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Part 1 explained the basis of the healing sound. In this part 2, the kidney healing sound exercise is explained in details.

In the exercise, it is important to take note that an organ that needs clearing will tend to cause each exhalation to be short. Try to extend each exhalation for as long as possible. As you exhale the sound, lower the tone of your voice.This help release the negative energy.

Kidney Healing Sound Exercise:

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In this part 3, below is a qiqong exercise for the lower body and sexual glands exercise ( source:The Chinese System of Self-Healing by Stephen T Chang):

This exercise:

• increases the circulation to the toes, feet and legs as well as all the organs throughout the abdomen.
• it frees the pelvis and joints of the knees and ankles, strengthens the nerves throughout the lower trunk of the body and
• stimulates the kidney, liver and spleen-pancreas meridians which pass up on the inside of the legs and into the sexual glands
• it works to correct sexual problems such as impotence, premature ejacution and other problems of retardation.
• it also corrects problems of the female system such as cramps and excessive bleed.
• also an excellent exercise for pregnant women as it opens up the pelvis and assures an easy delivery.

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In this Part 2, there are included further qiqong exercises to help insufficient kidney energy:

Exercise No 3: Touching The Toes

• doing this exercise helps to give you overall vitality and health
• it also helps your hair grow, bring hope to balding men.

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In earlier articles, we understand that sexual energy is also fueled by the kidneys so insufficient kidney energy also means that sexual vitality may lessen.

Generally, symptoms of insufficient kidney energy includes:

• lethargy,low sex drive and impotency,lower back pain, frequent urination, knee weakness, osteoporosis,hearing loss, ringing in ears, hair loss, weak,dull hair, prostrate problems and hormonal imbalance

As kidney controls the emotion of fear hence if one has general kidney ailments, one tends to have a fearful nature /insecure nature.

There are a few simple qiqong/chi-kung exercise that can help insufficient kidney energy which are described in this three-part article:

Exercise No 1: Gate of Life Prone Position

• a very gentle exercise by just lying down on your hands.
• is a good way to warm up and
• particularly good if we have lower back pain and stiffness or lethargy

Step:

1. lie on your back
2. overlap the palms and place them under the gate of life point which is on the spine, opposite the navel.
3. the palms face the ground
4. with each breath feel the body release any tension and tightness. Feel the lower back relax and warm. Feel the warmth in the palms and feel the energy ascend out of the palms and into the lower back. Feel the energy grow and fill into the kidneys. Feel the kidneys been stimulated and nourished.

Exercise No 2: Kidney Massage

• a soothing and gentle exercise.
• warm and stimulate the kidneys
• very good for lethargy, lower back pain and increasing sex drive and potency.
• also very good for warm-up and can be done anytime.

Step:

1. rub your hands together to create heat
2. place your palms on the lower back
3. rub the kidneys in a circular motion
4. rub vigorously to warm the kidneys
5. feel the muscles of the lower back relax and release tightness. Feel energy from the palms enter the kidneys. Feel the kidney warm and fill with energy.

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Scientific researches have found that walking fast can improve the function of the heart system and respiratory organs, lower the quantity of cholesterol in blood and prevent high blood prssure. Furthermore, in a survey conducted by Japanese scientists in a village known for a large number of old people enjoying long life, it is found that the people there have the habit of walking fast.

This walking fast can complimented very well with the specific medical Qigong practise which is “WALKING  AS FAST AS THE WIND” & “SITTING AS STABLE AS A BELL”

Walking as fast as the wind” here means to walk fast with strong and vigorous strides ( how far the distance to walk would be in accordance with his/her physical ability.) The rationale being after walking one is full of vigor, feel completely relaxed mentally and physically and the symptoms of disease disappear or become fewer. Of course, initially, the practitioner normally will feel a little tired and have a slight ache at the waist and legs).

“Sitting as stable as a bell” - to be practise before and after the vigorous walking. It  means we should sit as stable as a bell. Here, any type of posture can be taken but the body should be upright . When sitting, imagine there is a golden ring of light around the navel. Slightly put the mind on the ring. Sit for a quarter of an hour or shorter if you wish.

