Not many. This morning I went for an early morning walk where I live in Miami Beach and there were plenty of people out doing the same. I looked to see how many were relaxed and smiling.
Not Good.
In fact, most looked liked they just dragged their body out of bed like a bad dog and were beating it to walk.
Some looked so serious they looked like they were taking some nasty medicine.
I actually stopped one person and asked if they were ok. It occurred to me that there is a very common misconception that goes like this. Activity equals Vitality. Not true. Some activity 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 to your body and Feeling your body.
To cultivate real energy you have to integrate the body, mind, and breathing and 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 Miami there are plenty of people that are getting up there in years, by this I mean OLD, and have been told to get out there and walk every day by their doctor. Some people actually get worse from this because, unlike a hamster, a human can use the body to injure the body.
Even when body is sending messages to “Stop, don’t hurt me.” Their knees, hips, back, and shoulders all begin to develop mysterious aches and pains. Why? Because they’re totally disconnected from their body and refuse to listen to their body. They walk down the street and every step they take looks like a big bag a 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 and you can’t possibly imagine how they can keep going with such bad form and posture? 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 of his body. When the Master of Qi Gong walks it looks like the wind is carrying him along, no effort.
There is a HUGE difference in movement and there is a HUGE difference in the quality of life too.
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 person that has a connection to their 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 a powerful way 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 head first.
Start with the Recharging Qi Gong ->
http://rechargingqigong.com This program clears the entire body of those clunky bone crashing movements. By practicing the Recharging Qi Gong all of your activity changes, you will find that you walk and move more freely and that those mystery pains are forgotten. Suddenly you will find that you can do more and have more energy.
That’s VITALITY! Wishing you the best in health, wealth and happiness,
Dr. Wu Dhi
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