Feng Shui, love, health and sports

Feng Shui is engaged in the harmonization of all aspects of human life. Love is one of the manifestations of Qi, the energy of life. And love in the body and in the mind is manifested. A healthy body and a balanced mind are the key ingredients necessary to ensure that any relationship, be it the relationship of a young couple, or the relationship of mature spouses that have passed more than one test of time, have been strong and fruitful. This does not mean that a healthy body and spirit are enough for love, but both these components are necessary, because it depends on them, whether the bud of love will turn into a lush and strong flower.
Approaches to health, as well as ways to strengthen it, are many. What is a healthy body? There is an energy approach to assessing the state of health: it consists in determining the level of energy (i.e., the amount of Qi). The number of Qi can serve as the final indicator for any set of parameters. The abundance of Qi implies completeness of life and health. Unfortunately, we are not able to quantify Qi, and therefore we have to draw conclusions based on its qualitative manifestations.
One of the most important ways to improve health and strengthen Qi flows are exercises. In China, there is even a saying: "Current water does not stagnate," which is often used to emphasize the importance of an active lifestyle for maintaining the body in a healthy state.
People often think of exercises as about exercising on simulators or training in health clubs. Usually sports exercises have a positive effect on the state of muscles and cardiovascular system: they improve the metabolism, reduce the load on the heart, lower the level of cholesterol. Despite advertising, do many of us perform them regularly? Over the past few decades, many health professionals have resolutely moved to the apogee of jogging and running (although running is more common in four-legged animals, such as dogs and horses, but walking is more common). Classes with shells and simulators are most interested in those who want to change their shape, becoming either slender, light and elegant, or strong, muscular and strong. But these programs are not always directly related to health promotion. According to statistics, athletes and sports stars do not always live longer than ordinary people. For example, Jim Fixx, a popular jogger in the United States, "earned" a heart attack at a relatively young age. If a person falls ill or can no longer adequately cope with their duties, this is not always due to the weakness of his muscles or an insufficiently classical figure. Western approach to health is very different from Asian.
It is very important to remember that modern medicine is young - it is only a hundred years old, or so, while the medical traditions of China and India are thousands of years old! Western medicine has achieved impressive successes in eradicating bacterial and viral diseases, as well as in developing complex diagnostic tools, but in matters of functional disorders of health and diseases, it is still young and inexperienced.
In Asia, traditional medicine has long recognized the existence of a complex energy system in the human body and even developed a complex theory that explains how this system works. Many traditional exercises that are used in Asian countries are aimed specifically at strengthening internal organs and balancing energy, and not on the development of external musculature.
One of the basic principles in this matter is that the most natural method is the simplest and most affordable way to maintain health. An ideal exercise to maintain and promote health should be simple, affordable, suitable for regular implementation in everyday life without the need for additional effort and time. Such an exercise should not depend on the availability of simulators or sports equipment.

There are many simple ways to maintain health, not requiring regular visits to the gym or to a personal trainer. So, let's look at some of these simple and accessible exercises.

Best Exercises

1. Abdominal breathing
Health issues in fact are issues of Qi regulation. One of the most important aspects related to Qi is breathing. There are many traditional methods of using breathing to strengthen energy balance and maintain health, and each of these techniques involves the use of special training techniques. One of the most direct and simple to use in daily life receptions is abdominal breathing. With abdominal breathing, the abdominal wall on the inhalation protrudes outward, and on the contrary, it retracts. For the first time you start to learn the technique of abdominal breathing, you can put on the palm of your hands, in order to better feel the stretching of the stomach during inspiration and its retraction on exhalation. After a while after the beginning of classes, your breathing rhythm will become longer, and the phases of inhalation and exhalation will be deeper. Having mastered this, you can add a pause between the phases of inspiration and exhalation, further prolonging the respiratory cycle. At first, this will require from you a little extra effort (it is small, no forcing, no overstrain for this exercise is not necessary). You ask, what will it give for health?
First, the horizontal movement of the abdominal wall contributes to the movement of internal organs, especially the kidneys, stomach and liver. Sometimes this effect is even called an "internal massage," that is, a massage of the internal organs of the abdominal cavity. With proper performance of abdominal breathing, you can put your palms on the kidneys, feel how the buds slightly "protrude" outwards (note that this is just an indicator of the correctness of the exercise, because the healing effect does not depend on how far you "push out" Your kidneys!).
Secondly, the lower part of the abdominal cavity is the energy center of our body, so that, working on it, we awaken energy and activate Qi. For all its simplicity, this exercise is very, very useful. You can execute it at any convenient time and for as long as you want. Gradually it will become your natural rhythm of breathing. This exercise can also be used to prevent diseases: for example, if you are soaked in the rain and feel that you can catch a cold, put yourself in a state of rest and perform abdominal breathing. Properly performing it for at least ten minutes will help you to prevent a cold or at least significantly weaken its consequences.

