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Is beer Sucking Your Life Away?

This week, I was at a party with a group of people
from a much different walk of life than myself.
Most of them were just working people with good
jobs and a family. They all drove nice cars and
had pizza one day a week. They liked to stop at
Popeye’s for fried chicken now and then and ate
Campbell soup on cold days. They all liked to
party and were very fond of their beer. To this
day, they all spent hours a week working on their
suntans, drinking, and eating a lot of
bar-B-Q. For the most part, they were all
Americans with strong values. Most of the people
at the party went to church every Sunday and
belonged to a bowling league. They were very sweet
and came from good families.

The friend who invited me I knew from high school,
and he lived in my old neighborhood. It was a
delight to see him and hear about his wife and
kids. When the conversation came around to what I
was doing, that is, acupuncture, people either
didn’t have a clue to what I was talking about, or
thought it was just a scam and asked if it really
worked. The conversation went okay until I started
to talk about our energy body and how internal
exercises like Qigong would make the quality of
their life better. You would have thought I was
from another planet by everyone’s reaction. I told
them that I am starting my day with Qigong and
meditation, and I could feel the difference in my
energy all day long. That’s when the comments
started to fly…”What the Sam Hill is Qigong?” I
got a lot of heckling, and so did my friend who
invited me. “Your friend’s a hippie, isn’t he?”
“Do you eat tofu?” “You a yogi?” And it went on
until they found out that I was the same age as my
friend, but looked and felt 20 years younger than
him.

Jeff is a good guy, but he looks like he was
riding the range for 50 years and most of his
friends looked the same. All of a sudden, the
women wanted to know if I’d teach them and,
reluctantly, their husbands followed suit. I
explained that Qigong is a Chinese exercise for
strengthening and balancing body and mind. Qigong
means cultivation (gong) of energy (Qi). Besides
revitalizing the body, Qigong calms the mind by
its soft movements, visualizations, and direct
contact with nature. The soft movements stimulate
the blood circulation to the internal organs. By
absorbing nature’s energy, we restore the
harmonious energy flow within our body. This
energy flow boosts the immune system, repairs
damaged cells, and balances emotions. If the flow
of energy is disrupted, dis-ease or pain may
occur. I continued explaining that the regular
practice of Qigong has a lot of anti-aging
benefits: balances emotions, eases chronic pain,
brings mental clarity, boosts the immune system,
promotes self-love and confidence, and helps to
put things into perspective.

“If the mind is calm, the heart listens.”

Acupressure is based on the same principles,
meridians, and acupuncture points. Meridians are
channels through which vital energy or Qi runs.
The energy flow through these meridians or rivers
of energy can become interrupted or blocked by
stress, anger or disease. Through specific points,
we can manipulate and rebalance this energy flow.
In natural healing, Qi follows the mind and blood,
then oxygen follows the Qi. This Qi or ‘life force
energy’ will mobilize the immune system and repair
damaged cells. Whereas conventional exercise lead
to consumption of energy, Qigong gathers and
rebalances the energy within our body.

Before the night was over, I had half of the
people at the party wanting more information. As
they passed me a cold beer, I told them about my
website and how they could get a copy of the
Flying Crane Qi Gong
http://www.on2url.com/lnk?MTgwMTQ5MXwxMzAzNDU3OTN8cz0x
and start reversing the aging process. If you need a
boost in your health and vitality, get on the
program now before it’s too late.

I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Happiness.

Dr. Wu Dhi

Sucking a beer down

Nightmare in Venezuela

More Nightmare in Venezuela with the promise of hope

Jose called from Venezuela this morning. He was
telling me that the situation in his country is
not the best. In fact, he said it’s a
nightmare. The hospitals are left without
supplies, and shops without basic necessities. The
supermarket shelves are empty even for common
items like baby formula, flour, milk, and toilet
paper. Although the government promises help, they
only have a quick fix at the most that’s not
working. I asked if it was safe to visit, and I
was told that the crime rate is similar to a
country at war. Whenever you need to have anything
fixed, you are out of luck as there are no parts
for cars or anything else for that matter.

I have been following the situation in Venezuela
for years. I lived there for a few years back in
the eighties and have visited many times in the
seventies. When I was there, the country was very
lovely, quiet, and prosperous, and the people were
happy and very friendly. You could get just about
anything you needed, and it was safe to go
anywhere. I climbed the Avila mountain many times
by myself and didn’t have any worries at all. I
asked some friends who still live there what’s
going on, and they said the government has to keep
everyone poor and in fear in order to stay in
control and in power. This kind of government
limits people’s choices and growth. Jose told me
that the meditation group has fallen apart like
everything else in the country. But now, there is
a spark of light as the government oppression has
lost a major election. Where there is hope, things
open up. Oppression only lasts until people see
the truth, then light will stream in.

If you are Venezuelan and live in your beautiful
country, or have moved on, turn your friends on to
my FREE health tips at www.Rechargingqigong.com.
So far, it’s only in English but, with some luck, I’ll get
things translated into Spanish as well.

Soon, I’ll be starting an online meditation to
support all of our growth.

I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Happiness.

Dr. Wu Dhi

Frank called this evening from Michigan, and said,
“It’s getting cold up here in the North. The
leaves are changing, and Old Man Winter is on the
way.” As it gets cold up North, I hear from more
and more friends who live in the cold and want to
come down and visit for a bit. Frank didn’t say he
was coming, but I’d like to see him in February
when it’s really cold in Michigan. I let him know
that all was good with me. I was up early long
before the sun came up, trained as usual, and had
a full day of patients to see. I love my work – it
is fun and challenging, and I help people bust
through their health problems. There is an old
Chinese saying that I like: “If you can’t be the
king, be a healer.” When you love what you do,
it’s a blessing. Although I have plenty of
challenges just like you do, I take them one at a
time and always keep looking at how I can learn
and grow from the situation.

My training has changed in the last few months
since I broke my wrist. I couldn’t believe how
much my muscle atrophied in 2 months. I lost both
size and mass, and that never happened before. I
took falls and punches on many occasions. Having
your muscle atrophied can afflict more than just
where the break happened. Atrophy of the muscle
can occur for a number of reasons, including
disuse from an injury like my wrist. The cast held
everything in place until the bone healed, but the
lack of activity and the natural aging process
caused my muscles to atrophy. These reasons for
atrophy can all be reversed through a sensible,
progressive exercise program which I am working at
daily. I begin with isometric exercises to improve
circulation and increase strengthin my wrist and
forearm. Isometric exercises involve simply
contracting the muscle for a few seconds at a
time. I always practice sending Qi into the bone
and work on my kidneys as they strengthen the bone
as well.

I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Happiness!

Dr. Wu Dhi