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The Importance of routine in your daily exercise

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When I first heard that I should always do my exercises at the same time I thought to myself: this doesn't make much sense. Isn't the important thing to DO them?

Well, several years passed since then and during this time I took up and quit some type of work - out. This week I started my morning spine exercises again next to my chikong (qigong ) practice as I wanted to do more active stuff - chikong is kind of passive, at least the one I practice but gives me a lot of energy that I have to channel :). I don't have health issues so my body doesn't use that energy up to heal itself, thus I need to find more activities during the day - which is great news to me as I want to become fitter - muscle - wise. I'd like to be able to ride a horse like the girl in this image.

So first thing in the morning I rolled out my yoga mat and started doing those exercises. After I finished I was kind of sweaty and hungry BUT my body told me to continue with my one hour chikong practice! So that's what I did and suddenly it hit me why so many trainers want you to train at the same time. Your body remembers and just "follows suit"! How cool is that?

Our body is way more intelligent than we think it is. We really need to trust it and just give the best direction it should follow.

Have you got a similar story or experience?

The Winter Olympics, Shaun White and You

Americans' eyes are on Shaun White this winter season.

This made me think about the importance of perseverance and stamina. In life, no matter what you would like to achieve these are key elements of success. Qigong or chikung is no different!

If you want to see results you have to do the exercises every day to achieve complete health (physical, emotional AND mental at the same time!). Sure enough life can come up with challenges but these are the times when you can prove yourself worthy of getting that prize you want, reaching your goal. Be it becoming healthy and fit or even more: becoming the creator of your life and make things happen with the power of your thoughts!

Actually this reminds me of a friend of mine who is giving some of his work away for FREE to help people achieve their goals. These audios helped me a lot in clearing my mind from clutter and make room for the thoughts that help me create my life.

You can get your hands on his offer by clicking here: Bug Free Mind

Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies - facing dying

It's "interesting" that I watched Shirley Temple films in the last couple of days, little knowing that today I come across this news.... She definitely was a great actress from a very early age. I admired her work a lot. At the same time we are all faced with losing people in our lives - most often beloved ones and these are the "hard ones to digest". I can clearly remember the funeral of my step-father's father. He was a great man and I adored him as a child. I was 12 at the time and as he lived in a village his coffin was in the house he lived in. When the ceremony started he was taken from there to the cemetery - with everybody following the cart carrying his coffin. I didn't quite comprehend death at that age but the "mood" of the mourners swept over me as well. As some women were crying loudly, tears started rolling down my face. I can still clearly remember how astonished my mother was: she couldn't understand why I was doing that. (well she doesn't know much about human psychology) Although I was brought up as a religious person and everybody around me was so, they could not live up to their face in such time. This is what made me wonder.... If you believe in afterlife and that Jesus or God or whatever you call the Creator saves you, rewards you and you live happily in heaven, then why all this crying and sometimes hysteria? - I asked myself several times in my life. Do people believe or don't they? Then I realized that mourning has its place in our lives and we do have to express our feeling - if we don't want to get ill ourselves. From this aspect I do admire cultures where people are prepared for dying and the relatives as well. I'm sure people need to know that heaven actually does exist and it is not only a myth. What is your opinion on facing death? Did you like Shirley Temple?

Vitamix blenders on huge sale prices

Watch this video and see where you can buy the Vitamix blenders with more than $100 off the price:





Remember:

It's very important what you eat to stay healthy and fit. A Vitamix blender helps you achieve this in no time! You just have to use it :)

Albert Einstein And You

Do you wonder why I gave this title to the article?

Well, first of all I'd like to start with an Einstein quote. I love quotes and tend to collect them. So here we go:

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."

I'm sure you already had at least one experience in your life when things just happened mysteriously. Everything was just in place and life seemed to just flow effortlessly. Well, believe me or not if you practice qigong (chikung, chikong) you can bring more and more of these "mysteries" into your life. What's more it is not a mystery at all. I already mentioned that we create our reality with our thoughts... Remember?

Now how is our thoughts connected to Qigong, let alone to mysteries - you might ask. Let me explain:

When you practice qigong the energy (Qi) cleans not only your energy channels called meridians in your body but also your feelings and thoughts. Let's put it in a simple way: If you are full of energy, you feel content and happy - right? You see the world in a positive light.

Now, when you are run down you tend to be more pessimistic and just everything seems to collapse around you. I'm sure you experienced such moments as well. People tend to say that you are out of luck...

Actually it is not luck or fate BUT your mind! Depending on the majority of your thoughts you create that reality in your life. This is good news as you can start implementing this right now - your mind will obey and follow suit so to speak.

Now back to qigong: the exercises feel you up with energy, thus your body heals itself, you feel good so you have positive thoughts. It's a cycle really. The only thing you have to do is to make the first step and see how your whole life can change for the better!

Remember? Einstein said we only use about 6% of our mind? The more conscious you become, the more you can achieve! Each of us are geniuses - time to let that genie come out and serve us.

I wrote down how I met qigong (chikung) and how I fell in love with it. You can read it here:

My Favourite "Hobby": Chi Kung

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The Pittsburgh Pirates Are Famous - What About You?

The Pittsburgh Pirates are well know not just for their play but some "funny" habits as well like stuffing hamburgers into their doughnuts.  17 awesome things are mentioned about the Pittsburgh Pirates in the last usatoday.com article. Surely they work hard for their fame - which raises two topics here:

1. Who is famous?

In my opinion you can be famous within your surrounding even by doing little things! People do "memorize" all our actions and everybody becomes famous for one thing or another, we just don't use this word, but the essence is the same...

So what do you want to be famous for? Think about it and then act accordingly - news spread with lightning speed.

2. What sport is the best?

Well, I'm sure everybody has a different answer to this question. But if we take health into consideration then they would not be even in the first 100 list... Why I am saying that? Remember their doughnuts? Working out alone does not guarantee a healthy lifestyle. What is more, we haven't talked about keeping our feelings and mind healthy as well. The latter two surely can be achieved by doing qigong or joga for example, but usually not  with competitive sports. So from this aspect maybe the sport types thought to be the best are not the best after all....

What is YOUR take on this? Feel free to share your opinion below!

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