I always wondered what Labor Day was all about.

Was it something for women who were going to have a baby or was
it a day to work harder or just the last holiday before the
kids had to go back to school. 

It seems that Labor Day is a day of respect and thankfulness to
the people who labored to make America a prosperous and strong
nation.

Holidays or (Holy Days) are very important regardless of what
country you live in or what Holiday you celebrate simply
because they remind us to be grateful for what we have.

I try to remind myself and others of this every day not just
holidays.

When ever I send you an email I always sign it by wishing you
Health, Wealth and Happiness.

Let me tell you why I do that.    

First Health, if you don't have your Health you've got nothing.

The vehicle of your higher self is your Body, your Mind, and
the Quality of your Breath. If those things are not healthy you
lack the ability to get anywhere in life, do anything or
acquire anything.

The most important key to Health that is over looked in the
modern world is Internal Training. The Internal Training is the
method of unifying the movement with the mind and the breathing
to create a powerful flow of Qi in the body.

The flowing Qi is what will keep you alive and young period!
Everything else is external.

Men lift weights to build muscle and become fit but don't
understand "Strength" - it comes from the inside. Cultivate Qi
and make huge gains while you access an unlimited supply of the
best testosterone on the planet - YOUR OWN BODY.

Women want to be thin and beautiful but don't realize that the
fat in their body is a reaction to toxins and blockages in the
flow of Qi. Detox the body and emotions and the weight falls
off like dead baggage.

That's why I have put together the Recharging Qi Gong Program
http://rechargingqigong.com and started the Qi Gong Inner
Circle http://qigonginnercircle.com , to teach the Internal
Training.

Second I always wish you Wealth. "Wealth" is not just money
although that is part of it. Money usually helps. So much
energy is wasted on worrying about money that that very thing
is what makes people sick.

There was once a remarkable and very powerful energy healer in
India and it was said that his very touch could bring people
back from the edge of death. As the story goes, before wasting
this precious healing energy that he was cultivating for his
own enlightenment he would give the patient some money. His
understanding of "Wealth" was very different indeed.

Third I wish you Happiness. Happiness more than an emotion, or
a chemical balance in the brain. Happiness is a state of
being. 

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to
be."
- Abraham Lincoln

I think ol' Abe knew what he was talking about - wonder where
he learned that one from. Probably had a Qi Gong Doctor we
didn't know about.

Have a safe and Happy Holiday and Train to be the Best. As for
me I am off to the beach to train a little more.

Wishing you the best in Health, Wealth, and Happiness,

Dr. Wu Dhi

Some call it hell, they even have a small town called Hell
Michigan just outside of Detroit, nice place...

But as a kid you don't really notice the weather too much you
just don't realize it could be any different.

As a kid I was a hyper active, by today's standards I would
have been medicated for sure.

Thankfully my father dealt with my hyper activity the old
fashioned way, he enrolled me in boxing and later Jujitsu.

I definitely knocked the steam out of me, when I wasn't taking
a boxing glove full speed to the nose I was being tossed like a
rag flat on my back.

My nickname was "Mop" because the bigger guys used to mop the
floor of the Dojo with me.

This early training beat two important life lessons into me.

I'm am grateful for these hard won lessons because they have
saved my life and kept me balanced and grounded through the
years.

And I want to share them with you.
 
>>LESSON ONE that was beat into me:

Learn how to fall. Everyone that learns any sort of grappling
knows this is lesson one. There are actually several different
techniques but they all have one thing in common, do not
resist, go with the fall, and transfer the energy of the fall.

Learning how to fall has saved me countless times.

In collage I got in a fight with two football players by
telling them what I thought of their pansy workout (not a good
conversation to have with two big drunk football players). When
the 280 pound linebacker chucked me across the room I landed on
top of his teammate.

Instinctually I used my entire arm to transfer the energy of
the fall downward but instead of slapping the ground like I
normally would in the Dojo I smashed the other guys ribcage
completely knocking the wind out of him and nearly knocking him
out.

Luckily while the big was still trying to figure out what
happened to his friend I escaped unharmed.

I can remember another time I was still living up North and
winter just broke. It was a beautiful spring day and I decided
to go for a bike ride.

I had a racing bike and strapped my feet into the pedals and
took off.

What a great day it was, as I was riding down the street I
noticed a young lady jogging in a pair of short shorts like
they used to.

