Sunday, July 8, 2012

Chinese Physical Energy Bath: Do-en


In today’s fast moving world, everyone is very busy in making money, working towards progressive career etc. People have forgotten that Health is Wealth, even if they still remember this, but they don’t get enough time to work out. However, there is an old Chinese simple touch & stroke therapy “Do-en” that helps people de-stress in just a few minutes. If one practices it every day, then one will feel like a newborn again.

This exercise like taking a physical energy bath that refreshes whole body & mind. The Chinese believe that doing this everyday can give one a healthy life to the age of a hundred.

Do-en exercise procedure:

This exercise involves usage of hands/fists for applying a flowing touch on different parts of body in the following sequence:

1.       Upper body:  Apply strokes with right hand/fist on left upper back, shoulder, arm, forearm, back of hand, fingers, palm, front of forearm, inside of arm, under the shoulder, side and back. Repeat with left hand on the right side of the body.

2.       Lower body: Apply strokes on the kidney points, lower back, buttocks, back and side of thighs & calves, front and inside of calves and thighs using both hands.

3.       Stomach & abdomen: Using the palm of your hands, make circular motions (clockwise when seen from the front) on your abdomen, in front and around the navel. Wipe your palm down the abdomen with smooth strokes.

4.       Face: Use your fingers to rub the forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, nose, cheeks, lips below and above, and the chin. Apply deep pressure on

a.        Inside and below the inner edge of both eyebrows

b.      At the lower edge of the cheek bone, and

c.       Inside the angle of the lower jaw

5.       Head & Neck: Use the knuckles to knock the head from front to back, in the middle and the sides; press the neck.

6.       Ears: Pull down the lower lobes, mid and top. Rub ears vigorously.

7.       Energizing Hands: Now rub your palms together vigorously, holding them at stomach level. After rubbing, separate them as if you are holding a ball between them; bring them close together and separate them again. As you keep doing this, you will feel some energy or magnetic pull between palms; focus on the energy till it intensifies, and then place your palms on any part of your body that needs healing. Leave them there for a short while soaking in the energy. Then lovingly wipe your palms down your body.