Need A Little Pick Me Up!
If you are like me, you spend many hours during the day on your feet or perhaps sitting at a computer.
For me personally, one day I can be on my feet all day and the next sitting a lot.
I first learned about Cupping* many years ago as a treatment to help relieve lung congestion.
Not very long ago, while watching a seminar, the speaker had the whole audience get up and perform the same Cupping from leg to head.
It felt wonderful!
He wanted to keep his audience awake and alert and found that periodically throughout the day performing this simple routine did the trick.
I now incorporate this same technique, sometimes first thing in the morning to help my body wake up, and sometimes just as a pick-me-up during the day.
It is so simple and something you can do anywhere and anytime. I know people who even do it while sitting at their computer without any one knowing.**
Here’s how to Cup!
Hold your fingers and thumbs together and then have your hand form a cup shape.
Beginning with your legs, use one hand for each leg. With your hands in the cupped position start lightly slapping “cupping” yourself.
The cup shape of your hands creates a vibration that penetrates deep into the body with very little force needed.
In fact the lighter but faster you cup the better the results.
Gently move up your legs and then alternating doing the same for the arms, shoulders, chest, back (as far as you reach) and any other part of your body that it feels good on.
For those times when you need a little stimulation of your lymph and circulation nothing works better than Cupping!
Try it and see for yourself!
Cupping is also excellent to do before and after workouts to help minimize and relieve body aches. It will help prepare your muscles for the workout and will help the joints and muscles after the workout.
So stand up (or stay seated) and let’s all Cup.
It will bring a smile to your face too as it stimulates the release of dopamine and endorphins.
Together Our Hands Are Joined To Heal One Another…
Alexander Gardener
The Lymph Guy
thelymphguy@gmail.com
*The cupping actually creates a slight vacuum with the body having a stimulating effect that penetrates much deeper than just using a flat hand.
**This is a great little trick to do on a long car ride or plane flight too. You will arrive feeling more refreshed. You can always use a restroom for extra privacy since it takes very little space to perform.
The picture is of Wild Irises that fill the landscape this time of year in the Sierra Foothills in California. Nature’s Pick-Me-Up gift for us all living here.
