Shoulder Tap Exercise

Shoulder Tap Directions:

Step 1: Begin by standing with your feet at shoulder width and your toes pointed straight ahead. Your arms should be positioned at your sides.

Step 2: You will circle your waist to the left. This circle should propel each arm to swing across the body in a manner that will allow your right palm to make contact (tap) with the top of the left trapezius muscle on the shoulder and the back of the left hand to make contact with the right shoulder blade (Figures 127 and 128).

Step 3: You will immediately circle your waist in the opposite direction (right) in a manner. This circle should propel each arm to swing across the body in a manner that will allow the back of your right hand to make contact with the left shoulder blade and your left palm will make contact with the top of the right trapezius on the shoulder (Figures 129 and 130).

Key Points:

* you should breathe naturally and you don’t need to worry about coordinated breathing with this particular exercise
* imagine the arms as ropes that are attached to the waist and that swing as the waist circles
* each of your hands should make contact with their ending point simultaneously