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3 Chinese Secrets for Recharging Your Mind and Body
Dear Friend,
Two days ago I walked through the doors of my vacation home on China's Hainan Island. Was glad to be back, yet, despite breaking up the voyage with a couple days in Shanghai, my body felt like it had been shot through a cannon.
In a sense, I guess it had been. Afterall, it was five hours of flying from Tampa to Los Angeles. Then we endured 13 hours and 40 minutes of flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai. And after the brief respite in Shanghai, the flight to our home on Hainan is another 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Grand total hours in flight, at 30,000+ feet: 21:10. And yes, I do wish those numbers stood for 21 minutes and 10 seconds. Maybe someday our technology will make this idea possible. But for now, it's a long haul, baby.
One of the things I always do PRIOR to takeoff is tell myself that I will only focus on "this moment." I will not piss, moan, gripe or complain about the long trip. And why should I? I did choose to make the trip, didn't I?
This attitude serves me well. Normally keeps me feeling good. Yet, on this particular trip, even with the great attitude - I was being challenged more than usual.
So, what did I do upon arrival to decompress and recharge? Good question. And the answer is largely WHY I choose to make our second home a place that I visit more and more often. I work from here and I play from here - and I do my damndest to bring some of it back to the U.S. each time I return.
Today, in this special report, I'm going to give you some examples of what I do here in China to rejuvenate, re-energize and recharge. So let's take a look at 3 Chinese Secrets for Recharging Your Mind and Body:
1. Get up early, preferably before 7 a.m., go outside and do some exercise.
Outside our home is a park with parallel bars, monkey bars and other gymnastic apparatus where you can do bodyweight exercises that hit your entire frame from head to toe. Americans who've seen footage of this park immediately think of it as a "playground." Yet, it is MOSTLY for adults. Very few children ever use these "toys." I use the monkey bars quite a bit, then finish up with Combat Conditioning - as well as the deep breathing exercises I teach in my all new Super Energizer Workout.
Surrounding the apparatus you'll also find groups of people practicing gong fu, tai chi, qi gong and other forms of exercise. There are no mirrors, spandex, loud boom boxes playing music designed to motivate you. Inspiration comes from within, as it should.
2. Get your back walked on.
One of the best things you can do to de-stress, undwind and recharge is to get a massage from someone who knows cai bei - how to walk on your backside (this includes the back of feet, calves, thighs, buttocks, palms, arms, shoulders and back). I have found China to be ripe for the pickens in this category. When you train regularly, sometimes hands aren't enough. You need a person's entire bodyweight pressing on you to get the job done. Yes, a massage without getting walked on can and will do you wonders, too - but if you want to go to the next level - you get trampled on.
3. Go for a slow walk after your evening meal.
I'll never forget the day that Zhannie told me, "In China we have a saying, 'If you go for a walk after you eat dinner, you can live to be 100.'"
The key element to the walk though, and probably most surprising to Americans who think in terms of faster, faster, faster - is this: The walk is done sloooooowwwwwlllly. I'm talking so slow you'll almost think what you're engaged in is a joke.
The first time I experienced this was back in 1998. It was the first time I visited Hainan Island. To my distress (back then), after we finished a delicious evening meal. we went for a walk. In China, when you finish a meal and leave the table, everyone sends you out with the admonition, "Man, man zou." This means, walk slowly, take your time, don't hurry. And to top this off, you must remember that before you begin eating, the waitress will often say, "Man, man chi" which means eat slowly, enjoy your food.
Kind of makes you wonder, "When do I do anything fast?"
Anyway, when you begin your evening trek after filling your stomach, you might as well be practicing tai chi, because that's about how fast your gait will be. If you assume your normal stride, you're going to feel strange mighty fast. Everyone will look at you with a wrinkled, confused brow. Happened to me once. Despite my firm desire to NOT conform, I eventually did - and I can now vouch for this method of walking. It engenders tremendous peace of mind - something most people need more of. And peace of mind brings with it improved health and well being.
After landing in Hainan in the evening two days ago, my body felt so beat up from the long flight and time change that I questioned, "WHY are you doing this?"
After a good night's sleep, I got up early, went outdoors and began my routine of bodyweight exercises and dynamic deep breathing. The air was magnificent. The energy was powerful. My body began to pulse and vibrate at a higher level ... and at that moment I KNEW.
Aaaaah ... yes, THIS is why I keep coming back. This is what I keep bringing back to the States with me. Aaaah.
More to come ...
Kick butt - take names.
Matt Furey
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