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20/05/2021

FOR GOOD HEALTH:
1. Minimum Physical Activity for Adults - 21/2 hours weekly of moderate to vigorous activity.
2. One hour daily for kids and teens
3 Minimize stress
4. Strive to balance the Emotions
5. Be harmonious

18/05/2021

A STRETCH TO ACTIVATE THE NECK
1.Lie on floor and place palms downwards on the side of your abdomen
2. Extend your arms so that they raise your upper body off the floor
3. Slowly push your head backwards
4. Face forward and turn your head to the left and to the right.
5. return upper body to floor.
6. Repeat 10 times

15/05/2021

STRETCHES TO ACTIVATE: The Heart and Small Intestines
1. Stand with feet together
2. Push right foot to the right
3. Squat as if riding a horse.
4. Rest hands on your knees with the thumbs pointing backwards.
5. Press heavily on the left leg and rotate the torso from the hips
6. Lean forward to the right side and look slightly to the left.
7. Turn your torso to the left and transfer your weight to the left leg and turn your head slightly to the right.
8 Perform this movement both sides 24 times
It relaxes the Heart
2. Step with the right leg to the right and still face forward.
3. Squat as if riding a horse
4.place your hands on top of your knees with the thumbs facing backwards.

11/05/2021

Stretches to Activate the Shoulders:
This can be done sitting or standing
1.Thrust shoulders forward, downward, backward and upward.
2. Repeat the movement ten times.
3. Repeat in the opposite direction ten times

06/05/2021

ACTIVATE THE BRAIN:
Do a Head Stand -
1.Go down on your knees
2. Rest bent elbows on the ground
3. Allow head to fall between the lower arms and palms to clasp the top of the head.
4. Extend the lower limbs so that buttocks point to the sky
5. Bend knees a nd push them to the sky
6. Extend feet to the heavens so that the body is up side down
The hands should now form a means to balance the body.
Hold for 20 seconds

05/05/2021

ACTIVATING YOUR KIDNEYS AND URINARY BLADDER:
1. Stand upright with your palms facing upright at your hips.
2. Take your right hand upwards over your head facing the sky with the arm fully extended.
3. Turn the left palm downwards and extend the arm downwards fully.
4. Hold for a count of ten seconds and return to the original position.
5. Repeat with the right hand downward and the left upward.
6. Do ten reps.

04/05/2021

TREATING THE EYES:
Issue - Twitching (Spasms) of the Eyelids
Cause - Facial nerves radiating from the area near the earlobes to under the eyes have intermittent supply of energy and blood.
Location - When looking forward a vertical line passing through the pupil joining a horizontal line below the lower eyelid.
Therapeutic Aim - To promote the flow of energy and blood in the channels and collateral
Manipulation - Use the index or middle finger to press, knead and push the muscles around the area.
Results - Intended to Prevent/Treat/Cure:
Redness, itching and pain of the eyes
Blurred Vision
Optic Atrophy
Myopia
Glaucoma

30/04/2021

Thinking of Activating the Spine and Toning the body? Try this.
1.Sit on the floor with knees bent and upright.
2. Hold the toes with both hands.
3. Fall backwards to fall to the floor allowing your head to touch the floor.
4. Keep grasping the toes and allow your feet to go pass your head.
5. Return to the original position.
6. Repeat this rocking-rolling motion 10 times.

28/04/2021

A Stretch to Improve Posture
1. Stand with feet close
2. Extend arms forward until parallel to the ground with palms facing downwards
3. Raise the heels off the ground
4. Hold the position for 15 seconds
5. Do ten reps.

20/04/2021

To Improve Concentration:
1. Stand upright and raise hands to the heavens with palms facing forward.
2. Lean forward allowing one foot to leave the ground.
3. Continue leaning forward until hands, body and raised foot are parallel to the ground.
4. Hold for 15 seconds.
5. Return to standing position with both feet on the ground.
6. Repeat on next foot
7. Do five reps.

19/04/2021

IMPROVING YOUR BALANCE:
1. Lie on the floor with face up and keeping the lower limbs straight
Raise limbs, buttocks and back off the floor
3. Prop lower back with hands while resting the elbows on the floor.
4. Only shoulders and neck should be touching the floor.
5. Hold this position for 15 seconds
6. Repeat five times

16/04/2021

EXERCISING TO DEAL WITH ASTHMA:
1. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart
2. Extend arms sideways parallel to the shoulders
3. With feet planted, turn to the extreme right, keeping the right limb extended and the left bent so that the hand touches the right shoulder.
4. Return to the neutral position
5. Repeat turning to the left.
6. The head should turn with the shoulders.
7.Do 10 reps, right and left turn is one.

