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A human body is made to move. Even when you can only move your pinky, please do so. Because you see, a human body as a bloodflow. The bloodflow is being pumped around by the heart. The human body also has a lymphatic system. This is the system that collects wast too. It does not […]

In our last months blog, we talked about the importance of movement for your heart- and bloodflow, as well as for your lymphatic system. Movement is also important for building up your ‘physical pension’. Until the age of 60, you are building your physical pension. After 60, you have to keep on moving and not […]

In previous blogs, we talked about the importance of movement for your heart, bloodflow, lymphatic system and for building your physical pension Movenment is also important for  your liver energy. In Chinese medicine, the organs of the spring, are the gall bladder and the liver. The main function of the liver energy is to guarantee te free flow of of qi. Qi is your vital energy. Qi is the total of your energy and each and every organ has it’s own qi. Energy should move, otherwise it gets inert. As a matter of speaking, it starts smelling like non moving water in a pond. The smell is the smell of stagnation and therefore of illness. The cobra For this month, we have an exercise that is called the cobra. The cobra has detox qualtities and it goes as follows. Lay flat on your belly. Put your hand beside your breast(s). The fingers point forward. Now lift your upperbody up, there will be a little arch in your back. Your elbows point backward and they lightly touch your upper body. Do not stretch your arms/elbows. Now, try to relax the muscles in your legs and bumbum. Keep breathing deeply, nice and slow. Bring you head back wards, so you can feel a stretch in your throat. Drop your jaw and stick your tongue out. Keep this position for as long as it is comfortable. Then close your jaw, bring back your head, bring your bumbum up and towards your heels, stretch your back and get up slowly. You can do this exercise as many times as you like. It will promote the free flow of qi in the breast area, it will energize you, it tones the muscles in your arms and shoulders and last but not least, it will stimulate your digestive organs. Enjoy the movement and please let us know how this exercise went for you. […]

In previous blogs we talked about how important movement is for the heart, for the blood and lymphatic flow, for your physical pension and for the liver energy. According to chinese medicine, energy travels through meridians. You could see meridians as a sort of highway. The liver has a long meridian and part of it runs through the groin. For this month, we […]

This month, you will find a guestblog on Tension Release Exercises, in short TRE, under the header related subjects. Since you can only learn the TRE exercises from a certified provider, we give you two exercises from the Healing Tao as well as an active meditation, called the Kundalini meditation. Shake! The shake exercise goes as follows. Put your feet hipwidth. Keep your knees loose, your arms hang losely […]

Qi is the Chinese word for lifeforce, the inspiring force that flows through all the lives. The regular Western vision on movement, contains muscles, oxygen and blood. In the Chinese vision, there is another power behind this and that force is called qi. Qi moves through meridians. You could see the meridians as an energetic highway that runs throughout your […]