#And I love the convex pointed ribcage

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Everyone loves reading art explanation so here's a free ticket to talk about the details you drew and no one pointed out!

IM REALLY MAD I WAS WRITING A LONG WINDED ANSWER BUT LOST IT. So this one is more “pointform” [its not its still very long..] instead because im Lazy :D But this is so sweet of you dude thank you anon ^__^ Enjoy the ramblings!

OK! So hermit designs. Lets talk hermit designs shall we??

- Keralis is a siren fish type guy, hes got claws and fin ears, a long tail and a fin from the back of his head down his back! Why a siren you may ask..? Because his eyes are hypnotic! Ooooo.. Stare into his eyes nothing but his eyes...... I also just wanted to add features that went well with his colour pallete!

- Xb is a guardian... I dont need to explain further but if you dont watch xb, he really likes guardians and tends to add them into his bases :D My favourite thing hes said about them while on a base tour is “I recognize that sound, you have guardians?” while i didnt even hear a SINGLE guardian noise. Hes got fish senses i guess. He also falls into that exact tank full of them and doesnt get hurt ONCE. So xb guardian dude. Him and Keralis are fish bros :D

- Cleos got her brain stickin out! I know zombies dont have brains but I like to think shes stolen part of Joes and so they LITERALLY SHARE BRAINCELLS. Its just funny to me. Oh, and her flower crown is more like a twig shaped tiara with flowery bits! Her exposed ribcage also has the same flowers growing on vines :D Just some design details :P

- nHo all have bows in their designs; Bdubs’ bandana ties in a bow and hes got one on the end of his tail, beef has a bow that ties his apron, etho has a very slight bow at the back of his neck tying the mask up, and docs got a small bow holding up his hair behind his neck! Some of these arent visible but its an idea i’ve had for years now! I think its neat ^__^

- CONVEX okay okay so scar and cub both have pointy ears and magical vex wings that they can will in and out of existance, they’re soul bound! [canon..?] Cub likes to keep his wings out because he thinks they’re neat + they remind him of good memories :D Scar keeps them hidden for the most part, as they can get in the way of elytra! He lets them out very rarely. They both have pointy ears constantly however! Another design thing not visible in art, they have matching blue anklets!!

- A small non visible thing about Scars season 8 design that i’ve had since he got his giant hat, all the hermits have tried it on and afterwards signed their names on the brim and inside of the hat per his request :D

- Grians mouth is just nonexistent if he isnt talking, so when hes not speaking hes got this ominous stare... I thought it worked well LOL. His neck is feathery but he covers it with a turtleneck because it tends to get cold! He doesnt bother with his arms much though

Theres so many more i can think of but I’LL SPARE THE DETAILS YEAH?

[yogaadvise]

Functional movement and how yoga supports it

As I have actually written before in my composition short articles: I love the body and also just how it relocates! I love the apparent simplicity of exactly how we move our bones through area as well as time - flexing, prolonging, flexing, twisting, pivoting, pivoting, revolving, reaching, folding ... the enjoyable as well as fantastic checklist of efficient as well as uncomplicated motions goes on and also on. Or not.

A life time of effective as well as easy movement would only be possible if we were simply a bare-bones skeleton of moving components ... which we are not. Unlike the skeleton hanging from a hook in an anatomy class, we humans are living and breathing layers-upon-layers of connective tissue that relocates, and afterwards creates patterns of motion out of our practices as well as conditioning.

When movement patterns settle into the fascia of the body (creating pulls and lines of pull), feature often tends to be compromised, performance tends to be minimized, and 'effortless' tends to become 'effort-full'.

Luckily, a practical movement method to our asana method can assist us intelligently, artistically as well as systematically reinforce and stretch, support and also mobilize, take a break as well as unbind ... allowing us to once again move freely - like a skeleton!

What is 'functional movement'?

The definition of Functional Activity (versus Sports-Specific or Muscle-Specific Activity) I discovered on Wikipedia is my favored so much. This definition describes an intelligently produced yoga exercise asana method flawlessly:

' Useful movements are movements based upon real-world situational biomechanics. They typically include multi-planar, multi-joint movements which put need on the body's core musculature."

In life (work, play, sporting activity, sleep, etc) we often find ourselves operating in only one or 2 planes of movement ( often in the forward flexion section of the sagittal aircraft and also possibly one instructions of transverse plane).

