Wednesday 14 August 2013

Jin Ji Du Li (金雞獨立) - A Simple and Effective Exercise

Received this interesting article in my email. It's about a Chinese exercise called the 'Jin Ji Du Li' (金雞獨立). What does it mean in English? It's called the Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg. Yes, this exercise is simply that easy. Just stand on one leg. But try doing it now with your eyes closed and you will find it impossible and start to fall.


The article from the email (I do not know the source of this article):

SIMPLE, BUT EFFECTIVE EXERCISE
The essence of the exercise is that your "Eyes Must be Closed" when you are doing this exercise. You must practice the "Jin Ji Du Li" exercise with the eyes closed. This exercise was so simple and amazing that I thought I had to share it here.

Here is the exercise:
Stand on one leg while your eyes are closed. That is all. Just try it right now, stop reading and stand up, close your eyes and try standing on one foot.If you are not able to stand for less than 10 seconds, it means that your body has degenerated to 60 to 70 years old level in other words, you may be only 40 years old, but your body has aged a lot faster.

You do not need to lift your leg high, if your internal organs are out of synch, even lifting your leg this bit will make you wobble. These Chinese are really very advanced in their knowledge of the human body. It was very heartening to know that frequent and regular practice can help you recover your sense of balance.

In fact Chinese specialists suggest daily practice of Jin Ji Du Li for 1 minute, this helps prevent dementia/ FORGETFULLNESS. You can try slightly closing both eyes while practicing Jin Ji Du Li, instead of completely closing them; in fact this is what the health specialist Zhong Li Ba Ren recommends.

Daily practice of Jin Ji Du Li, can help in healing many illnesses or diseases like:

  • Hypertension,
  • High Blood Sugar or diabetes,
  • Neck and Spinal diseases,
  • it can also prevent you from getting dementia.

Zhong Li Ba Ren has written a book titled "Self Help is Better than Seeking Doctors' Help", which is a bestselling book that has been the best seller health book in China since it was first published last year.

Its success can be measured by the fact that it has been reprinted 12 times within 6 months, with more than 1 million copies sold. The book is a hot seller because is it teaches many simple practical health tips.It is said that according to the understanding of Chinese physicians, diseases appear in the body because the co-ordination between the various internal organs encounter problems and that causes the body to lose its balance.

Jin Ji Du Li can readjust this inter-relationship of the organs and how they function with each other. Zhong Li Ba Ren stated that many people can't stand on one foot with their eyes closed for even 5 seconds, but later on as they practice it daily, are able to stand for more than 2 minutes.

As you gain ability to stand for longer time, the feeling of "head heavy, light feet” disappears. As benefits or practising Jin Ji Du Li, you will experience that the quality of sleep improves, the mind clears up and memory improves significantly. Most importantly if you can practice Jin Ji Du Li with your eyes closed for 1 minute every day, you will not get dementia.




When I read this article I was telling myself  "How hard can standing on one-leg be? I have done it tons of time".  I started standing on one foot without any difficulties and I was able to balance myself with ease. But, the story changed once I closed my eyes shut. I started to wobble and trying hard to balance myself but admit defeat after about 20 seconds. I was like "Oh no, that's bad. This means I'm unhealthy".

I vow to practice the Jin Ji Du Li everyday and hope to achieve past 1 minute until it becomes second nature to me.

Found this 2 books by Zhong Li Ba Ren at Amazon since his name popped up in the article above. I will pay a visit to our local bookstores to see if they have available copies there.




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