
This is not a workout. It’s meditation in motion.
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Source of Life Energy:
You know how an apple stays nice and smooth when it's on the tree, but once you pick it, it gets all wrinkled and shriveled up in just a few days? That's because the tree was feeding it nutrients and energy the whole time.
Same thing with leaves - when a tree doesn't get enough nutrients, the leaves turn yellow, curl up, and lose their shine. But when it's well-fed with water and nutrients, the leaves are bright green and glossy.
Think about a balloon too - when it's fully inflated, it's smooth and bouncy. But when the air leaks out, it gets all saggy and wrinkled.
Here's the thing - the leaves, apple, and balloon are just what we can see on the outside. What really matters is the invisible energy feeding them from within. This is nature's rule: what's invisible on the inside determines what shows up on the outside.
Our Body Works the Same Way:
Our body has a two-level energy system:
Level 1: Five Organs Power Everything
- Liver energizes eyes, nails, tendons, and gallbladder
- Heart powers tongue, face, blood, blood vessels, and small intestine
- Spleen feeds mouth, lips, muscles, stomach, and pancreas
- Lungs supply nose, skin, pores, and large intestine
- Kidneys fuel ears, hair, bones, reproductive organs, and brain
So when our skin, muscles, ligaments, bones, or face start looking old, you should look at your organs first. Healthy, energized organs = youthful appearance. Weak organs = aging.
Level 2: What Powers our Organs?
Deep in your lower belly (what we call "Dantian"), there's this core life energy - some call it "yuan qi" or life force energy. This is our body's main power source. When it splits into five forms, it becomes our organ energy. When it comes back together, it's pure life energy.
When this energy is strong, our organs are strong and we look young. When it's weak, our organs get weak and we age.
The Taoist Way to Stay Young:
For thousands of years, Taoists have been exploring how to keep this life energy strong to stay young - even hoping to achieve a qualitative transformation through quantitative change, thus allowing the human body to undergo a fundamental transformation, transforming from a mortal into an immortal through practice.