Qigong Methods for Elderly Health

For the elderly, there are not many ways to keep fit, because the elderly are very weak. If they do not exercise well, their physical weakness will become more and more serious. When they exercise, many people often feel very tired. Therefore, such exercise is not suitable for the elderly. However, the elderly can choose Qigong when they are old. So what are the methods of Qigong for the elderly?

1. Hold your hands up to the sky to regulate the triple burner: Stand with your feet parallel and shoulder-width apart, cross your fingers and turn your palms up in front of your chest (palms facing up), and at the same time raise your arms above your head, with your hands holding up the sky (as shown in Figure 1), straighten your chest and abdomen, then relax. Repeat 10 to 20 times.

2. Draw the bow to shoot the eagle with both hands: The legs are in a horse-riding squatting position, and the arms are stretched out horizontally, rotating forward from the left and right sides respectively, with the palms facing each other. Then bend the right elbow, make a fist with the right hand in front of the chest, stretch the left arm horizontally to the left, make a fist with the left hand, and the thumb is upright and upward. Look at the tip of the thumb, and the arms are in a bow shape (as shown in Figure 2). Then stretch both arms out, still rotating forward from the left and right sides in front of the chest to clap hands, then bend the left arm and stretch the right arm out to the right to form a bow shape. Repeat this 10 to 15 times.

3. Regulate the spleen and stomach by raising one hand: Stand with your feet parallel and shoulder-width apart. First, stretch your left arm up and let your right arm hang down. Raise both palms perpendicular to your forearms. The forces of the two upper limbs are in opposite directions, with the upper hand supporting the ground and the lower hand pressing the ground (Figure 3), so that the muscles of both sides of the ribs are stretched. Then relax your arms, repeat this 10 to 15 times, then raise your right arm and let your left arm hang down, and repeat this stretch 10 to 15 times.

4. To treat the five tuberculosis and seven injuries, look back: Stand at attention, put your hands on your hips, rotate your head to the left and back, and look back (Figure 4). Then return your head to its original position, and then rotate your head to the right and back, and do this 10 to 15 times each.

If the elderly want to do Qigong exercises, then these methods are very good choices. In fact, everyone can try them. There are actually many benefits to doing Qigong fitness, but in the eyes of many people it is difficult to be effective. However, this is because many people have not experienced it personally. If you do these exercises yourself, then you will feel that your body has become better unknowingly.