Meridian Movement Patterns!

Kinetic Movement Patterns

There are eight directions you can move into when the muscles of your body contract and shorten. Specifically in your lower body: forward, backward, turning left and right, twisting and untwisting. In your upper body: pulling down, pushing upward, lifting, lowering, hugging, striking back, pressing, and opening. These are called kinetic patterns. They are very helpful when analyzing movements in different sports or performances and therefore provide clues as to which muscles to strengthen and stretch.

While one muscle group on one side of your body is lengthening. the muscles on the other side are shortening. These pairs of muscles are called balancing muscles. For example, contracting and shortening the muscles on the back outer side (posterior lateral) of your lower body causes you to jump up into the air, while the balancing muscles on the front inside (anterior medial) of your lower body cause you to squat.

Gall Bladder Turning Outward	Liver Turning Inward
Lung Throwing	Large Intestine Catching
Stomach Advancing	Pancreas Retreating
Heart Hugging	Small Intestine Striking Back
Brain Twisting	Sexual Untwisting
Pericardium Squeezing	Skin Opening
Bladder Jumping	Kidney Sitting
Appendix Pulling Down	Thymus Pushing Upward