need to work on in a given week/month/phase of training. It's also why at some point it can be useful to get guidance from someone with a good eye that can help suggest the best course of action based on where you're at any given point. Very generally speaking, a nice set up would be to have 2 periods per day, one that is seated for breathing/meditative practices, and one that is standing, lying, or moving about for more physical development. Then within these 2 'bubbles' cycle exercises every week or two.