It seems like machines do everything for us lucky Americans. Is it any wonder then that 63.1% of Americans were overweight or obese in 2009? Did you know that the United States is ranked 36th in the world for life expectancy? Over 616, 067 Americans die prematurely each year from heart disease (and that was in 2007, you can bet it’s even higher now).
If you’re an average American, chances are that you are well aware of the problem and are seriously willing to do something about it. The only trouble is, you’ve dieted dozens of times, but gained back every pound you lost after you quit dieting. And who wants to be on a diet for the rest of their life anyway? You’ve probably tried exercising too, but gave it up before it had a chance to do any good. Let’s be honest, most exercises are hard work and most Americans don’t really have the time to do them anyway. The fact is we are in danger of becoming a nation of weak, fat slobs.
The answer to the problem isn’t new. It’s over 1500 years old. The Shaolin monks of ancient China has a worse problem than we do. They were high ranking and powerful government officials, military generals, poets, China’s elite, who after serving their country went to work on spiritual cultivation.
They were very intelligent men who sat meditating continuously without moving hardly at all. When the Very Venerable Bodhidharma (28th Patriarch of Indian Buddhism and 1st Patriarch of Zen) visited the Shaolin Temple he found that the monks bodies were weak and suffering.
He taught them a series of exercises now known as the ‘Shaolin 18 Lohan Hands Chi Kung Set’. These exercises allowed the monks to make their bodies strong and healthy without strain. Shaolin Chi Kung… Read more…
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