Standing like a pine tree, sitting like a bell, lying like a bow, and walking like the wind are the wise sayings of ancient people about etiquette and appearance. If you spend a long time lying in bed watching a tablet, or looking down at your phone while walking, or leaning on a sofa or seat to watch a computer screen, once you develop a habit, it will affect the health of your spine. Especially for children who are growing and developing, it may lead to problems such as hunching, hunching, chest tightness, and scoliosis.
If there is a problem with the spine, it is necessary to identify the cause and correct it. If there are posture reasons, you can practice the Five Leaves Technique to correct bad posture.
Preparation before practicing
It is best to practice the Five Leaves Technique in the morning.
After waking up, drink a 200ml cup of warm water to keep your entire body and intestines moist. In addition to adjusting the overall posture of the body through practicing techniques, it is important to cultivate good standing, sitting, and lying postures in daily life. For example, it is generally recommended to stand with both feet parallel, with a balanced amount of pressure, and not to develop a "resting" standing habit. If standing for a long time, legs and feet are fatigued or sore, you can take turns supporting them with both legs, and never use one side alone.
In addition, when standing, one should raise their head and chest straight, avoiding bending and hunching.
Practice Method of "Five Leaves Technique"
Exposed leaf style: With both feet open, close your eyes to nourish your mind. Imagine like the morning rain and dew nourishing the green leaves, from top to bottom, from outside to inside, constantly growing.
Rain Leaf Style: Slightly open your feet, shoulder width apart; Clench your fist with your right hand, pay attention to moderate strength, and strike below the left clavicle; Then clench your fist with your left hand and strike below the right clavicle. Beat 25 times on each side. When patting, the movements should sound rhythmically like rain hitting banana leaves.
Wind blade style: This action is divided into two steps in total.
The first step is to do the "rice" character skill, with both hands on your hips and your head in stroke order, writing the "rice" character slowly. This action can fully activate the joints and muscles of the neck, which is beneficial for unblocking meridians, softening the meridians of the neck and back.
The second step is to do "Rhinoceros Watching the Moon". Cross your arms to your waist, turn your head slightly to the left shoulder at about 90 degrees. If there is no obvious pain, you can continue to turn back until your body can tolerate it, and then slowly return to normal; Next, gradually turn your head to the right by about 90 degrees, reaching the maximum limit that your body can tolerate, and then slowly return to normal. Do two movements slowly 5 times each, avoiding violent twists. When twisting, be like a leaf in the wind, swaying around with the wind, flexible and resilient.
Long leaf style: clench fists with both hands, slightly open feet, shoulder width apart. Inhale, hold, and exhale rhythmically for 1 second each, followed by a squat and stand up motion, and finally retract and stand up. When practicing, one should break through obstacles like a leaf, slowly grow up, strengthen the trunk, straighten the whole body, let go of the old and embrace the new, and relax the muscles and waist. This formula can not only activate the meridians of the whole body, but also smooth local joints, effectively preventing lower back and leg pain, poor breathing, and so on.
Root and Leaf Style: Retract, hands akimbo, feet open, shoulder width apart. The body's center of gravity alternates back and forth between the toes and heels, with a recommended frequency of 30-50 movements. Plants rely on their roots for growth, and only with a stable foundation can they thrive. Therefore, when practicing, it is important to be like a plant rooting in the soil. This formula can stabilize the core muscle groups of the entire lumbar spine and lower abdomen, regulate diseases such as prolapse of the anus, uterine prolapse, and some Qi deficiency syndromes.
Usually, it is important to maintain a correct sitting posture. Unless in special circumstances, do not sit for more than an hour. After a certain period of time (such as about 45 minutes), stand up, walk outside or onto the balcony, stretch your waist, kick your legs, and move your limbs. Men should not sit on soft sofas for long periods of time.