Let us elevate our life energy (CHI), and preserve the ever-changing balance of body and mind that is essential for health and energy.

The following health tips are from the CHI Fitness Center at the Mandarin Oriental:

Lengthening your spine

Visualize a string pulling from the top of your head to the ceiling...draw your shoulder blades back towards each other and open up the chest. While in this position, take deep, long breaths through your nostrils, fil up your lungs and feel your ribcage expand. Exhale out of your mouth and feel the rib cage collapse. Repeat throughout the day.

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Push Ups, Lunges, Crunches

The most convenient exercise equipment is your own body which can be used as weight resistance. You will find doing workouts using just your body can be just as fulfilling as going to the gym, and definitely much better than not going at all. Stretch before any resistance exercises and talk to a professional trainer to go over proper form.

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Just Get There and Do It

If you can just get your body to the gym, studio, or living room floor, you've got the hardest part accomplished. Do not feel pressured to do anything too vigorous, just be happy you arrived. Commit yourself to get to your destination at least three times a week, and you will be hooked. Your mind and your body will be in the workout mode.

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Breathe

Proper breathing requires your rib cage and abdominals to expand when you inhale while shoulders are completely relaxed. Before sitting up in the morning, place a small item such as a book on your stomach. Take a deep breath and the item will naturally rise. Hold your breath for three seconds and exhale throught the nostrils. Repeat this exercise three times.

Thank you for the tips and the reminder.
I do walk a lot, but somehow I have found all sorts of excuses not to do my other exercise routine that I used to do on my livingroom carpet.

Sue

Thank you for the useful little tips.
I will make every effort to do a little more execise, and I will watch my breathing.

Love
Vicky

These are great Inda!

I feel more "Chi--eery"!! he he..

Thanks for the Chi-ring up!

I'm right behind ya!

I love your reply Teo



Lao Tsu, the founder of Taoism, wrote:


Yield and overcome;
Bend and be straight.
-- Tao Te Ching (22)

He who stands of tiptoe is not steady.
He who strides cannot maintain the pace.

-- Tao Te Ching (24)

Returning is the motion of the Tao.
Yielding is the way of the Tao.

-- Tao Te Ching (40)

What is firmly established cannot be uprooted.
What is firmly grasped cannot slip away.

-- Tao Te Ching (54)


Stiff and unbending is the principle of death.
Gentle and yielding is the principle of life.
Thus an Army without flexibility never wins a battle.
A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

The hard and strong will fall.
The soft and weak will overcome.

-- Tao Te Ching

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/tao-chi.html

Thank you all.
Keep elevating your life energy

Thank you for the suggestions.

Sincerely,
Gisele

There are many good suggestions here.
Thank you for the topic.

Love,
Yoko

Thank you yoko, and welcome to Givnology.

Love,
Inda