Why this combination you may ask. This is to do with the saying ” to combine activity with tranquility” or yin and yang concept. The combination of “walking as fast as the wind ” & sitting as stable as a bell” make ” warding off sickness by walking” possible.

The idea is to initially walk one or two times every day each time about half an hour. Walk at an even, steady rhythmic pace, walk in a relaxed state. After you feel that that your mental and physical health as improve, walk longer and faster.

(extracted from Medical Qigong by Master Huang Runtian)

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Refer to my earlier article on Mantra which is one form of sound therapy, let’s  turn next to a very useful sound therapy cum qigong method which is called The Healing Sounds.

You might ask why and how sound can heal the illness of a person.

Illness in this case is not the external type but rather the  internal sickness which is developed through “stuffing and accumulating of negative emotions”. Do understand that thoughts and emotions are just energy. Some of us are taught to suppress/pent up our feelings and emotions for the pure sake of politeness, dignity, productivity or survival. If this suppression is taken too far and we hold back and “choke” our emotions, the energy of the emotions will remain inside the body. These negative energies continue to condense, coagulate and harden to form energy blockages. These blockages restrict energy flow which can then cause illness.

Furthermore, some of us might also accumulate chi/qi blockages from past traumatic memory/experiences during the past and our childhoods that are so physically and emotionally painful that we can barely recall them if at all. Again over a period this old energy will condense and form an energy blockage.

The Chinese believe that the aforesaid  energy blockages created by emotions tend to cluster and connect with the five yin organs. They understand that certain types of emotional energy are attach to specific organs namely:

• fears clings to the kidneys
• anger to the liver
• overexcitement and anxiety grip the heart
• worry lies in the spleen
• grief in the lungs.

Hence, the Healing sound were devised to cleanse the negative emotional energy from the organs and reestablish their energetic vitality.

How is this done? By directing one’s awareness and making the appropriate sound, the organ is vibrated, thereby shaking loose the extraneous negative chi.

Still not convinced? Think then about singing which releases and express emotion and vibrates the lower torso where most of the organs are located.

The Healing Sound is merely a more systematic, distilled and specific way to purge emotional energy.

Next article : Kidney Healing Sound

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In the book, ” The Chinese Art Of Walking”, the qigong master Mdm Sheng Kung Yun explained her success in overcoming her  fears practising the ” Conquer the Devil Kung”.

In earlier articles on mantra, this exercise is akin to using the power of sound to fine-tune your respective organs which governs our human emotions.

Maybe you can try this to see whether it works for you:

1. first recite “On, Ah, Hon”
2. then shout loudly the word ” Pei” while stamping your foot on the ground.

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As we have to spend about one third of our life in sleep, it is therefore important to sleep the right way.

The following sleep posture is advocated by qigong masters to enable us to have the correct sleeping posture.

Try doing this:

1. Lie on your right side ( not on the front or back)
2. Keep the right leg slightly bent
3. Rest the left leg on the right leg with the knee bent
4. The right hand supports the head in such a way that the hand encircles the ears and keep it open
5. The upper arm can rest either on the side or folded so that the closed fist rests over the navel
6. While falling asleep, concentrate the mind on the lower Dan Tian ( two inches below the navel) and let the breathing be as relaxed as possible.

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Smiling is indeed a very powerful weapon against stress and calming our emotions and tensions .

First and foremost when you smile, all the muscles on your face will relax and if you can follow the below procedure qigong method of “healing smile” it can work wonders to all the organ in your body.

The trick is to learn to smile at your own internal organs which can release tension and generate relaxation. The purpose is to relax and prepare your internal yin organs, calm the mind and stablize the metabolism.

