Foxy Yoga

Robert held a wellness class on his rooftop apartment every Friday morning at 10 a.m.  He advertised it as yoga since yoga is very popular in this area.  However, Robert's yoga was a combination of weight resistance, mobility, meditation, and Qigong exercises.

Every week, the group included a Buddhist group of Qigong movements called, "The Golden 8 Energy Balancing" exercises.

Here is the link to a great site that explains them well ... https://www.hashimotoshealing.com/index.php?wlmfile=Golden-8.pdf

It is recommended that you perform these 8 exercises every day very early in the morning.

a) Warm Up ... Tapping

b) Golden 8 Exercises

1.  Reach for Happiness (lungs)

2.  The Archer (circulation)

3.  Between Heaven and Earth (coordinates the internal organs)

4.  Look Back and Let Go (stress)

5.  Twist and Release (circulation) Sometimes known as "Head and Tail"



6.  Bending for Health (kidneys)

7.  Energy Punch (central nervous system)

8.  Energy Jump (skeletal system)

c)  Cool Down or Completion

COMPLETION
Set your mind to finish. Gradually slow down your movements in preparation to stop.
Rub your hands together until you feel heat between them. This gathers all excess energy into the hands in preparation to perform the following massages.

Parts of the face may be related to the different internal organs. Massaging the face can quickly and effectively send energy to these organs as well as functioning as a facial rejuvenation practice to help smoothe or prevent formation of wrinkles.

1. Wash your face – wipe the face with both hands, starting from the chin, moving up the middle of the face to the forehead, then down the sides of the face. 9 times. This increases the blood circulation to enhance facial beauty and decrease effects of aging.
   
2. Massage the sides of the nose with the outer edges of the index fingers – up and down. 9 times. Stimulates the respiratory system.
   
3. Use the tips of your index finger to massage the LI20 in a circular motion 9 times one way than the other way.
   
4. Place your thumbs on your temples. Using the joints of the index finger massage in arches above the eyes then below the eyes from the centre of the face outwards. 9 times. Helpful for any eye problems and for wrinkles around the eyes.
   
5. Massage UB1 in a circles, one direction then the other, using the tip of the index finger. 9 times. Helpful for sinus problems and eye problems.
   
6. Massage the depression in the cheeks directly below the eyes using the joint of the thumbs. 9 times. Helpful for smoothing all facial wrinkles and strengthening the spleen and stomach.
   
7. Massage REN 24 and DU 26 in circles, one direction then the other, using the tip of the index finger. 9 times.
   
8. Comb the hair – using your separated finger tips comb through your hair from front to back. Stimulates the brain and the channels running through the head. 9 times. Increases circulation to the scalp thereby preventing hair loss and premature greying.
   

9. Beating the heavenly drum – Place palm over ears with finger spread over back of head. Overlap and snap the index and middle fingers over each other. 9 times. Stimulates the brain, prevents stroke, improves memory.
   
10. Pop the cork – Place the tips of index fingers in your ears, twist and pull out. 9 times. Helpful for tinnitus, deafness and any other ear problems.
    
11. Monkey face – Place the right arm over your head with fingers on top half of left ear and pull upwards. Simultaneously place the left arm under your chin with fingers on the bottom half of right ear and pull downward. 9 times. Repeat switching hands. The ears are a microsystem and can access the whole body. Increases longevity.
    
12. Shaving – Take the heel of the right hand all the way through to the finger tips along jaw and chin from one ear lobe to the other. Alternate with the left hand. 9 times. Related to the health of the pelvic area. This area of the face also represents your health late in life therefore massaging this area can help to improve health in later life.
    
13. Neck massage – Tilt the chin up. Place hand under chin and stroke downwards to your chest, alternating hands. 9 times. Helps to balance the thyroid. Smoothes and balances the energy between the head and neck.
    
14. Abdomen massage – Women place right hand down first and left hand on top on lower dan tien. Men left hand down first and right hand on top. Massage 9 circles from small to large, clockwise, then from large to small, anti-clockwise. Generates energy in the dan tien. Also aids elimination process.