As I turned my head, like most guys would, I hit the curb and
went a$$ over appetite with my feet still connected to my bike.

I could see my self almost in slow motion going over the
handlebars. Thankfully I knew how to fall. I rolled on my
shoulder and ended up on the grass with the bike on top of me,
still attached by my foot peddles. Embarrassed but unharmed.
 
>>LESSON TWO that was beat into me

Learn the moves and practice every day. As you train in your
art what ever it is it gets easier and becomes more fun.

After about 21 days of training you will establish a habit and
your body will start to crave practice time.

If you don't learn the moves or don't practice you get hit.

The same is true when it comes to dealing with stress and aging.

YOU NEED TO LEARN THE MOVES

What moves?

You need to learn the moves that keep you young.
You need to learn the moves that keep you flexible.
You need to learn the moves that keep your internal organs
healthy.
You need to learn the moves that keep the flow of Qi open.
You need to learn the moves that keep your hormone levels up.
You need to learn the moves that give your seks organs working.
(yes I spelt' it dat way on purpose)

Every morning and most evenings I practice these moves.

I'm and old dude but only in years, I'm way younger than a lot
of my patients in their 40's who are just falling apart because
they don't know these moves.

The MOVES I'm talking about are the very same moves in my
program The Recharging Qi Gong.

If you haven't begun a regular daily practice and want the best
Qi Gong practices all in one package go to
http://www.rechargingqigong.com and get started now.

There's no excuse not to, my program is easy to learn and
practice. I even give you a simple follow along DVD that you
can just pop in for a few minutes every day.

Wishing you the Best in your Health, Wealth and Happiness,
 
Dr. Wu Dhi

PS: Qi Gong Inner Circle are getting a special bonus this
month, a sneak peek at my Qi Weight Loss and Detox system. You
can still get this great bonus CD if you sign up today at
http://qigonginnercircle.com   

If you practice everyday you will get results of your practice.

That's a given.

That's why we practice.

We all practice something whether we know it or not.

Whatever results you're getting in your life, no mater good or
bad, it's the results of your practice.

The key is to make what you want to practice easy to do.

I decided what I want in my life many years ago and set out on
a journey to bring those good things into my life.

The difference in my mind was that I made it easy to accomplish
those things.

I focused on the positive aspects and always put a smile on my
face.

There is an exercise that I do that is part of my daily
practice that brings me up all the time. I stand in front of a
mirror and put a smile on my face and for 60 seconds I look
into the mirror smiling at my self and I see my mirror image
smiling back at me.

Training yourself to respond positively to your own image is
one of the great secrets to success.

Often I say out loud to the mirror,' I look good, I sound
great, I feel myself radiate!"

There is one thing for sure the rest of my day is going to be
Great.

Why? Because I say it is so, and I do this every day.

If you know me you know I never have a bad hair day.

I wish you the best in Health, Wealth and Happiness,

Dr. Wu Dhi

PS: The easiest way to start practicing is to practice with
others. Join the Qi Gong Inner Circle at
http://www.QiGongInnerCircle.com and every month I'll send you
a DVD with Qi Gong exercises, meditations, and much much more.
It's less than $30 a month - the easiest way to get started
today! After a short while you will have an entire library of
powerful Qi Gong techniques you can use every day.

PPS: All members of the Qi Gong Inner Circle are welcome to
come and train with me IN PERSON ever Wednesday night in Miami
Florida at no additional charge. The only other way to gain
access to me is to see me as a patient so this is the easiest
way to get in and get started. Go to
http://www.QiGongInnerCircle.com now!

Florida from my hotel room. My patient and Qi Gong student in

this case, got the shock of his life when I yelled at him.

Now if you know me or have had any treatments or classes with

me you may have a very difficult time imagining me even raising

my voice but in this case it had to be done.

Sometimes being a Qi Gong Master means being a Zen Master too.

Qi Gong in it's essence is MOVING, BREATHING, and FOCUS.

Qi Gong in our daily lives is about bringing things into

alignment with our focus. This can effect us on the physical,

emotional, and energetic level.

Qi Gong at street level is just a practical way of bringing us

back to a state of inner and outer harmony in every aspect of

our lives.

That's what it takes to really Master Qi Gong and live a long

healthy life.