Whereas, over the course of a smartly sequenced yoga exercise course we will certainly strengthen, stretch, stabilize as well as activate in all airplanes of activity: sagittal (flexion and also extension), coronal (kidnapping as well as adduction) as well as transverse (rotation).

Often a yoga exercise pose asks us to be in all three planes of motions at once (believe of any kind of twisting onward pivot hip opener!) That is among the reasons we should certainly never get burnt out in asana method - there are always bones to align, joints to maintain and also mobilize, muscular tissues to reinforce and also stretch, as well as fascia to take a break and unbind.

Functional motion reduction or loss

One of the things we seek when we concern the yoga exercise floor covering is BALANCE, we basically want the exact same quantity of stamina and suppleness in the left side as in the ideal side in all areas of activity in the body: 6 activities of the spinal column, scapula, humerus and also femur, 4 motions of wrist as well as ankle, and 2 activities of joint and knee. These movements are carried out in the 3 airplanes of activities pointed out previously.

Functional movement reduction or loss can be congenital or obtained through emotional or physical regular patterns and/or trauma. Listed here are 5 of the common useful movement loss or problems triggered by regular patterns that we can influence positive change on with yoga practice.

5 common areas where feature is decreased or shed as a result of habitual patterns

1. Mis-alignment in the shoulder girdle

Internal rotation of humerus with elevation/abduction (reach) of scapula from prolonged computer system work (or, rounded shoulders). And also, if discriminatory, scapula altitude, from lugging a bag on one shoulder (one shoulder blade greater than the various other).

Result: Tightness, weakness, minimal range of motion, and/or instability in one or both shoulders.

2. Elevated hip

One hip comes to be higher as a result of repeatedly holding infant/child on one side, crossing the same leg while resting at workdesk, or repeated leaning while sitting/driving.

Result: Rigidity, weak point, minimal variety of motion, and/or instability in one or both sides of reduced back, SI Joint, hip and/or leg.

3. Rotated spine

Due to repeated resting patterns (on tummy counted on one side), or long-term kipping down one direction for job or sporting activity (tennis, golf, one arm rowing, etc.)

Result: Tightness, weak point, limited variety of motion, and/or instability in one rotational direction of neck, back, ribcage and SI Joint.

4. Kyphotic thoracic spine

An exaggerated rounding of the convex contour in the top back as a result of prolonged computer system job, bike riding, sofa browsing/ video gaming, studying, etc.

Result: Tightness, weak point, limited range of motion, and/or instability in core (making use of the 'Apple Core' meaning of head to tail).

5. Lordotic cervical and/or back spine

An overestimation in the concave contours of the neck (cervical spinal column) and lower back (lumbar spine). Because of looking at technical gadgets (cervical), gazing at roadway as biker (cervical), looking ahead while swimming (cervical as well as lumbar), extended (years) using of high heels (lumbar), or long term sitting at a desk (limited psoas enhances back lordosis).

Result: Rigidity, weak point, restricted series of movement, and/or instability in reduced back, SI Joint, diaphragm, reduced stomach area, hips as well as legs.

Functional Activity Testing (FMS) and also Yoga

In the fitness world there is a dynamic activity screening test frequently brought out prior to participation of a particular sport or fitness task. This 7 component Health and fitness Movement Screening (FMS) brightens weak points, imbalances and also crookedness in the body in order to recognize areas open and also prone to feasible injury. Physiotherapists and chiropractors will certainly use screening examinations such as FMS to help develop a strategy with vibrant stability (or BALANCE) as the best goal.

The 7 tests are: deep squats, hurdle action, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight-leg raise, trunk stability push-up, and also rotational security. Below is a yoga asana matching (some with contemporary variations) for each and every of the 7 FMS tests.

Yoga asana comparable per of 7 Physical fitness Movement Testing examinations:

Deep Squat: Fierce Chair Pose or Yogic Squat/ Malasana

Hurdle Step: Marching-in-Place (Kundalini Yoga Exercise)

In-Line Lunge: High Lunge dynamically decreasing and increasing the back knee, adding a change ahead to Warrior Three and also back to the dynamic High Lunge

Shoulder Mobility: Cow-Faced Pose Arms/ Gomukhasana

Active Straight-Leg Raise: Classical Yoga Straight-Leg Raise (from lying down)

Trunk-Stability Push-Up: High Plank-Chaturanga-High Plank progression

Rotational Stability: Opposite Arm/Opposite Leg Table-Top

Yoga sustains and enhances functional activity!

As you can see from the listing above we carry out many of the 7 FMS tests in almost every asana course ... or some kind of variation of them. That's why we really feel so whole, so full, SO GOOD after we practise yoga.

