To
share with you my own experience on "312" Meridian Exercise.
I
am now in my early 50 years and have been paying attention,
only lately, to my health in general in the areas of natural
food and appropriate and effective exercises.
My
health conditions or symptoms are considered average for this age
group, in the sense of higher cholesterol level, some negative
liver function test results. In particular, I am aware of the fact
that I did not pay attention to physical exercise since my childhood.
I do not sweat easily, even after 30 min of jogging, and in the past I
had feeling of weakness in my legs. (The nature of my profession is
desk-bound, more brain-work than physical).
For
a year I tried out some Tai Chi, twice a week, with slow movement as a
novice or beginner. Only on hot and humid days, I can sweat a little
bit when doing the Tai Chi exercise.
Early
Nov. 2005, my friends introduced to me "312" and "Monk
Cave Squat" and that was also the time I began to feel weakness
in my legs, non-occurrence for more than 10 years. I tried out both
"312" 2-squat and "Monk Cave Squat" everyday, each
75 times, total 150 times. Three days later, I do not experience
feeling of weakness in my legs, and after 50 squats, combined with
some Tai Chi exercise, I sweat profusely.
I
will try to describe in details how the two exercises work.
"Monk
Cave Squat"
The
story goes that this veteran monk, old age, healthy and wise, did squatting
every day. He faced the vertical wall of the cave, standing straight
with both feet close to each other, a short distance away from the
wall. Imagine a straight line drawn from his nose, down to his chest,
knees, leg, and the line is parallel to the wall.
While
slowly squat downward, he maintains the straightness of the imaginary
line touching his nose and knee caps, parallel to the wall. Do the
same for both downward and upward movement in squatting.
For
beginner like me, I face a column, as I know that I could not maintain the
balance, nor my legs have the strength to do the squatting, so that
while squatting downward, I need my hands to hold on to the column in
front of me, to maintain my balance, at the same time, trying to maintain the straightness
of the line from nose to the keen caps. Again I use my hand to support
me when I rise upward.
The
slower I do, synchronize with the stomach-breathing, the more I can
sweat.
I
do the above 25 times, switch to 2 in the "312" 25 times. Do
some simple Tai Chi, and repeat the squatting 2 x 25 times. back to
Tai Chi, and repeat another 2 x 25 times. In total 150 times.
So
far I maintain the above, as it satisfies my minimum requirement to
sweat, expelling the toxins in my body. T
This exercise
does not just help one to sweat, but many more other benefits, which I
will experiment and share with this community.
The
2 in "312"
The
2 in "312" (see the video-clip) works differently, but
it is still basically squatting exercise.
End.
QuaSyLaTic,
Andrew, andrew@360q.com
