Standing Tree Exercise in Chi Gong

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Hi, I'm Jan Kain with another Chi Gong exercise. Today we're going to be standing like a tree. It's going to be building strength and power, bone density, helping support your immune system, general strength. It is not uncommon to see many people in China, in parks, doing this exercise, standing like a tree, because it is so effective and builds so much strength. It also builds patience and endurance as you learn to stand and just feel and just be. So let's begin. Feet are, maybe, hip width apart, just be comfortable, soft knees, tight abs. Just going to take your arms nice and round, just about chest level. We don't want them too far in, we don't want them too far out, we don't want them too high, we don't want them too low. Just imagine your hugging a tree. So there you are. Now, your feet are grounded, rooted into the floor. This is a very, very important part of it, being at one with nature. And, again, lengthening and elongating the spine. Everything we've talked about, so far, in all these Chi Gong exercises come into play when you're standing like a tree. Now this may look easy, but just try it. In the beginning thirty seconds may be all you can take at first. So, you go where you can with this, eventually building up to about five minutes or as long as you can stand. You can just breathe nice and deep, close your eyes enjoy the meditative and restorative aspect. Because, just standing in this position, the exercise will practically work itself. As you get stronger, you'll be able to stand even longer. If you'd like, you can take your arms apart just a little bit, but you still want to maintain the roundness, the shoulders down, the abdomen nice and tight. If you want to close your eyes and just breathe, it's a great meditative and restorative form of exercise. If you're seated in a chair, you won't get get as much of the bone building capacity, but you will still get benefits. So you can do the same thing sitting down for the upper body. Keep it nice, keep it round and just breathe. And, when you're ready to come out of it, just go ahead and bring the hands down and relax.

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