"Alright, last couple of exercises we'll cover that'll help center you and open yourselves up to the ebb and flow of the Force while you're here -- which in turn will also help facilitate the bonding with your crystal."
She inhaled, her chest expanding before scaling back down. On the next she held her breath a bit and pointed to where the base of the lungs would be on her body,
"In here is a dome-shaped muscle located just at the base of your lungs. It's your diaphragm." She released the held breath.
"Everyone breath, take a couple of breaths..." she was addressing everyone, talking them through the simple breathing exercise.
She moved down further,
"Your abdominal muscles..." she gestured to her own,
"help move the diaphragm and give you more power to empty your lungs."
"When you breathe normally, you don't use your lungs to their full capacity. But when you breath with your diaphragm, you're using your lungs at 100% capacity to increase lung efficiency. You're actually using less effort and energy to breathe this way, which is good for more intense training down the road."
"Why is this important, it helps relax the body, improve muscle function, and reduces the heart rate...good for getting through physical strain and eliminating stress throughout the body. Fun fact, the use of meditative martial arts, and physical exercises help to further develop an inherently weak connection to the Force into something stronger...yes, something as simple as breathing the correct way, with the right muscles and using them to their max efficiency will be good in tuning the body to the Force and thus your crystal. Let's build on this..."
"Keep breathing, use your diaphragm and abdominal muscles. We're gonna add some progressive muscle relaxation steps, squeeze the muscles in your forehead, and hold. Feel the muscles becoming tighter and tenser. Then, slowly release that tension. Breathe slowly and evenly. Now Tense the muscles in your jaw, holding for a couple of seconds. Then release the tension slowly."
She started to pace around, walking from body to body but settled on
Lily Decoria
she could feel that she was overwhelmed emanating off of her, Jade sauntered over and sought the Echani's shoulders,
"It can be very overwhelming, trust yourself, on the other side of that wave is your route towards control. Let it flow, and refine those whisping edges in small doses. Trust Briana to guide you there, you'll get it."
Romi gradually increased her grip on Lily's shoulder blades to provide modest tension, and then palmed the side of each of her shoulders and pushed inward so they'd go upward towards her ears.
"Ok everyone, increase tension in your neck and shoulders by raising your shoulders up toward your ears and hold there for a bit. Breathe evenly and slowly release the tension. Now rest in that for a minute."
She moved from Lily to Briana circling around the pair, touching Bri on her back but in analyzing and working with the two she felt an odd aura of energy sweep through -- almost a sense of nauseousness.
Last she felt this it was -- she lurched back, stumbling backward and barely catching herself as she noticed she faded in and out of consciousness. She gripped for her head and a hunched over position. The tethers of the Force, swelled between them both and started to tear images into Romi's brain; her eyes had gone a complete white.
Ueguhh!
The shadow will rise
Four to doom, or four to deliver
In the depths of a mystical Force vision, the veils of reality shatter, giving way to a haunting tapestry of darkness and despair. Swirling tendrils of malevolence dance across the ethereal canvas, foretelling of a rising darkness that threatens to engulf the galaxy in its merciless grip. Amidst the chaos, the stench of destruction hangs heavy in the air, whispering of impending doom.
In this dire landscape, four guardians or four perils, their destinies entwined in the fabric of the Force. Each possesses unique talents and strengths, yet they are bound together by a shared purpose—to confront the encroaching darkness or fall to it.
As the vision unfolds, the guardian stand at the precipice of a ravaged cityscape, once teeming with life but now reduced to crumbling ruins. Charred remnants of buildings stretch towards the darkened sky, smoldering embers casting an eerie glow upon the desolation below. The weight of sorrow hangs heavily upon this one hero...it seemed as if she lost half of herself.
Her...her presence radiating with both power and arrogance. This young woman, imbued with immense abilities, bears the burden of hubris—the sin of excessive pride. Her confidence, bordering on arrogance, fuels her desire to dominate the encroaching darkness, but it also blinds her to the dangers that lurk within her own heart.
The vision shifts, and the brown haired beauty finds herself engulfed in a ferocious battle against an army of shadowy figures, one that has shared one day a many with her, but remains obscured.
As the battle rages on, she's consumed by hubris and becomes reckless, her confidence morphing into a dangerous overreach. She charges forward, heedless of the warnings from his companions. In her arrogance, she underestimates the power of the darkness, believing herself invincible. But the darkness, cunning and patient, seizes this opportunity, ensnaring the guardian within its suffocating grasp. Everyone would feel the weight of their own vulnerability and recognize the perils of unchecked pride.
Heuh
As the Force vision fades into the recesses of the Romi's mind, she snatches away from Briana as she regains her footing. In this moment she realizes, Briana is actually one of the
chosen...
"I-I think that'll conclude our training sesh for today..."
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OOC:
Starting to wrap this thread up. Feel free to drop any last round of posts
