The second posture in Yang is the Rising Posture aka The Beginning Posture. There's a lot going on between this posture and the third, which begins the four essential movements of the form. This posture has always made me think about Ra's journey from the underworld on the path of the Sun.
Then they sail towards your body.
And finally, they sink down again.
Just like the sun rises and falls each day; just like Ra traveling on his barge.
Chen says the purpose of this posture is to open and relax the wrists, which makes sense as the wrists rise, stretch and flex during this journey. But as I read Chen says the wrists go through six changes from Preparation to the end of the Rising posture. I hadn't noticed that before today. The funny thing is that I have each change underlined in my book, but today is the first day, that I can recall, actually noticing this minute movement.
It is a very important posture for sure. Your mind must be right, your posture right. It is the preparation for transformation and movement from one place to the other. I shared some thoughts about the technical aspects of this movement publicly a few months ago -- http://cscmarietta.com/videos/training?catid=87&wid=602
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