An intelligently developed asana method will make certain multiple joint movements in all 3 aircrafts similarly: An equal amount of forward bending, backward bending, side bending, kidnapping, adduction, interior turning, outside turning, turning either side, enhancing, extending, activity, serenity, grounding, harmonizing, as well as so on.

Every activity off the yoga exercise floor covering is benefited from the job we do on the mat. The Hatha Yogis knew concerning Practical Movement and just how to sustain as well as enhance it prior to there was also a term for it!

The Psoas, Iliacus, Quadratus Lumborum as well as Piriformis - linking the back as well as hips

Upper back pain and also just how yoga exercise can help

Osteopenia, weakening of bones and also yoga

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WELCOME TO XAVIER’S, HWANG MINO !

… loading statistics. currently aged twenty-three, entering first semester of xavier’s in seoul, south korea. decrypting files… mutant has the following records: strength +5, durability +4, agility +7, dexterity +4, intelligence +5. currently, he is classified under tier omega.

BACKGROUND.

           O.

the cartography of his veins spread before his eyes: here, where he bruised in metronomes — here, where he fractured his vertebra — here, where he dissected his laments.

against the riverbed where stories run in rivulets of red, in the stream of incongruence, lies the corpse of a manmade construct. called it death. named it fear. at the end of the day, its soot is ripe and ruined in his fisted palm, leaving inked teeth marks in shades of dying black.

the night sky thinks about a carnage that dreams: in this story, the sequence wears a reverse order.

sometimes, he is a motel with a crooked figured chalked on the creaky floor. all those streaks of blood that they scrub so hard but the wallflowers still remember what they witnessed. all the wallflowers that wilted, when murder sprayed their dormant status with sins. also the bed where he thrashed, all simulated forms of unspoken words transferred into acidic non-verbal. and that bed sheet wearing new colors, the hue melting like waxwork with flames that attracted these fallen, falling moths.

he is also the thump. victim now on the plane; bloodshed is beautiful when you are made of this chaotic smoke, imprisoned by your glass ribcage. quite a vision, quite a beauty.

the wooden boards, the outline. and everything in-between.

                        ( glass of half-full / empty water; tv playing static like sorrow. )

rest with me: i am an aftermath of this death, but i’m not in the coffin.                                                                                   ( i am the coffin. )

             I.

out of soft violence he bloomed: marigold and cinnamon, seeping through the interstices of mama’s cusps. she sighed, milkflower petals of her skin dripping in vigilant white as she shared the space of a husband’s with someone else. he was three, he remembers vividly. other colors of the spectrum spoke on the concave and convex of her features; she splintered in ways that he never understood between the grips of a man that was not his father.

membranes of his unfinished bedtime spillage carved memories like no other. he was supposed to be fast asleep, lost in the depth of cocooned safety in his crib. a watchful, taciturn witness to the event that unfolded before him, he always pretended that this was not the guilt that marred her face years later — that this was not the shame that spun the partiture of her elegies. against the gossamer edge of time, she would always be reminisced, another sway of chandelier against the stark ceiling of their mansion. this was the first beauty that painted the inglenooks of his memories.

first and foremost, insanity is hereditary, and so is sadness.

            II.

the child of threnody did not grow away from his mother; instead, he planted more seeds of lachrymose within the particles of his being, enveloped like chrysalis. the soothsayer across the street on an autumn day whispered to him little pieces of how to build a temple with his body, column per column, until he reached the sky shaped out of weary cultures and faded nebulas. spinal pillars stood against the horizon; he became acquainted with the after dark lullabies that ate away at his father’s core.

the difference was that his father was rotten with penumbra, while he soaked himself up in the act of liminal drowning. the similarity was that they both were too lost to be salvaged, feet tangled around the anchors.

he learned to love his mother in ways that she haunted his bones.

            III.

the incisors: to love was to hurt. he had teeth marks inked on his skin, with his aching marrows to prove his dedication. wrought in a burial was his flesh burning with forgotten maggots, rigor mortis veneering his architecture. this was the universe’s design; this fruit of deathless christening, this flower of seared capillaries.

the boyhood museum inevitably let him rest in this catacomb where mourning became the norms. here, he fell in the charm of death, its brutal hands wrapped around his neck with the weight of affection. it claimed him; it claimed his mother, then it claimed him. he learned to love it, too, in ways that he loved his mother.

he, however, had always known how to love the anatomy, the bones — he had always known the blueprint of humane edifices by heart. from the gentlest to the harshest, pound by pound, it called for his name. and he held their ideas inside him for the longest time, until they were no longer the same. until they, too, clattered into the rush of dissonance.

open battlefields were ribbons of suffocation, wisps inside his knots of an esophagus. but violent streaks ran nowhere but in his bloodstreams, rhyming the overture of sleepless hours spent on the longing.