It's all Qi Gong from the top looking down.

Sometimes it takes a shot of bitter medicine to get the system

back on track.

This particular patient is a brilliant computer guy and a year

and a half ago he was on a roll. He had bought a new home and

was making more money than he ever had. With several new

ventures in his back pocket the future was brighter than it had

ever been and he was on his way to becoming a new millionaire.

Today... not so good, he seems to struggle at everything.

His marriage fell apart, his kids are in and out of the

hospital, and he can't seem to stay up on paying his bills.

What changed?

He changed and if he is going to recover he needs to keep

changing.

Sometimes when we set out to become something more than we

currently are we have to go more changes than we originally

anticipated.

When we are at the top of a mountain we can see the tops of

other mountains clearly, what we don't often see is that to get

from one mountain top to the other their might be huge valleys,

rivers, and swamps between here and there.

My patient in this case was stuck in just such a swamp.

By asking several questions I was able to discover what he was

doing wrong. Holding on to his own resentment about his

setbacks he was stopping himself from moving forward.

Just like a little kid learning a new sport, he started to make

all sorts of judgments about himself, worse yet he was starting

to believe it.

I confronted him sternly.

Sometimes when we want to step up to the next level we can't

bring all are baggage from the past with us.

This is true on all sorts of levels.

In the end he thanked me for being straight with him. To keep

him going I prescribed 3 simple Qi Gong exercises form him to

do 3 times a day.

When you find yourself in life's swamps the most important

thing is to keep moving. The way to keep moving is to create

the right sorts of habits.

In China and India there is a concept of "Sadhana". Sadhana is

usually thought of as a daily practice or ritual but the

word "Sadhana" in Sanskrit actually means the path to

accomplishment.

Lasting Health and Longevity is a journey you take one step at

a time. It's an Accomplishment not a Fix. That's both the good

news and the bad news.

Those that do have any sort of Accomplishment whether

financial, physical, or other, did it with a Proven Method and

Daily Practice.

I CAN and DO provide the Proven Method but it takes two wings

to fly, you've got to show up too.

So far I've given everybody two easy ways to Show Up and take

these treasures from me.

1. The Recharging Qi Gong is still the greatest

collection of Qi Gong exercises I have seen compiled into a

single, easy to use program with DVDs, CDs, and Illustrated

Manuals and it's only available

here -> http://rechargingqigong.com

If you don't have this valuable resource yet now's the time to

get it.

2. The Qi Gong Inner Circle http://qigonginnercircle.com I

started this group so that I could give even more material on a

monthly and weekly basis. In addition to the monthly DVDs I

hold a weekly meditation and Qi Gong class here in Miami. If

you want to take your Qi Gong to the next level and have access

to me you need to sign up today.

With two easy ways to get started there's really no excuse to

stay in the swamps of life. Join me and a select group of

individuals that are on the path of accomplishment.

Start "Sadhana" today and go to http://Qigonginnercircle.com

and sign up.

Wishing you the best in Health, Wealth and Happiness,

Dr. Wu Dhi

PS: The secret to the Qi Gong Inner circle is that you can

still get in, you might not be able to get all the back issues

of the Qi Gong Inner Circle but I have been working personally

with new members to get them all the basic materials they need

to experience a rapid increase in the Qi flow. That's all

available at http://Qigonginnercircle.com once you sign up.

people subscribed to my list. Many were able to currently

relate to feeling stuck so I decided to stay up a little later

than normal here in my hotel room and get something else out

that might be useful to un-stick those feeling stuck.

Many wanted to know what I yelled at my patient that made him

wake up. To be honest I don't think I can type those exact

words without getting this email flagged as or blocked.

As I said before "some medicine is bitter" let's just leave it

at that.

With the economy and real estate market the way it is now many

people have been affected that were never before affected in

any other "recession".

I have patients that have always had corporate level jobs that

are now out looking.

I have patients that have always had their own businesses now

wishing they worked for somebody else and that somebody would

buy them out.

I have patients that have comfortably rested on millions of

dollars of real estate now being chased by banks.

It's crazy.

But you have to look past the story sometimes and look at

what's right in front of you.

Sometimes the answer is way simpler than you previously thought.

This is exactly how Qi Gong works.

We begin every Qi Gong exercise with a pause and a deep breath.