Steps:

1. Sit comfortably on a chair with both feet flat on the floor, knee shoulder-width apart and relax. Clasp your hands in fron of you in your lap with the right over your left, to seal-in your chi. ( this exercise can also be done lying down where you let your clasped hands rest on your abdomen wherever comfortable)
2. Close your eyes.If thoughts occur in your mind gently let them go and bring your attention inside yourself. Pay attention to how you feel.
3. Find a thought, a memory, an image or a picture which causes you to smile- one of those warm smiles which gently softens the corners of your mouth
4. Let the warm,soft gentle energy of this smile grow and accumulate.
5. Your energy follows your mind. Using your mind bring this smiling energy to the point on your forehead between your eyes, and allow it to begin to increase at this points, like warm water slowly filling a deep bowl
6. Connect the tip of your tongue with the roof of the palate in your mouth just behind the top of your teeth. This lets the energy flow through your tongue and throat into your torso. Using your mind you are going to direct and send your energy into your heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and spleen and then gather it at your navel. Don’t worry that you do not know the specific place as along as you are focus at that area as the energy channel/meridian runs there and feeds into all of the related functions. In each organ, you can hold the healing energy of your smile as long as you wish, or for the count of a certain number of breaths, or until you feel it overflow-the amount of time depends on you.
7. Directing the energy with your mind, send this warm smiling loving energy to your heart. All day long and every day your heart is working for you. Say ” thank you” to your heart and give it your gentle love and care. Let your heart fill with smiling energy. Hold it there as long as you wish or feel the need to or until you feel it overflow.
8. Now send your smiling energy to your lungs. All day long and every day your lungs are working to bring fresh clear energy into you and to send out the old stale energy you have used. Say thank you to the lungs and appreciate your lungs and to send them your best love and care. Let your lungs fill with the smiling energy. Hold your chi there as long as you wish.
9. Now send your warm, smiling healing energy to your liver. Your liver is situated below your rib cage on your right side and is the largest organ in your body. All day long and every day your liver works for you. Say thank you to your liver for everything it does. Let your liver fill with the smiling loving energy. Hold your chi there as long as you wish.
10. Now using your mind send your energy to your kidneys. Do the same as the other organ.
11. Next send your warm gentle loving chi to your spleen. Do the same as the other organ.
12. Now finally use your mind to send your chi to your navel. When it is at your navel, let go of your smile from the corners of your mouth, so that your mouth is relaxed and neutral and bring your warm current of smiling energy through one organ after the other- your heart, lungs, liver, kidney and spleen slowing winding it until it all finally comes to rest in your navel.
13. If you are a man, place the centre of your left palmover your navel then cover it with the centre of your right palm. If you a women, do the opposite. Stay in this position and feel the warm energy in your navel. This is your chi. It is now in your Centre. Concentrate on feeling and experiencing it there.
14. Pay attention to how you feel and find a word,phrase, image or symbol to describe it. Remember this:it is you personal internal “key” to your own chi. Just thinking of this”key” can re-activate some of the relaxation you have experienced through this exercise
15. Relax your hands and let them take any comfortable position and slowly open your eyes and return back to the outside.

Every one knows the magic of smiling - we are familiar with giving our love to our special people in our life, similary the abovementioned process is to send your own warm, gentle, loving energy to yourself!

It is a simple practical way of taking care of and loving yourself. It releases tension and stress and generates deep relaxation. It calms your emotions, refreshes your sense organs and benefits the various tissues amongst other benefits.

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In China, there are a few thousand types of qigong/chi-kung. However, qigong/chi-kung can be broadly categorized into whether it is from Buddhist, Taoist or Confucian practise.

Within these three categories, the three primary applications of qigong/chi-kung are:

• in connection with Chinese martial arts.
• to improve one’s health to prolong longevity. This is called Medical or Healing Qigong/Chi-kung
• using qigong for various demonstrative purposes. This is mainly to attract new patients and/students

In the Medical or Healing Qigong/Chi-kung, it can be sub divided into:

• external therapy whereby a Chinese doctor projects his own qi/chi into a patient’s body to effect a cure
• self training whereby a person chooses a qigong program and performs the exercises over a period of at least 100 days to improve his or her health
• a combination of external qigong treatment from a doctor and an individual’s qigong training program.

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