Natural Healing Art
Natural Healing Art is the tool used to treat pain and discomfort caused by the misalignment of joints, muscle weakness, poor posture, hyper-extended ligaments or muscles, sports injuries, and injuries caused by working on a computer for an extended period of time. Beyond the above mentioned problems, Natural Healing art can help just about anything. Our body has it's own healing power, which can treat almost any problem through proper exercise. This method of treatment has been in use for thousands of years in Eastern Society, and more specifically within traditional martial arts. Because martial arts training and study can be strenuous at times, practitioners would sometimes accrue injuries. However, they treat themselves through the process of natural movements and exercise known as Natural Healing Art. Our body requires us to lubricate the joints and rehabilitate the muscles, tendons, and ligaments. All of these components can be maintained with proper, routine exercise.
Natural Healing Art is also adaptable. We want to adapt and provide Natural Healing Art to cater to injuries accrued in office environments, for use by the general public. Before, Natural Healing Art was mostly within Eastern Medicine and traditional martial arts, but now it is able to spread throughout large corporations who employ people to work on computers all day, or have employees sitting down in a chair most of the time. Sitting down in a chair for extended periods of time on a daily basis will degenerate body posture, as well as deform the thoracic, lumbar, and/or cervical areas of the spine. This will cause deposits to build up in the joints, and it leads to arthritis, joint and nerve pain, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulders, cricks in the neck, lumbar pain, and sciatic nerve irritation.
All of these problems are caused by lack of daily joint lubrication and exercise. Natural Healing Art will promote and maintain better health for all individuals who experience any of the above mentioned conditions. Dr. Edward Song has over 30 years of experience in the field of Eastern Medicine as an expert and he has dedicated his entire life to the traditional martial arts. Through his expertise, he has been able to successfully adapt Natural Healing Art to accommodate anyone who works in an office environment or sits down for long periods of time. Now it can be applied to treat and prevent problems created by sitting down all day, and it should be used to maintain and promote a healthy life and overall well-being.
Do
In Che Jo - “The Natural
Healing Method and Traditional Martial Arts”
The importance of exercise is a well-known concept in the realm of maintaining a healthy life. Let’s examine the definition of good “balanced” exercise. Balance is the key word. Exercise is good, but too much or too little is harmful, if not wasteful. Our bodies are born into a physically well-balanced state. When we are young, our bodies are healthy and flexible which allows the energy to flow freely throughout the body maintaining a perfect state. As we age, such things as environmental factors, nutritional factors and the general lack of health maintenance upset this balance. As this balance is lost, then we begin to see the affects of disease. How do we maintain this balance? The answer is rooted in Do In Che Jo.
Martial arts and the natural healing methods are the safest approach to enhance the natural healing process of the body. These natural healing techniques come from the traditional martial arts and may be traced back thousands of years in history. Martial arts and eastern medicine have been intertwined ever since mankind discovered the concept of “Ki”. The initial benefits from the martial arts and the natural healing methods are at first easily recognized. The immediate effects are to stimulate the body and help improve circulation. Techniques help increase flexibility, strengthen the body and increase the range of motion of areas such as back, neck and the major joints. Training in traditional martial arts and natural healing methods decreases the risk of physical injuries. Additional benefits include muscular balance and good posture. Overtime, the body structures often times become out of balance and poor postural habits may develop. Flexibility helps realign body structures and builds the strength necessary to maintain good posture. If muscles are relaxed, then this helps promote healthy circulation and nutrition directly to muscles.
“Do In Che Jo” is the traditional study of creating a healthy physical condition. This form of physical study may be likened to Yoga and the basic calisthenics performed in many athletic fields of study. Do In Che Jo is rooted in the art of “Yeuk Geun Kyong”, which is the method of training and development taught to the Shaolin Monks by a man named Dal Ma. Dal Ma is considered the founder of Shaolin martial arts. “Hwal Bub” is translated from its Korean pronunciation as the “Natural Healing Art” and is a method of healing in Do In Che Jo. Martial arts natural healing methods focus on promoting health, as well as the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic disorders. Common disorders may include spinal disorders associated with back pain, sciatica, lower back problems, arm pain and numbness in the fingers associated to cervical problems. Exercise is the most natural way for our body to maintain health. The physical health of the body comes from flexibility. Flexibility helps Ki flow. Ki flow is likened to the flow of water. Any stagnation in the flow of Ki will cause the energy to spoil like standing water. When the muscles are flexible, the softness or flexibility of the body will absorb Ki quicker.
It is the “Infant State” that we are striving to maintain. Specifically, in this section of discussion we are focusing on the flexibility of youth. Overtime, without proper guidance and physical maintenance the body becomes unbalanced. Flexibility helps to regain that balance and improve our physical health. An improvement in our physical health reflects on our mental health. This creates a balance of life and a greater overall healthy condition.