Qi Gong means "Energy Work" or "Energy Practice" not hard work,

struggle or strain.

And the life of a Qi Gong practitioner is much the same way.

Everything is energy that is the fundamental lesson behind the

book "Using Stress as an Ally". We welcome the energy in all

forms recognize it as just that and then open the flow of

energy.

“Using Stress as an Ally" is available with the Recharging Qi

Gong http://rechargingqigong.com

When we are IN FLOW we are truly alive and able to radiate that

energy back out in everything we do.

Very simple movements and breathing exercises help get this

principle working in our whole being.

The very act of performing Qi Gong means that your are

committed to being the Dominate Influence in your own life.

Forget the Economy or what anybody else is doing!

That's why a daily practice is essential. You get on it and

stay on it!

When people sign up for my email list I always send them

the "Old Man and the Sea" exercise. That alone is an incredible

exercise or "Sadhana" as I described in yesterday's email.

If you practice this exercise you stimulate the blood and

oxygen moving along the meridians in your body. The meridians

are like the circuit board on the physical computer that is

your body.

When the body is working properly you feel better, work better,

and smile all day long. The more you smile the longer you live.

It's as simple as that.

So get on it and stay on it!

Dr. Wu Dhi

PS: For those that want a little longer "Sadhana" get the

Recharging Qi Gong at http://rechargingqigong.com and really

pump up your level of Qi and work out your smile muscles 'cause

your gonna feel GREAT!

Not many.

Not Good.

In fact, most looked liked they just dragged their body out of bed like a bad dog and were beating it to walk.

Some looked so serious they looked like they were taking some nasty medicine.

I actually stopped one person and asked if they were ok. It occurred to me that there is a very common misconception that goes like this. Activity equals Vitality. Not true. Some activity done over and over will break down your body and kill you eventually especially if you're doing it wrong or forcing your body through the motions.

Ever hear of somebody being worked to death?

Make sure it's not you.

 It's not to say that every American on average couldn't handle a little more activity. It's just that you won't begin to realize a whole cascade of benefits that will actually make you feel and act younger until you connect the mind and breathing to the activity.

This means Listening to your body and Feeling your body.

To cultivate real energy you have to integrate the body, mind, and breathing and smile while you do it. This in a nutshell is the great Chinese exercise secret. You're not a hamster. Simply sticking you on a treadmill is not going to make you magically ten years younger, heal your body, or put the graphite back in your pencil.

Consider this...

Here in Miami there are plenty of people that are getting up there in years, by this I mean OLD, and have been told to get out there and walk every day by their doctor. Some people actually get worse from this because, unlike a hamster, a human can use the body to injure the body.

Even when body is sending messages to "Stop, don't hurt me." Their knees, hips, back, and shoulders all begin to develop mysterious aches and pains. Why? Because they're totally disconnected from their body and refuse to listen to their body. They walk down the street and every step they take looks like a big bag a bricks just got dropped on the pavement.

 

Crash, crash, crash, crash...

 

That's what the butt, back, hips and knees are doing. It actually looks like the bones are crashing and grinding together. You know who I'm talking about. It's a disaster watching some of these people walk and they do it to their bodies mile after mile.

 

Ever see these guys out jogging and you can't possibly imagine how they can keep going with such bad form and posture? Now think for a second, and imagine how a Qi Gong Master moves and walks. (I'll help you with this one just incase you've never been to China)

 

Imaging flowing with precision and grace through a series of exercises that move the body according to what it was designed to do. Moving both fast and slow, both softly and with amazing explosive power, the Qi Gong Master is one with his body and connected to every cell of his body. When the Master of Qi Gong walks it looks like the wind is carrying him along, no effort.

 

There is a HUGE difference in movement and there is a HUGE difference in the quality of life too.

 

The student of Qi Gong is a person of VITALITY.

 

The person that is grinding their bones on those daily prescription walks from the doctor is miserable. The person that has a connection to their body is Happy, even happier than they should be if you consider their stress load but this is what it means to use your body correctly.

 

The Qi Gong I teach and prescribe to my patients is way more than medicine, it's about living in a powerful way connected to the earth and your body. Just like a fish that has never seen the sky it might be difficult for some to grasp this but for those that do I am willing to teach you everything I know. The best way to start is to jump in head first.

