A book that solves all men's health problems

Chapter 18
In addition, yoga can also help you stay away from stress, heart disease and depression; the practice of breathing regulation can calm down the restless mood.The most important thing in yoga is meditation. Yoga meditation is similar to the disk defragmentation process. During the defragmentation process, try not to open other programs. The same is true for the brain. Try not to think about things, otherwise, the defragmentation process will always start from the beginning and will never be finished.Only when the body is in a relatively static state, the automatic adjustment system inside the body can play a role.Although sleep can also achieve self-regulation in the body, but the effect is too far behind.Sleeping is similar to computer hibernation, which is not only the difference between active and passive, but more importantly, the difference in nature.There are many postures for meditation, among which "lotus position" is the best posture for meditation, it can calm and control the whole nervous system.Many doctors and scientists in Britain and India have conducted many experiments on this sitting posture and found that it can calm the brain waves almost immediately by using this sitting posture without even needing to meditate.Obviously, this pose is great for helping us concentrate during meditation. The method of "lotus seat": sit on the ground with legs straight, hold the right ankle with both hands, put the right leg on the left thigh, with the sole of the foot facing up; hold the left ankle with both hands, put the left leg on the On the right thigh, the soles of the feet are also facing up; pay attention, the knees do not float up; then straighten the back and tighten the chin; after finishing the lotus position, breathe quietly and naturally until the mind is calm.

It is very difficult for men who usually lack exercise to complete this movement at first, and it takes a month or two to complete it.If you really can't complete this action, you can also do "simple sitting", which is our usual cross-legged position: sit on the ground; stretch your legs forward and breathe naturally; cross your legs, press your left foot under your right leg, and press your right foot Beneath the left leg, at the same time straighten the back and tuck in the jaw.The sitting time is increased from 10 minutes to 20 minutes each time, and then increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes. If you can sit regularly for half an hour, you will see the effect after 3 months.If you have mastered meditation, you can continue to perform the following yoga movements - a Taiwan "Health" magazine specifically aimed at 30-year-old men's common back pain and emotional depression, with a set of three-style yoga movements for strengthening the spine , let men easily enjoy the beauty of yoga, but also enjoy the happiness of health!Butterfly pose is a warm-up action, which can calm your upset mood.Method: Take a seat, bend your feet, and keep the soles of your left and right feet together; hold your ankles with your hands, and lean your body forward until it touches the ground; breathe slowly and deeply for 3 times, and get up with strength from your waist.The bull head pose can straighten the spine, improve the stiffness of hands, feet and shoulders, relieve sciatica, and strengthen kidney function.

Method: Sit down and straighten your legs forward; cross your left foot over your right thigh, and place your left foot next to your right thigh. At this time, your right calf should be under your left thigh, and your right foot should be under your left hip; pay attention to straightening your body, The knees of both feet should be stacked together; put the left hand back on the back, lift the right hand up and bend down, and slowly clasp the left hand; stare a little ahead, breathe naturally, and hold for 5 seconds; relax and recover.Switch sides and do it again.The camel pose can strengthen the strength of the spine and tailbone, and relieve back pain. It is especially suitable for those who often work at their desks for a long time.Method: Kneel down with your legs shoulder-width apart; hold your ankles with your hands, and make your body arched; move your hips forward, remembering that your legs should be perpendicular to the ground; take 3 deep breaths, and slowly get up by your waist.When you are immersed in the joy of yoga, as a man, you will find that yoga is not only a philosophy, but also a perfect way of life.

To put it mildly, to be responsible, to be restrained, to transcend gains and losses, and the energy of the body can fully support a bold strategy, which is a way of life that only real men know; Men have never had such a dream? 11. Abdominal breathing can challenge almost all the long-lived pharaohs who once said that heaven and earth are like a bellows. In fact, our human body is also a bellows. We can experience it from the abdomen. When we breathe, the abdomen bulges and contracts like a bellows. It's like pulling a bellows, if the bellows is pulled well, the fire of our life will naturally burn vigorously!Breathing is a normal physiological phenomenon of human beings, and it is also an important way of keeping in good health.Human breath carries life energy.Scientists have found that the average human lung is the size of two footballs, but most people only use 1/3 of their capacity in their lifetime.Why is this so?This is because in daily life, due to human factors, our breathing is generally arbitrary and irregular.Most people breathe short and irregularly, contrary to the natural rhythm of the body's respiratory system.In this way, the body cannot absorb enough cosmic energy, the nervous system is gradually damaged, the endocrine system cannot function normally, and as a result the body begins to lose strength and vitality.This is one of the important reasons why modern people always feel tired and depressed.A person's physical condition depends largely on the regularity of breathing, and even the way of breathing can highly reflect a person's emotions.

