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The healing power of our inner smile How often have you smiled today or during the last days? Are you aware of the tremendous impact of this simple, but highly effective and kind gesture towards yourself? When we practice Zhineng Qigong or any other healing method we often concentrate too much on wanting the "right thing to do". But trying to perform the "right" posture and movements leads us to tense up and at the same time hinders us to let go and loosening up! If we start practicing the inner smile while doing our exercise (or any other activity) we start mastering our personal power and well-being on a much higher and more effective level. Our body responds to our inner smile: when we go through our body with the intention of smiling to each cell and organ, to our nervous, blood and lymph systems, to our meridians, bones, muscels and tissues, to literally every part of our body, we immediately relax and our body loosens up, warms up and starts to heal.
If we stop smiling, we stop appreciating ourselves and loving and nurturing ourselves and others, is beyond of our reach. For most of us in the Western world, it is often odd to smile to each of our organs such as our heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach etc. However for the practitioners of the Traditional Chinese Medicin as well as the Daoist, this is actually THE foundation of a healthy living and life style. According to the Chinese Medicine most - if not all, illnesses, start with dis-harmony in ourselves such as negative emotions. Often our negative feelings are so subtle that we are not even aware of the impact they are having. However, we stop feeling negative emotions such as anger, sadness, resistance, rage, worries etc, if we consciously choose to practice the inner smile. We start rejuvenating ourselves, reducing feelings of stress, experiencing more inner peace and harmony and an increase in personal power. We start to become our best friends, things get easier, we experience more happiness and health. If you would like to read more about the impact and process of the beauty of the "inner smile" please refer to either book "Awaken healing energy throug Tao. The Taoist Secret of circulation internal power" and/or "Taoist ways to transform stress into vitality" - both books written by Mantak Chia describe in much detail the simple steps of the healing process of the "inner smile", easy to understand and apply. Enjoy!
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