Health

Inhale slowly and deeply then exhale. Relax!

In this page about health we will talk about pleasant things. We will let problems aside and we will deal with an essential project for everybody: obtaining and/or improving health.

In the future we will approach briefly a few ideas about:
   - relaxation
   - nutrition and food supplements
   - martial arts
   - system of taoist alchemy "Universal Tao"

Articles:
Ideas for a better health
Health and relaxation through massage


Ideas for a better healt

Relaxation - change stress into vitality
Choose a lifestyle that has relaxation spots. There are a lot of systems you can recharge yourself energetically; from yoga to occidental relaxation, to taoism.
You may try to learn two simple practices within the Universal Tao system - the inner smile and the healing sounds. Go to www.tao-magic.ro and there you will find indications on how to practice these exercises to transform stress into vitality.

Food - recreate your body
According to the Chinese teachings,a balanced diet contains food of the five tastes: salted, sweet, bitter, spicy and sour (yes,the five tastes are in relationship with the five elements used in Traditional Feng Shui). Try not to eat too many sweet and highly prepared things and try to achieve an ideal balance of 20 % of each taste. For other details see also the articles on www.tao-magic.ro, where health / food are approached from the taoist standpoint.

Water - foundation of life
This wondeful liquid can help us maintain a good health without too much effort. Start from morning: drink water at room temperature as soon as you wake up (put a glass of water next to the bed). This will help to eliminate the residues accumulated in the bowels especially if you manage to wake up between 5 and 7 when the big bowel meridian is active.
During the day try to drink 6-8 glasses of plain water.

Regular program for physical exercise
Try to exercise at least 3 times a week. Start with a shorter time interval and increase the exercising time and the exercise intensity, gradually. It is preferable to find a group of friends or colleagues to go to a gym - it is easier to support and encourage each other!
Each training session should start with a light warming up and finish with a few stretching exercises in order to be safely back to normal.

Sound sleep
The quality of the sleep often depends on the things we have done during the day. Therefore, we have to prepare for sleeping ever since morning, when we wake up slowly, smiling to ourselves! Then during the day we will relax as often as we can.
The quality of the sleep also depends on the energies in the bedroom. For example, if we are not compatible with the yin energy in the wall the head is oriented to, we won't sleep well (you will find out these compatibilities after carrying out a Traditional Feng Shui analysis for the whole apartment).
See also the article "Bedroom arrangement" in the page of Articles of this site.




Health and relaxation through massage

If I was asked what the modern society is missing I would say "massage" without hesitation. Always present in an important position in the great ancient civilizations, it lost, in time, its role in health keeping and restoring.

The XIXth century was the witness of the rediscovery of the ancient art of massage and its positioning on scientific background. The end of the millenium also brought an emphasis on the orientation towards the alternative, holistic, practices for body maintainance.

Massage - the art of touch
The essence of the massage is the touch. The professional, non-sexual, directed touch. Out of the five senses, the touch is the most important. We can not live without it. As children we exercise this sense a lot, as most of our games involve touch. This keeps us connected with our fundamental nature. As time passes by, we get more and more isolated. The standards of the modern society and its value system, as well as the nature of the most widespread types of work nowadays limitate the physical contact with our fellows, a lot. That is why a correct massage reestablishes the balance.

Fighting with stress
Massage is the most efficient weapon against stress. To most people results are to be noticed immediately after the first massage session. The muscle relaxation acts deep inside ourselves because the physical and psychical level are interconnected. This is the so-called holistic principle, integrator of the massage.

Types of massage