nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood or medium maple wood)
towel or yoga mat
earplugs
Warm up:
1) tai chi warm up arm swinging exercise
- purpose: posture awareness, and the concept of initiating from your core, and "letting go" of the arms
2) resistance band - walk across the room with a partner
- purpose: the core could naturally engage when using the resistance band
3) arm swing and glide across the room
- purpose: initiating from core, imagine a tiny pulley on the top of your head that guide the direction, maintain the sense of gravity while moving across the room
4) lower body stretches (Carrie Carter and Ryo Shimamoto)
- feet
- legs + shoulder blades
- photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TUXf8N7VkZGQ6Jfr7
drum roll on odaiko
- 3 minutes drum roll along with the meditation music
- maintain a drum roll while focusing on the core engagement and letting go of the force through your arm
- feel the shoulder blade muscle when playing "dokodokodoko"
resistance band with naname stand
video 1
https://youtu.be/8WLUQmtpXtg
video 2
https://youtu.be/9BFNLxp34hg
doro tsuku doro tsuku
improvise with the lights off
- 8 mins free jam with meditation music and light off
