PUSH MOUNTAINS
‘My keep-calm strategy is a simple Chinese breathing exercise called pushing mountains,’ says Kitty Waters, transformational teacher and host of the Kitty Talks podcast. Stand upright with your hands by your sides. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth for two minutes. Then lift your hands to chest level, and slowly push them forward with palms facing outwards until your arms are straight out in front of your body (as though you’re pushing a mountain), breathing out as you do this. As you pull the arms back in to the chest, breathe in. This is one repetition. Continue to push the hands in and out 40 times. You should feel the energy build in your arms and body. When you reach the 40th push, hold your arms in front of your chest for 30 seconds, then drop them and let the energy you have built up wash over you.