I am now practicing 4 figures-of-8 with my teacher and fellow classmates. Two with palm up and two with palm down.
The palm up is where we began, at heart height, leading originally with the thumb. So, RH would go anticlockwise, following the thumb up and over the top "circle" of the eight at head height, down to starting position between "circles", thumb now pointing R, palm up and then continuing down to the R around the lower "circle" at tan tien height and on back to the starting position.
LH is similar starting clockwise outwards and upwards, and ...
Another RH one is to begin palm up and leading with pinkie-finger, anticlockwise, inwards and downwards to bottom and back to starting position between "circles", and the clockwise upwards to top and back to the starting position.
LH is similar, starting clockwise inwards and downwards, and ...
Palm Down. First, here is the hardest one. Leading with the thumb, inwards and upwards clockwise to the top, continuing around and down to starting position between "circles", and then down anticlockwise to the bottom and around to the starting position.
LH is similar, starting anticlockwise upwards to top, thumb now pointing L, around and down to starting position between "circles", and then down clockwise to the bottom and around to the starting position.
Much easier is the last one; RH, palm down, following pinkie, lead off outwards, downwards clockwise and back to starting position between "circles", and the anticlockwise outwards and upwards to top and around to starting position.
LH is similar ...
