At the crack of dawn this morning, I went for a walk on Hollywood Beach; A few blocks from my home. Around that time there are only a handful of people out, so you get to see and feel the freshness of the day as the sun pops out of the ocean! It’s Magical!
The people I saw were all smiling and it occurred to me that there is a very common misconception that goes like this: ‘Activity equals Vitality.” Not true, however.
Some activities done over and over, will break down your body and kill you eventually; especially if you’re doing it wrong, or forcing your body through the motions.
Ever hear of somebody being worked to death?
Make sure it’s not you!
It’s not to say that every American on average couldn’t handle a little more activity. It’s just that you won’t begin to realize a whole cascade of benefits that will actually make you feel and act younger, until you connect the Mind and Breathing to the Activity.
This means Listening and Feeling your body.
To cultivate real Energy, you have to integrate the Body, Mind and Breathing, plus smile while you do it.
This in a nutshell is the great Chinese Exercise Secret. You’re not a hamster. Simply sticking you on a treadmill is not going to make you magically ten years younger, heal your body or put the graphite back in your pencil.
Consider this…
Here in South Florida, there are plenty of people that are getting up there in years, by this I mean OLD and have been told to walk daily; by their doctor. Some people actually get worse from this because, unlike a hamster a human can use the body, to injure the body. If that makes any sense. Here is how…
Even when the body is sending messages to, “Stop! Please don’t hurt me!” We tend to turn a blind eye and push too hard. Then the knees, hips, back and shoulders all begin to develop mysterious aches and pains.
Why is that? It’s because people are totally disconnected from their bodies, and refuse to listen to it. They walk down the street and every step they take; “looks like a big bag of bricks, just got dropped on the pavement.”
Crash, crash, crash, crash…
That’s what the Butt, Back, Hips and Knees are doing. It actually looks like the bones are crashing and grinding together. You know who I’m talking about. It’s a disaster watching some of these people walk and they do it to their bodies mile after mile.
Ever see these guys out jogging with the worst posture and bad form? Now think for a second and imagine how a Qi Gong Master Moves and Walks. (I’ll help you with this one just incase you’ve never been to China).
Imaging Flowing with Precision and Grace through a series of exercises that move the body according to what it was designed to do.
Moving both fast and slow, both softly and with amazing explosive power, the Qi Gong Master is one with his body and connected to every cell! When the Master of Qi Gong walks it looks like the wind is carrying him along effortlessly.
There is a HUGE difference in movement and there is a HUGE difference in the quality of life also.
The student of Qi Gong is a person of VITALITY.
The person that is grinding their bones on those daily prescription walks from the doctor, is miserable. The one that has a connection to his body is Happy, even happier than they should be, if you consider their stress load, but this is what it means to use your body correctly.
The Qi Gong I teach and prescribe to my patients is way more than Medicine, it’s about living in Power, Connected to the Earth and your Body!
Just like a fish that has never seen the sky; it might be difficult for some to grasp this, but for those that do I am willing to teach you everything I know. The best way to start is to jump in headfirst!
Start with the Recharging Qi Gong -> https://rechargingqigong.com/products/recharging-qi-gong/
This program clears the entire body of those clunky bone crashing movements. By practicing the Recharging Qi Gong all of your activities will change.
You will walk and move more freely and those mysterious pains will be history! Suddenly you will do more and your Energy levels will heighten.
That’s VITALITY! Wishing you the Best in Health, Wealth and Happiness!
Dr. Wu Dhi
Sherwood S. Swartz AP, MMQ.
