This miracle Qigong exercise will heal everything in your body

Imagine if there was a single exercise that didn't require equipment, a gym, or medication that can improve your energy, calm your mind, strengthen your immune system, and literally help your body heal itself from the inside out. Now, it sounds too good to be true, I know, but for thousands of years in China, doctors and monks have sworn by this one Chiong practice, calling it the secret to preventing disease, extending life, and keeping the body young. Now, today I'm going to show you this quote miracle chiong exercise, explain why it's so powerful, and guide you through it step by step so you can experience the effects for yourself. Hey guys, I'm Dr. Alex Hine, board licensed doctor of acupuncture and nutritional Chinese medicine and author of the health book Master the Day. Let's jump in. You know, when I was living in China, I lived in a city called Beijing. And I found this book by a man named Yu Yong Yen. And this book was just of this old Chinese guy standing like this next to a giant tree. And I just thought this was one of those funny things that old Chinese people do in China in the park like Taichi or something. And when I opened his book and I bought it in the bookstore, I actually found an English translation in the West. And what Yun Yong Yen was talking about was [music] he was actually running studies on the power of Chiong to pretty much improve specific health symptoms that people were having that were elderly. So he was studying high blood pressure, circulatory problems, blood sugar issues, sleep, anxiety, and depression. and he was actually running trials with patients in hospitals [music] doing this standing chiong. Now, what was so weird about it was the chiong wasn't like something that's you could see how it gets the blood flow going and you understand how it's exercise. Now, what's so unique and weird about this kind of chiong is you would think they were doing these very animated motions, right? That you could see how obviously improved health. But unlike traditional exercise, the whole chiong was called standing like a tree. So literally this was the chigong. You stand here like this doing certain breathing and occasionally change posture here, here, here, and you stand there for 30 minutes to an hour. And they were reporting these amazing health benefits. So, you might be wondering, how could one weird exercise like that where you're not moving heal everything in the body? Now, here's the secret. It's not about targeting one symptom or one disease. It's about restoring what Chinese medicine calls the flow ofqi, your body's vital physiology. So, think about a river, for example. When the water flows smoothly, the land around it is fertile, green, and full of life. But if the river gets blocked, the water stagnates, disease and decay start to set in. So in Chinese medicine, ancient doctors noticed this. [music] Disease is exactly the same because when what we call chi flows, I think of chi as unobstructed physiology, [music] proper physiological flow. Now, the modern science even supports this for chiong. Chiong lowers stress hormones, improves your circulation, enhances immunity, and balances your nervous system. And that's why people practicing it regularly report everything from better sleep, fewer colds, improved digestion, even relief from chronic pain and anxiety. So in a way, the benefits are very similar to someone who develops a really serious exercise regimen. So Chiong works by restoring flow. The real question becomes this, where is your flow actually disrupted? For some people, it's digestion and energy, and for others, it's stress, hormones, sleep, or anxiety. But for many, it's a combination that they've never really been shown how to properly identify. Now, that's why I created a short root cause quiz below this video. It helps you understand which system in your body is the most out of balance right now, so you're not just doing random practices for better health, but the right ones for your physiology. So, you can go to dralexhine.com/cl clinic or check out the link below this video. All right, let's actually learn this exercise together. Here, I'm going to cut to a scene here of me demonstrating the standing like a tree. This beautiful video we shot in a park here in springtime. The standing chigong is called janjuang. It's called universe stance or standing like a tree. And what I'm going to do is just demo it while we're talking about it at the same time. So for universe stance, what I want you to do is you're just going to close your eyes. And again, we're going to adopt a, you know, neutral spine here. Remember the same thing from before, the string from the head. Relax the pelvis. So you're not feeling an arched back or a hunched back here. And we're relaxing like this. tucking the pelvis. So you shouldn't feel pinching anywhere in your low back. Should feel the weight in your legs here, right? As the primary area where it is. And then from there, what we're going to do is universe stance basically involves you bringing up your hands like this. Standing chiong is very unique because the entire purpose is to not generate any external movement, but just pay attention to internal movement. So, we're going to bring the hands up about shoulder width here, [snorts] and we're going to have the palms face you. You should feel like you're holding a big beach ball. All right? So, beach ball. Imagine the beach ball pressing, pressing out, pressing out, pressing out. Right? And then just pay attention to where you're feeling discomfort. And then make sure palms facing inward, not flat. inward, thumbs up, right? Again, like you're holding a ball. Active, like a kind of active visualization here. And then you want to drop your shoulders and make sure we go back to the core posture. And we're standing here like this. So, as we're doing this and you're hearing the birds singing around me, start by just paying attention to your breathing and your shoulders. So, we're slowing the breathing. Lengthen the breath. I'm paying attention to tension in my neck, in my jaw. Breathing in, breathing out. I'm paying attention to any urge to fidget, right? Fidgeting hands, fidgeting shoulders. We're feeling the beach ball still. Right. I'm feeling that active resistance as if there's a ball here pushing out. And I'm paying attention to the shoulders. Feeling the warmth in the hands here. I'm just listening to the birds around me, the bees. sinking the shoulders. You might noticing them burning a little bit now. So, we're paying attention to the head from the string. Neutral pelvis. Deeper, more rhythmic breathing. Lengthening the breathing. Improving the breathing. Don't let the burning in the shoulders worry you. And the goal here is to minimize any external movement. No fidgeting. Don't move at all. And lengthen the breath more and more and more. And when you're ready, you can bring the arms down, shake them out, and just relax. Now, this practice is called januang or standing like a tree. And the funny thing about it is on the surface it looks sort of cheesy and simple. You just stand there, but inside it's one of the most powerful healing practices in Chigong. And the main way I recommend doing it is you stand with your feet shoulderwidth apart. Slightly bend your knees as if you're about to sit in a chair. Relax your shoulders. Tuck your chin slightly and lengthen your spine. Now, close your eyes and imagine you're hugging [music] a tree with your arms rounded in front of your chest. Palms inward, elbows [music] heavy. Close your eyes. Breathe slowly in and out through the nose and feel your breath sink all the way down to your belly. Now, you can do this standing exercise for 10 minutes, but I would recommend if [clears throat] you can get up to 20 or 30 minutes a day, you'll see really substantial [music] benefits. When I first learned this practice, my teacher said to me, "If you stand like this every day for 10 minutes, your body will become like a mountain, stable, calm, and unshakable." At first, I thought it was just some corny Chinese poetry thing, but then I noticed my patients who practice it actually healed faster. [music] They got sick much less and they were actually much much calmer in their daily lives. And a benefit of this is it's not hard on the joints. So, it's good for people who have joint issues or are older. Now, all of us are different and so what you may need may be something for blood pressure or for digestion. And that's why no single exercise, supplement, or biohack works [music] for everyone. The method only works when it matches the root cause. So, if you want clarity in what's actually driving your symptoms, whether it is stress hormones, digestion, nervous system imbalances, or a deeper level of exhaustion from how your life's been, I've included a free root cause quiz below this video. There's the first link right below here, or just go to dr. alexhine.com/quiz. And it's the same exact framework I use clinically to decide where to start with my patients. Now, I want to leave you here with a challenge. Practice this one chiong exercise for just 10 minutes a day. Do it for a week and notice how your body feels. And I want to reiterate that sometimes the most miraculous solutions are not complicated. [music] They're simple, consistent, and they're rooted in wisdom that's been around for thousands of years. And this simple chiong, don't be fooled, can really change your cardiovascular health and your energy and sleep, but only if you do it daily. Now, if you're not sure where else to start with chiong, one of the best practices is this [music] intro chiong exercise in a related video I shot here.