24/11/2020

DIABETES (CONTINUED)
Food as Medicine - Increase
Legumes Vegetables Fruits Mushroom Whole Grains Wheat Germ Breadfruit Nuts Sweet Potato
Avocado Celery Onion Peewah Boc Choy (Patchoi)
Cherries Artichoke

Food as Killers, Decrease or Eliminate -
Sugars Refined/ Baked foods Suturated Fat Chocolate Shell Fish Meat Milk Alcoholic Beverages Salt

Since diabetes lead to heart disease, be proactive to avoid it:
1. Aspirin Advantage, can lower your risk of heart attack.
2. Slim down, the more you weigh the greater the risk and complication from high blood sugar.
3. Low fat diet, keeps cholesterol and blood fat in the normal range.
4. Keep bad cholesterol 45mg/dl for diabetic men and 55mg/dl for diabetic women.
5. Fried foods, control to lower fats. Use olive oil and peanut oil.
6. Meats, replace red meats with fatty fish like salmon.
7. Blood pressure, 130/85 for diabetics and 140/90 for non-diabetics.
8. Salt, low intake,

23/11/2020

DIABETES
Definition -A disorder of the metabolism of glucose.

Symptom - An elevated level of sugar in the blood

Type I - Juvenile Insulin- Dependent.
Cause - Viral infection; a toxin; autoimmune reaction: reinforced by heredity predisposition. The insulin producing cells in the pancreas have been destroyed.
Symptom - Very thin; must receive insulin from infancy.

Type II - Adult onset; Non insulin dependent.
Cause - unknown but aggravated by diet rich in sweets and refined foods and poor in whole grains.

Risk Factors:
Sugar level before meals

20/11/2020

DISEASES OF THE HEAD: Changes of the Eyes (continued)
When the Eyes feel dry this is an indication that the internal energy of the Liver and Kidney are deficient.

When the eyes are tearing, without redness but aggravated when exposed to wind is an indication that wind is attacking the eyes and the blood in the liver is deficient
If the tearing is frequent especially when cold and without redness it means that the general energy of the body and blood are deficient. or the output of the kidney and liver are deficient.

If the tissues surrounding the eyes are swelling , there is damp heat in the liver channel and the liver is heated.

The internal energy of the body is deficient causing heat if the tearing is warm especially in the day and there is dryness at night
Blurred Vision, that increases with dryness, after reading, with age and acuity decreases during the night is an indication that there is liver blood and kidney deficiency

Floaters, small specks or filaments floating through the field of vision indicates that the kidney is functioning below par and blood in the liver is deficient.

Problems of vision point to Liver Deficiency.

02/06/2020

WELLNESS SEEKERS:
What is your health status? If you are on the excessive side, check your diet. If you are deficient , use massages to help the body regain its functions. If your body is balanced, use exercise as therapy.
GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISING: 1. Exercise daily unless you body says otherwise. 2. Warm up before and cool down after exercising. 3. Experiment with exercises and find the ones suitable for you. 4. Do simple stretches first thing on mornings after your devotions.
5. Avoid exercises that hurt the body long after you are finished. 6. Breathe normal while exercising (exhale on stretching). 7. Inhale through the nostrils and exhale through the lips. 8. Pay attention to the exercises you are doing and the body part they nourish. 9. Do core muscles endurance before strengthening specific muscles. 10. Be patient for good results

01/06/2020

MASSAGE THERAPISTS: Treatment of Headaches
Types: Anterior and Posterior Head (2 of 5 types)
Causes: Anterior - Illness in Eyes; Nose, Throat and Anemic
Posterior - Hypertension and Cervical Vertebrae Diseases.
Manipulation: The techniques used should remove obstruction; nourish the blood and relieve pain.
Anterior: Find the mid-point between the two eyebrows
Hold it with the thumb and index finger.
Push and grasp it 20 times (as if pinching it)
Grasp and Knead the lateral mid humerus (upper arm bone) for 3 mins.
Posterior: With one palm, rub the back of the neck horizontally
until it feels hot.
Press-knead and pluck the back of the knee where the
tibia and femur meet for 3 mins.

Headaches to follow: Migraine and Vertex

28/05/2020

TENNIS FREAKS:
At what stage of development are you?

FOUNDATION: Have you acquired the fundamentals through encouragement from your parents and coach? You have played other sports but you get the most enjoyment and satisfaction from tennis? You have a love for the game and you have not been pressured to perform? There was no thought of championship and your self-esteem was not tied to your performance?
If you have answered these questions honestly and with certainty then you are on to the next stage.
TRANSITION: Do you have a clear picture of the type of player you want to be? Then select the best coach to get you there: to become a better/serious player; to practice with purpose and intensity ; to develop physically; to learn concentration skills; to ;learn stress management and to learn to compete positively

Are You Ready to Take on the World? Strive for Personal Excellence; Your decision-making skills should be up to par; dealing with distractions should be a big part of your training; learning the physical and mental demands of pro tennis is paramount; motivating yourself, dealing with the social environment and the media and handling criticisms and taking instructions must be added to the mix. Set/adjust your goals and try to achieve them.

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