2. Washing dishes and cleaning

We have been programmed from the childhood in such a way that washing dishes and cleaning is perceived by us as "work", and not as "exercises" or "game". But both of these activities are connected with the movement! Why do not we consider our work to be in the gym? And why do not we consider doing housework a physical exercise or a game?
In fact, doing housework is a wonderful exercise. Instead of hurrying to the gym "for training", it is possible to stay at home and let your body feel the joy of movement while doing housework. In addition, homework can become a very powerful practice of spiritual improvement. While doing dishes washing, try visually to imagine an image that goes beyond the scope of your occupation.
- For example, that along with cups and dishes you clean your own organism.
- Vacuuming the carpet, imagine that you are liberating your own mind and feelings from all that is superfluous.
So, together with the plates and saucers you gradually, step by step, cleanse your body, and cleaning the house will simultaneously lead to the order of mind and feelings. Than to consider domestic efforts - a headache or a powerful process of purification, depends on us, from a tiny revolution in our perception.
Particularly favorable will be such a change for men, many of whom consider the kitchen to be an inherently feminine territory. The more time and energy the man will give to the kitchen, the more his energy will merge with the energy of the woman who also pays a lot of attention to the kitchen, and this will contribute to the harmonization of male and female energy. Regular classes: cleaning the house and putting things in order in the kitchen will clear the body, will calm the emotions and bring peace to the mind, and at the same time increase your rating in the eyes of the partner!

3. Work in the yard and in the garden

Working on an au pair in the yard or in the garden involves more movements and requires more energy than working in the house - but in doing so you establish a connection with the Earth and all living things! Such a connection will automatically increase your own level of Qi. Working on the ground, caring for plants, try to imagine each of the plants is not just a living, but a thinking being, and your caring for them is a kind of dance. Those who work a lot in the office, not only get tired physically, but also suffer emotional stress. But a person working in the garden, even a strong physical fatigue, never turns into emotional overload. That is why it is so important to keep in touch with the Earth and the life forces contained in it. It naturally supports your body in shape. A beautiful garden or a landscape in front of the house, an energized organism, the peace of the soul - any exercise that will achieve these goals will be wonderful.
Those who live in apartments and do not have their own plot or garden can take care of indoor plants; Especially suitable for this purpose plants that require regular maintenance (for example, irrigation and transplantation). This will create closer contact with the Earth, which residents of urban apartments are usually deprived of. As you can see, breathing, washing dishes, cleaning the house, caring for the garden or the yard are those exercises that are as simple as necessary. Doing them daily is worthless for us, because they do not require any special efforts from us. Special efforts are always a product of human thinking, and not a requirement of the laws of nature.

4. Walking, games, dancing

Walking, playing and dancing allow us to go beyond the ordinary. Walking is much better than running, because running, even jogging, involves a more stringent sequence of actions, and as a result can contribute to more inflexibility than flexibility. In addition, exercise, accompanied by excessive physical exertion, creates an increased strain on the heart and can even accelerate the aging process. If you need cardiovascular training, it's better to go for a quick walk, choosing a route with ascent and descent or increasing the duration of walks. Remarkable occupation are games: with a partner (a group of partners), pets, etc. In the game all parts of the body work, there is always room for variations, flexibility, unexpected turns. In addition, the game is a natural activity: all children, whether human or animal, play using the elements of the game as a language of communication. Adults also have no reason to refuse to play, because the game is a process that unites people and their energy into a single whole.
Dance, as in the formally traditional, and in an improvised version, can be considered a variation of the game. There are many dances, ranging from simple and easy to complex and requiring considerable physical effort; But each dance involves a close relationship between the rhythm and the sequence of movements, which can be very useful in terms of combining physical and mental energy. Using these four groups of exercises, we can maintain good health and physical fitness, which means that we get more pleasure from ourselves and others. As a rule, the listed classes are sufficient for this; Although it happens that we want something more. In this case, you can start playing sports.
Sport is a specially organized game. Sports activities have their advantages: for example, they teach interaction in a team, promote coordination, and also strengthen the physical and emotional condition. And still, if we talk about the preservation and strengthening of health, sports are far from such exercise systems as yoga, tai chi-chuan or qigong. In order to train regularly in the gym or practice in the section, there is nothing wrong; Most importantly, do not forget to follow a natural sequence: from the internal to the external, from the more pressing to the less urgent. Before every sport, perform abdominal breathing; Before each visit to the gym make sure that the dishes are washed, the house is clean, and the garden is well maintained. Good exercises create the basis for healthy physical activity. But, since the body and mind are two sides of the same coin, regular classes also help maintain a healthy, more balanced emotional state, and this is very important for the development and maintenance of healthy relationships between partners or spouses. Otherwise, unhealthy, unbalanced emotions that are dominating us can turn out to be devastating, unharmonious, leading to problems in the relationship. If the emotions are healthy and balanced, then working with them is easier and easier.