Qigong Exercises: Longevity begins with the feet

Most people in our country and abroad, are suffering from pains in the legs from swelling. How to help them? How to strengthen your legs? This filter can you set of "Qigong for longevity and feet." Especially useful this complex for those who have a sedentary job, and who has a sore lower back, spine, kidneys.

According to the ancient, old age does not begin with wrinkles on the face and on the legs disease, and rise above. Therefore, in the East so much focus on the legs, and the secret of youth is to strengthen the legs. Diseases of talk about early aging. In the East they say: "Take care of the root of a tree, and a man - his legs"

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The condition of our feet is largely determined by the health of the kidneys, as kidney meridians are mainly moving to the feet of Qi energy. Kidney ancients called "the gate of life." In the kidney qi is the energy supply obtained at birth, ancestral qi. Circling U-Shin kidney associated with the bones of the body. From kidney health depends not only on our strength, blood circulation in the legs, but also the condition of the bone marrow, lumbar spine health, colon, pelvic and sexual energy of man.

Now let us consider the basic qigong exercises to strengthen the legs.

Taoist breathing

This exercise is done sitting on the floor or on a chair. Place the palm of one another (for women left hand down the right for men). Place the palm of your hand on the lower abdomen. Breathe easy ... Inhaling draws in the stomach, imagining that you are breathing in the energy of water and fill her abdomen. On the exhale, the belly bulge forward. Repeat three to five times.

When doing this exercise you should feel the warmth in the abdomen. If you feel a cold or heaviness in the stomach, it says that there are irregularities in the power center. Keep watching and gradually these feelings will pass and will be a feeling of warmth. No need to hurry up and severely strained.

In the East they say: "Do not pull the flower bud of that he quickly grew, so we can tear it, let it grow itself»

. "Keeping warm in the abdomen." - This is one of the secrets of longevity and healthy feet and kidneys

Massage waist

Once we had a good belly breathed, promassiruem themselves loin. Promassiruem lower back, palms circular movements along the entire waist. Then, in the same way pomassiruem kidney area and coccyx. Finish rubbing loins clenched fists in the knuckles. Movements do up and down, left and right. Make five to nine repetitions of each movement.

These movements help to strengthen the kidney, colon, coccyx, lumbar spine and distribute the qi energy in the lower body.

Massaging the lower back, remember the words of the ancients: "Loin controls all passages in the body. Supervises all the changes. She keeps in touch with the top of the bottom. "

Foot massage

After the massage the waist to make good foot massage. If the time for a massage you a little, then skip this step and proceed to the next movement "Unusual steps".

Mentally draw water in her hands, wash our feet at a time. We begin to massage his right leg. We put it on the toe and begin to massage the center of the foot. Here is the most important point of the energy associated with the kidneys. The ancients called it "the striker spring", "the heart of the foot».

Then put your foot on the heel and again massaging the foot and toes.

Do not forget to provide that sickness energy is drained from the toes to the ground.

After finishing massage the right foot, turn to the left leg. Repeat each movement from one to seven times.

Massage waist and legs can also be performed with the real energy of the water, for example, when taking shower.

Unusual steps

This exercise can be done in the morning, and is particularly well during the meridian activity pochek- from 17 to 19 hours. It promotes better blood circulation legs and head, strengthen the kidney, normalizes blood pressure, and even relieve swelling.

Take a comfortable position on the chair and easily tap the feet on the floor at a time or simultaneously in this order: fingers, heels, the whole foot. Repeat seven times every move. Follow up until not become warmer feet.

Snake, a folding tangle

Stand up straight, arms down, feet shoulder width apart. Place the palms on the knees and begin to slowly rotate them with a wide amplitude:. Inwards, outwards, to the left and right sides

Exercise helps strengthen the legs, joints and kidneys.

Qigong walking

In order to strengthen the kidneys and legs are useful fresh air. During the walk keep the attention on the feet (at normal and high pressure). At low pressure, focus on the upper body.

Reach your fingers to the sky and the earth

Take the position of the main stand. Hands filled with the mental image of the water, put on the kidney area (loin). Wait a few seconds, warming the kidney with his hands to his legs stretched out better.

On the inhale, stand on tiptoes and stretch up to the sky. On the exhale, drop to your feet, stretch your fingers to the ground, a little sit down.

These stretches will help to strengthen the muscles, bones, blood vessels, spine, legs, body filled with the energies of heaven and earth.

The dance of the sea waves

Dance, in which the arms will move like the waves of the sea, will help to strengthen the primary element of water in the body, kidneys, legs and inner strength, and the image of the sea waves will be a good teacher to learn the movements of Qigong helps harmoniously distribute the energy in the body and around it, strengthen protection qi.

Take the position of the main stand. Imagine that your hands - waves of the sea, which will gradually be raised and lowered, by turns or simultaneously, simulating the movement of the sea waves. The body follows the movement of the hands. Breathe helps to raise their hands, and exhale - lower

. At the end of the dance place and hold a few seconds superimposed on the center of the palm in the lower abdomen.

Strengthening the kidneys, legs and waist is particularly useful in the winter. It is necessary to strengthen the kidneys for those born in winter-weakened their kidneys. Do not forget that the kidneys like to wrap up their heat in the winter and get in thanks to an easy gait.