Rub Your Stomach Away in 2 Minutes a Day?
Did You Know
that you can rub your stomach away effortlessly
using nothing but your hand for only 2 minutes a day?
After spending a lovely long weekend at Center Parcs, it was fascinating to observe just how many people seemed to be battling the bulge -
especially that bulge around the middle!
I love this simple idea of rubbing your stomach away in 2 minutes a daya good habit to add to your daily routine dont you think?
Dr. Stephen Chang
This may sound hard to believe, but Dr. Stephen Chang,
an M.D. and Ph.D. who’s trained in both Western and Chinese medicine,
states that this simple 2-minute internal exercise, which does notcome
from Western medicine, but rather from the wisdom of ancient Chinese sages
— has been used successfully as a self-healing mechanism
for over 6,000 years.
Whatever you do, don’t confuse this internal exercise with the external
exercises of the Western world, such as sit-ups, crunches and other
movements that only firm up the underlying stomach muscles …
but do nothing to melt the fat surrounding those muscles.
According to Dr. Chang, losing weight is a simple matter of increasing
the efficiency of the digestive system. If you’ve ever wondered why you
fail to shed pounds even when you reduce your food and/or caloric intake —
the reason is because your digestive and eliminatory systems
are not functioning efficiently.
The following 2-minute exercise works like a gentle colonic irrigation
that helps speed up a sluggish digestive system (which usually carries at
least 5 pounds of fecal matter within it), and this elimination of useless
sludge has the effect of burning off excess fat. The exercise effectively
metabolizes the fatty tissues around the stomach and intestines, and flushes
them out of your body through blood, sweat, urine, and feces.
Here’s how to do the stomach-rubbing exercise:
1) Lie flat on your back on your bed or on the floor. Take your top off
or pull it up so that your abdominal area is bare.
2) Rub your hands together vigorously for about 15 seconds,
or until they feel hot. Rub Stomach Away
3) Place one of your hands directly on your belly button and begin to rub in
small
circles around your belly button, and gradually make the circles larger
(as shown in the diagram). Use fairly firm but comfortable pressure
and rub at a slow, even pace, approximately 1 circle per second.
4) Concentrate on the heat building up in, around and throughout your stomach.
5) Do about 40 to 50 circles, or for an approximate duration of 2 minutes or
more.
Note:
It is important to keep the abdominal area warm while doing the
exercise, especially during winter months when even
heated indoor air tends to be cool.
For best results, do this routine twice a day for 2 minutes —
first thing in the morning (before breakfast) and just before
you go to bed. Most people see noticeable results
within 1 week of consistent practice.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),
the stomach is the canter of energy. Massaging the stomach
in the manner described above therefore accomplishes more
than just melting away adipose tissue (fat). It also
stimulates the abdominal organs
*helps speed up slow digestion and remedies constipation
*increases blood circulation in the abdominal area
*helps heal indigestion, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting and
the adverse effects of overeating
Caution:
The stomach massage should not be practiced immediately after a heavy meal.
Neither is it advisable for women who are pregnant, or have
inflammation of the uterus, bladder, ovaries and fallopian tubes; and individuals who havethe following conditions: hypertension; stones in the gall bladder, kidneys or bladder; general, femoral, inguinal and umbilical hernia; bleeding of the stomach, lungs or brain; or ulcers of the intestines and stomach.