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Hold the wand horizontally, at each end, the shaft resting on your thighs.
Raise the wand with both hands, keeping it horizontal, keeping it close to your body and lifting it as far as you can, straightening your arms above a point just in front of your head in line with your nose.
Lower the wand in the same way, keeping it horizontal, bending both elbows, keeping the wand close to the front of the body, until it arrives back resting horizontally on your thighs.
Repeat several times.
Stand with feet at shoulder width and parallel, toes facing directly forward. Legs should be straight with knees slightly bent. You begin with the wand resting horizontally against your thighs, arms extended fully.
Perform the torso and arm movements as in the seated stage while keeping the lower half of the body still. Only move the arms and torso.
This posture can be performed with the high wide squat. Refer to the directions on the footwork page.
Applying the footwork to the posture:-
Perform the torso and arm movements as in the seated and standing static stages, with these additional steps (of the high wide squat):-
As you lift the wand you also rise onto your toes. As you lower the wand you come down from your toes and sink a few inches, keeping the back straight, as you lower the wand close to the front of the body. Stretch your arms down till the wand is resting horizontally against the thighs.
This posture is taken from the "Chinese Wand Exercises."
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