Mar 29 (edited) • Yin Yang Basics
Simple Yang Drill — The Palms' Squeeze
Today we bring a bit of Yang into the body with a very simple isometric drill using only your hands.
Yang is activation, intention, and controlled tension. But it doesn’t need to be aggressive, just awake.
The Drill (30 seconds)
- Bring your palms together in front of your chest.
- Press them into each other gently.
- Hold the pressure for 5–10 seconds.
- Release slowly.
- Repeat 3–5 times.
As you press, feel how the tension travels:
- into your forearms
- up your biceps
- across your chest
- maybe even into your core if you try to press really hard
As you press try and move the elbows, keep them higher, then keep them lower, and notice everything changes in your body.
This is Yang: directed tension with intention.
The more we squeeze, the more yang. As you increase and decrease pressure pay attention to the sensations that soften, or radiate through your arms and your body. Try and squeeze as hard as you can now.
Notice how your body needs to change position to support your effort of trying your hardest to squeeze those palms together.
That radiating feeling is actually Yin within the Yang. It’s your body opening, finding more energy that can be recruited for the task of pressing the hardest you can, it is the Yin that is revealing more to the Yang.
You can only feel that if you allow yourself to be Yin enough to notice it.
Try it now
Just 30 seconds and you can give a good squeeze to those pecs too!
Then share what you felt.
Learning never ends.
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Simple Yang Drill — The Palms' Squeeze
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