It’s easy to become overwhelmed with work during the busy tax season. Many fitness devotees just can’t find the time for energy-consuming workouts at the gym. This simple, Chinese health exercise requires no equipment, tools, props, or space. You can practice it anywhere, anytime.
By James W. Chan, PhD
It’s easy to become overwhelmed with work during the busy tax season. Many diligent fitness devotees just can’t find the time for energy-consuming workouts at the gym during this time. If you work from home and sit all day, you are likely familiar with leg cramps or other aches. These ailments are not uncommon. This is the time to call in the bear. The Constant Bear exercise, that is.
This simple, ancient Chinese health exercise adapts the energetic, habitual movements of five animals (tiger, deer, bird, monkey, and bear) to help humans ward off ailments. This exercise requires no equipment, tools, props, or space. You can practice it anywhere, anytime.
This is how you do the Constant Bear:
Constant Bear will give you stronger legs, better balance, and increase your ability to relax if you practice it consistently and conscientiously. Constant Bear incorporates basic principles of Tai Chi as an exercise in health and well-being.
James W. Chan, PhD, is author of Spare Room Tycoon: Succeeding Independently, the 70 Lessons of Sane Self-Employment. The book documents the real-life stories of 40 men and women who started a solo practice. He can be reached at jchanamm@comcast.net.
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