            IV.

the revenants of revolution never skipped a heartbeat: there was always a lub-dub of life shivering underground. found himself stranded there before he, too, learned to love. and he loved, again and again and again, until he loved too much.

on the night three days before his eighteenth birthday, the moon hung itself like his mother did. stabbed and left for dead, their hatred mirrored his love — too much, too much, too much. he made a deal with the death for another paradox, promising that this time, he would learn to love better.

( in the end, he does not love better. death carved him into stalactites instead. )

            V.

the turpentine of twilight lures the deaths back to its morgue, sometimes in ashes, sometimes in commas – sometimes a period of crawling with smokes in-between. tattered teeth with keyholes and keywords, all rattling keys and sentences caught between the fangs, chewed up and spat out on the concrete. the start is always silent, the voices contained. in a room for two: housed between the flimsy walls would be him, bare to the skin to the flesh to the bones to the marrows. he drinks the quiet and lets it soak his blood vessels, veins and arteries creating a map like corrupted city streets.

nights are craters of the moonless dreams, deep enough to be called canyons. against the core of the bases would be arrhythmia waiting to happen. clasped to the soil would be footprints of indulgence – this is an elegy to addictions. every cursive of a movement creates a dynamic that he yearns so much, too much. every victory in the battlefield fractures the wasteland where he usually closes his eyes. wear and tear of the muscles and sinews, but here comes the marching sound of tomorrow; almost furtive, almost invisible. he doesn’t die tonight.

MUTATION.

darkness or shadow manipulation enables him to perform various tricks as long as there is the provided source of said element, which would be aplenty during the day and night. he’s able to mimic the darkness itself, using it as a means of transportation by opening portals through shadows, as well as producing offensive and defensive measures by solidifying the element, mostly by constructing weapons and shields. he can only use what’s available and enlarge it instead of creating it from full-fledged light.

STRENGTHS.

teleportation through shadows is what he primarily relies on, although this means that the shadows must not be too far apart — at four to five meters at the maximum in the distance, degree varying to his current stamina and energy. at this point in tier omega, he has yet to be able to merge himself fully in the darkness, so the transport is done via creating portals that he can dissolve into.

he can see in the dark due to enhanced vision, and this can be applied as seeing during the day. his sight is almost as perfect as it is in the light, although it could use some more honing. when new levels are unlocked, it’s possible for him to eventually see better in the dark than light. also, this application doesn’t require any adaptation.

umbrakinetic property construction via solidification of the element, and this includes weaponry to attack and protect himself with. solidified shadows work in the light as if it’s a solid matter as long as it’s been created to perfection by him prior to launch. this can also be used to trap people into their places by producing tendrils around the said people’s ankles, immobilizing his opponents.

WEAKNESSES.

up until this point he cannot create darkness out of nothing; there has to be sources, as small as they might be, to aid him during the expansion of darkness. he can make a small, condensed shadow into something bigger, but in the rare chances there isn’t any darkness at all, it will render his powers void.

distance of travel is limited, as teleportation through portals deplete his energy. it’s just faster than running, but it also consumes his energy as much as running would, just slightly less. when he’s exhausted, he won’t be able to perform this correctly, and there’s a possibility for him to be trapped within the portal for a few seconds.

moving shadows also prove to be troublesome towards his ability since it means that he might have to follow the shadows’ direction than his own. his teleportation also relies heavily on creating portal to portal from motioned shadows, causing this to be a hassle when it comes to reaching his destination.

he might be on par with light manipulators, depending on the opponent’s expertise. might find difficulties in adjusting his powers if all the shadows are erased via the light manipulation, which ends where he cannot perform his abilities at all.

while maintaining the solid features of the well-constructed items might not be a big problem, processing the dark energy to solid mass has proven to be a trouble for him, and it can take from below a minute for small projectiles like bullets, to up to five minutes to bigger weapons.

in the vein of inability to create darkness, while he can combine shadows to merge them into a bigger mass, but passing one shadow to the other via well-lit plane might exert more energy than necessary unless the shadows have been modified to be more solid.