INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The living room is often the largest area of a house, but many people use it exclusively as a family or TV room. To open up more space, try dividing your living room into multiple zones with their own unique designs. These quadrants can stand in for rooms that you don't have enough space for, such as a dining room, playroom, or den. To partition the area with dividers, purchase large curtains, tides, or free-standing walls and arrange them inside your living room. To create quadrants without using dividers, arrange objects in the room based on their specific function. For most people, a bedroom is a private area that doesn't easily convert into a family or guest room. However, bedrooms are often the perfect location for a home office, personal den, or other private space. Converting your bedroom into a multi-purpose personal area will open up more rooms throughout your house without removing any privacy. If necessary, divide the room into quadrants so you have distinct areas for sleeping, relaxing, doing work, and the like. For particularly small rooms, see if your furniture items can serve 2 or more purposes, such as using your bed as a sofa or office chair. Dining rooms make a lot of sense for people that entertain guests regularly. However, they're a bit out of place in tiny homes that don't get a lot of visitors. To open up an extra room for more important things, clear out your dining room and eat in the kitchen instead.

SUMMARY: Divide your living room into multiple quadrants. Use your bedroom as an office or den. Eat in your kitchen instead of the dining room.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Siu Nim (or Lim) Tao, or "Little Idea," is the basis for many moves in Wing Chun. Siu Nim Tao is the first form in Wing Chun, and it is here that you will learn proper stance, holding your body, relaxation, and basic hand movements. Each section of Siu Nim Tao should be mastered before advancing to the next section, and before learning other techniques. Every movement of the primary (first) form has meaning. This includes tempo, use of tension and relaxation, angles, and distances. The form does not contain techniques. Gong Lik is the first section of Siu Nim Tao and focuses on good structure and relaxation. You will learn the open stance, which faces you head-on to your opponent. Work on keeping your body relaxed. Practice the Gee Kim Yeung Ma stance, or the open stance. In this stance, stand facing forward. Point your feet outward slightly. Keep your knees bent. Your weight will distribute evenly over both feet. You will focus on the positioning of your arms and elbows in preparation for learning hand and arm movements. This front-on stance will give you the most advantage in a fight, such as allowing your arms and legs to protect your center line. Both sides of your body can be used equally, rather than favoring one side of the body over the other. Fajing is the second section of Siu Nim Tao. Fajing develops the release of power. Here, you learn how to use strength and how to preserve strength and energy. Focus on staying relaxed until the moment when your hands are ready to strike. One of the common movements in Fajing is the palm strike (yan jeung) in which your left hand opens, rotates to face downward, and moves downward to strike your opponent. The third section of Siu Nim Tao is learning basic skills of hand movements and blocking that will provide the foundation for learning other Wing Chun techniques. Some of these basic skills are Pak Sau or Huen Sau (strike), Tan Sau (palm up block), Gan Sau (splitting hand), and Bong Sau (wing arm). Much of the Siu Nim Tao practice in this section involves a combination of these movements. Once you learn these skills, you will practice them first on the left hand side and then on the right hand side.

SUMMARY: Learn about Siu Nim Tao. Understand Gong Lik: Understand Fajing: Understand Basic Skills:

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: This pressure point (also known KI-6) can be found on the inner side of the ankle, one thumb width below the anklebone. This will help relieve swollen and stiff ankles. Place your thumbs one centimeter away from the ankle. Apply pressure with both thumbs on both pressure points simultaneously. This acupressure point (also known as GB-40) is located in the large hollow directly in front of the outer anklebone. Manipulating this point relieves ankle problems including sprains, swelling and sciatic pain. Press this point with a finger or pencil for one to two minutes, alternating every 60 seconds between light and firm pressure. Eventually you can work up to five to 10 minutes of pressure. You can use fingers, knuckles, side of the hand, an eraser on a pencil, etc. to apply pressure. If using your hands, you should change hands every minute or so to avoid being fatigued. This point (also known as BL-60) is located in the hollow between the outer anklebone and the Achilles tendon. This can help with swollen feet, ankle pain, thigh pain, arthritis in the foot joints, lower back pain, and increase blood flow. Place your thumb on the point between the outer ankle bone and the Achilles tendon. Press this point for five minutes by releasing the pressure after every thirty seconds for a few seconds. Repeat two or three times at night every day for faster relief. This point is contraindicated during pregnancy. This point (also known as BL-62) is the first indentation directly below the outer anklebone. It is one-third the distance from the outer anklebone to the bottom of the heel. This will help relieve heel pain, ankle pain, insomnia, and general foot aches. Apply the reducing technique to this point for one to 2 minutes. Repeat everyday if needed.

SUMMARY: Manipulate the "Illuminated Sea" point. Engage the "Qiuxu" point. Manipulate the "High Mountains" point. Try working the "Calm Sleep" point.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Lay parchment paper across the baking sheet or dish. Shake and drip dry. Note that if you feel the seeds are clean enough, you may skip this step (although, see Tips below for a suggestion about reducing phytic acid). Place in the oven. They're ready when they've uniformly turned a light brown.

SUMMARY:
Preheat the oven to 170C/340F. Rinse the sesame seeds in a fine colander. Arrange the seeds across the baking sheet. Bake for about 10-15 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.