 

Start with the Recharging Qi Gong -> http://rechargingqigong.com This program clears the entire body of those clunky bone crashing movements. By practicing the Recharging Qi Gong all of your activity changes, you will find that you walk and move more freely and that those mystery pains are forgotten. Suddenly you will find that you can do more and have more energy.

 

That's VITALITY! Wishing you the best in health, wealth and happiness,

 

Dr. Wu Dhi

 

PS: If you're not a member of the Qi Gong Inner Circle you're missing monthly Qi Gong instruction and coaching all year round. Check out http://qigonginnercircle.com this is where I give the real goodies out.

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My teacher started his Zen training as a teenager and as most
teenagers do, he acted as if he was both all knowing and
immortal.

Youthful arrogance and Zen are not the best combination
especially when the teacher carries a stick.

Regular beatings were required to speed up the process of
enlightenment but to his credit he stuck with it.

He was also fortunate enough to have a teacher that was trained
in several different schools of Zen and was well versed with
many different breathing techniques.

Zen is not commonly known to have a multitude of "yogic"
breathing exercises as do the Indian or Tibetan schools. In Zen
the philosophy is generally to simplify the method and focus on
the breathing itself.

Now imagine a hormonally hyperactive 16 year old boy fidgeting
on his meditation cushion, trying to focus on HIS breathing. To
make matters worse this same boy was plagued with sinus trouble
and rarely had more than one nostril that was clear.

The boy was not the only one focusing on HIS breathing. The
sounds of mucus and snot bubbles coming out of his nose were
often the loudest things during meditation practice.

The mere presence of the boy in the meditation hall was a
psychic disturbance that could not be ignored no matter what
your level of training.

So what to do?

The Zen Master called the boy aside.

"Do you Breathe or are you Breathed?" the Zen Master asked.

Naturally the arrogant youth replied "I Breathe."

"If you Breathe then show me Breathing." The Zen Master
instructed.

The boy sat down diligently and began to sniff and snort with
purpose and measure through his stuffy nose.

The Zen Master rolled his eyes and held up his hand "STOP! If
you Breath now show me not Breathing."

The boy held his breath and the Zen Master watched diligently.

Several moments passed while the boy gradually started to turn
blue. Suddenly he exploded and gasped for air.

"What'sa matta?" the Zen Master asked.

"Even if you manage to pass out by holding your breath you will
start breathing again on your own. I think that you should
investigate this further." With that the Zen Master sent the
boy away to meditate on whether or not he breathed or was
breathed.

The next day the Zen Master stepped into view in front of the
boy while he was in meditation. In his hand he held a rumpled
up paper lunch bag that he was breathing into. The bag expanded
and collapsed with every breath the Zen Master took. He looked
quizzically over the bag at the boy.

As many Zen Masters do, this particular teacher had a special
look that he would give a student that meant they should ask
what he was doing.

"What are you doing..." the boy reluctantly moaned, knowing full
well there was a potential stick whacking in it.

The Zen Master lowered the bag with a great big smile and
said "Me? Nothing. But this bag... this bag is Breathing!"

Not all whacks are delivered with a stick. The shock of
realization can be delivered even as a joke.

The boy did change his breathing and his focus. He was no
longer the distraction in the meditation hall. His breathing
became effortless and natural. He healed his sinus problems and
eventually he himself became the Master.

Changing the focus from breathing to Being Breathed is a big
step but one in the right direction if you want to really open
the flow of Qi in your body.

I rarely use a stick but I'm a big fan of the jokes as many of
you have seen in the Recharging Qi Gong.

It's ok to laugh, it opens the lungs.

If you don't have the Recharging Qi Gong there's no excuse not
to get it today at http://rechargingqigong.com  and clear the
internal clutter and superficial tensions from your body.

You might even have a laugh or two.

Wishing you Health, Wealth and Happiness,

Dr. Wu Dhi

PS: I'm planning the first Recharging Qi Gong seminar to happen
this summer. This is an event you won't want to miss, I will
send out details soon.

PPS: For those of you not in the Qi Gong Inner Circle I want to
let you know that I have started to teach those students the
Flying Crane Qi Gong in the new video format and so far it's
really awesome, shorter forms and deeper integration. If you
want to learn that style of Qi Gong sign up at
http://qigonginnercircle.com and send a note with your order
that you want the April DVD with the first Flying Crane DVD.