You probably heard that in order to have a strong immune system you need to avoid smoking (including passive smoking), moderate alcohol consumption, keep low stress levels and most importantly — follow a healthy diet.

However it’s also known that the immune system’s strength naturally diminishes with years, which explains why older generations are so prone to illnesses. Therefore it’s really critical to strengthen your immune system as you get older.

Now I’m going to explain how you could strengthen your immune system using techniques from Su Jok.

Self-Healing Technique

Step 1

Find out points as per figure 1:

Now heat up those points using Moxa.

Do this procedure once a day on both palms.

Step 2

Massage those points according to figure 2.

For this purpose it is very good to use massage stick or any other suitable subject for example a ball pen without ink.

Press these points with a moderate effort and begin a slow rotation of the stick in two directions. Carry out this massage for several minutes once a day.

Step 3

The final step is to apply buckwheat seeds to points according to figure 3.

Use a band-aid in order to attach them to fingers. Leave those grains in place for 10 to 12 hours. If water gets onto the seeds, simply replace them with fresh ones and use a new band-aid.

Do this procedure 2-3 times a week.

Finally remember that physical activity strengthens the immune system and helps prevent infections and illnesses.

Foods Strengthening The Immune System

• Green leafy vegetables
• Nuts, especially almonds
• Broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, turnips
• Garlic (It is one of the most potent foods for the purpose of immune system strengthening)
• Deep-water sea fish ( such as salmon or tuna )
• Algae
• Raw grains and cereals

Vegeterian Recipes Strengthening The Immune System

Fresh Cabbage Salad

Ingredients:

• 500 gram of cabbage
• 100 gram sour cream

Grate or slice cabbage, knead it, add salt and sugar to taste. Mix in sour cream.

Optionally add olive oil and lemon juice.

Broccoli Salad with Tomatoes

Ingredients:

• Fresh Brocolli
• Tomatoes

Bring a pot of water to boiling and add broccoli. Cook for 5-6 minutes (keep the temperature so that the water is boiling). Take broccoli out to cool off and then slice it.

Cut tomatoes in slices, and then mix with sliced broccoli.

Add finely cut parsley and fennel herbs, salt and sugar to taste. Add olive oil and fresh lemon juice.

If you liked this self-healing technique, Self Healing Series has more self-empowering materials.

Why we need to keep our stomachs flat?

The obvious reason – is to look “good”, the less obvious one is to be healthy. Having a flat stomach helps prevent injuries and various diseases that can otherwise develop.

Goal Setting

Before you even start the process on getting your stomach flat, it’s very important to set the intention and visualise your stomach flat. Your sub-consciousness will play a big part in this process and it’ll do everything to bring you to the image you’ve created. So every time you start exercises, see yourself the way you want to look.

These exercises don’t take a lot of time – only 5 to 10 minutes daily. But you need to do those regularly, so that they become a second nature to you.

Most likely the transformation will not happen overnight, so get ready to persevere and get where you want to be. It’ll be a long journey, and every step brings you closer to the goal. Self determination is a key here.

Nutrition

You can exercise forever, but if won’t do you any good if your eating habits are bad. This is because any weight you lose exercising, you can quickly re-gain because you don’t eat properly. So it’s important that as you set off on this journey you review your dietary habits and make some adjustments.

Avoid eating too much fat foods. Eat more healthy foods like vegetables, fruit, whole wheat bread, low fat cheese, yogurts and foods containing complete proteins, vegetable fats. Drink natural fruit juices and a lot of water.

Exercise

There are two approaches to choose from:

1. – To train all three groups of stomach muscles daily
2. – To train only one group of muscles per day. For example:

1. first day – the abdominal exercises
2. second day – oblique
3. third day – muscles of the bottom part of stomach
4. the fourth day – rest.

When you do your exercises do them very slowly, keep your eyes close and imagine the muscles you’re exercising at that moment.

Don’t forget to breath.

Don’t forget to suck in your stomach all the time: while walking, standing and sitting, both at work and outside of it.

Example of exercises for stomach muscles.

In a prone position on the back make 30 straight sit ups, then 30 sit ups to the right knee and another 30 to the left. Carry out these exercises slowly, then repeat them in the same order. Next do the same exercises with a faster rate.

Next time try to freeze at the top of the sit up, hold the breath and execute 15 short and fast micro-sit ups.

With time gradually increase the number of sit ups.

Before and after the exercises it’s very helpful to do stretching.

I wish you good luck on your journey to flat stomach and trim waistline.