When people are upset, such as depression, grief, and depression, breathing becomes slow and irregular; during times of rage, anxiety, and nervousness, breathing becomes rapid, shallow, and chaotic.Continuous irregular breathing not only damages the nervous system, but also hinders the inherent function of endocrine, and finally makes the constitution weak.Yoga believes that there is a certain limit to the amount of breathing in a person's life. If the breathing is fast and hasty, the person must die young.Some people who sit in the office all the year round, due to the cramped and fixed sitting posture, usually have shallow and rapid breathing, and the amount of air exchange each time is very small, so under the normal breathing rate, the ventilation is still insufficient, and the carbon dioxide in the body accumulates; Coupled with long-term brain work, the body consumes a lot of oxygen, which in turn causes brain hypoxia, so office syndromes such as dizziness, fatigue, and lethargy often occur.Conversely, those who breathe slowly, as if tasting the air, live longer and healthier lives.Since ancient times, there have been sayings about thousand-year-old cranes and ten-thousand-year tortoises. Cranes and tortoises live longer because of slow and gentle deep breathing, which shows that slow breathing is the key to longevity. The "Huangdi Neijing" once described that one breath should be 6.4 seconds.You can do the math yourself, how many seconds is each breath we take now?Let's calm down and measure our breathing by looking at the watch. One breath and one breath is a cycle. Calculate how many times there are in a minute, and how many seconds are in a cycle?In most cases, it is 1 seconds, which means that our current breathing is nearly twice as fast as that of the ancients.

Slowing down breathing is an effective method of nourishing Qi. We must strive to slow it down to 6.4 seconds and form a habit.How should we do it?Here is a method of abdominal breathing.The so-called abdominal breathing is dantian breathing, inhaling and exhaling by the power of the diaphragm rising and falling, making the abdomen bulge when inhaling, and compressing the abdomen to make it concave when exhaling.Regular abdominal breathing can sink the qi into the pubic region and submerge the yang qi, making the breath deep and slow, which is conducive to stabilizing the mind.When performing abdominal breathing, the diaphragm moves up and down, like a gentle massage, which promotes the blood circulation of the viscera and enhances its function.Correct abdominal breathing method: When you start to inhale, use your whole body hard. At this time, the lungs and abdomen will be filled with air and swell, but you can’t stop. You still have to try your best to continue inhaling. Inhale and inhale.Then hold your breath for 4 seconds. At this time, your body will feel tense, and then use 8 seconds to slowly exhale the breath.Exhale should be slow and long without interruption.After doing the above methods several times, not only will you not feel sad, but you will feel a sense of pleasure.There are 4 requirements for abdominal breathing, and 4 words must be achieved: deep, long, even, and thin.Deep, deep breathing means that every breath must be breathed out; long, the time must be stretched, and it must be slowed down; even, it must be well-proportioned;These four requirements should be practiced consciously at the beginning, and over time, they will become natural.For men who usually smoke, the best way to protect their lungs is to learn abdominal breathing.

According to data, from the age of 30, the lung function of men also begins to decline. If you can take a few deep breaths a day and stick to it, by the age of 70, the decline in lung capacity will not be the usual 60% to 70%, but only about 20%. And if you take deep breaths at the age of 70, you can't save the lost lung function.Lao Tzu once said that heaven and earth are like a bellows. In fact, our human body is also a bellows. We can feel it from the abdomen. When we breathe, the abdomen swells and contracts like a bellows. When the bellows is pulled, our life The fire will naturally burn vigorously!Traditional Chinese medicine believes that all developments and changes of things and their functional states, such as hyperactivity and excitement, belong to yang. Therefore, a strong and tenacious personality, a happy mood, and a positive attitude towards life all belong to yang.When a person is in a bad mood, the sky is cloudy in the body. If we change our mood to a positive and optimistic attitude, our body will also be cloudy.For a 30-year-old man, it is very important to maintain a happy mood and maintain his yang energy. 1. No yang energy is not a man - a man must have a whole body of righteousness. A good man must have a whole body of righteousness. Only with righteousness can he stand up to strong winds and waves. Only with righteousness can he stand up to secular gossip.

A righteous person can accomplish great things!What is righteousness?Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the ability of defense, resistance and regeneration in the human body is righteousness, as opposed to evil. "Righteousness exists within", and naturally "evil cannot be done".Human righteousness is mainly composed of essence and other substances. "Suwen·Jin Kui Zhen Discourse" said: "Those who hide in essence will not get sick in spring." It can be seen that it is very important for us to maintain essence in normal times.To store the essence, the essence must be generated normally and not dissipated too much.The production of essence needs to be continuously replenished by the qi and blood metabolized by food. Essence, qi, and blood can be metabolized with each other. If there is insufficient qi and blood, the essence will not be sufficient.To have enough qi and blood, you must first have a moderate diet and avoid hunger. At the same time, you must not overeat. You must have a balanced diet with comprehensive and rich nutrition and no partial eclipse.To prevent the dissipation of energy, one should not overwork, including mental, mental, physical, and room labor. It is necessary to achieve "permanence in daily life and not to work rashly".In a nutshell, it is to achieve "calmness and emptiness, follow the true energy, keep the spirit inside, and keep the illness safe."Righteousness also refers to a person's mental outlook, upright integrity.As a man, you must first have a sense of integrity.This kind of righteousness is a kind of big-hearted and generous.Cao Cao said it well: "A heroic husband has great ambitions, has a good plan, has the opportunity to hide the universe, and is also the one who swallows the ambition of the world.

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