Teacher Yue Fan, who I met at a writing training camp, recommended an exercise - 108 prayers. He attached an article "Persisting in 108 prayers, the heart will be relaxed and the air will be smooth, and the disease will not come back", which contains a video of learning.

The article said that 108 prayers is the best meridian exercise. Meridians are channels through which Qi and blood circulate in the human body, also called channels for vitality. Meridians connect various tissues and organs through unique organizations and communication systems, and unblock the inside and outside of the human body, up and down, inside and outside, and left and right, thereby making the human body an organic unity. Only when the meridians are unblocked can the human body become a complete organism. It can be said that the meridians are the life path of the human body.

I saved the article, read it for a few days, and decided to try this sport. First, I think it makes sense in terms of Chinese medicine theory; second, this sport only requires a small area and a pair of gloves, and the movements are simple and easy to learn. Third, listening to classical music while exercising, coupled with physical and mental relaxation, has a psychological healing effect.

Of course, this set of exercises also has disadvantages, that is, it is too monotonous. In addition, it takes more than an hour to complete, which is a long time.

After weighing the pros and cons, I think it is still possible to practice.

On the first day, after getting up at six o'clock, I took a quick shower and started.

Because I was not skilled in the movements, I had to do them while watching the video, and the movements were inconsistent. I only did a dozen or so, and I didn't calm down to count. My arms feel a little sore at night.

The next day, I got up at about the same time, and the baby also got up. At first, he wanted to follow me, and since he didn’t have gloves, he just watched. Turns out, while I was doing it, he had his phone tuned to his favorite music. In addition, since I had to send him to school and prepare breakfast, I only completed twenty. After practicing this day, I felt a little pain in my knees and my whole body was sore at night. It may be the result of not exercising for a long time.

On the third day, I was afraid that the children would disturb me, so I went to the living room to do it. Since I already know the movements well, I won’t watch the video. The music was changed to classical music "Tai Chi" and guzheng. The middle child came and took away the Chinese learning machine, but there was no music. Maybe because I was afraid of knee pain, I did it slowly, and I only did thirty in half an hour. By the time I reached my thirtieth time, I was already sweating. After finishing, my hands felt swollen. I don’t know whether it was the result of the dilation of blood vessels after exercise or because the gloves were too tight.

Today, the fourth day, the weekend. Maybe I started exercising in the past few days, and the workload on Thursday and Friday was relatively heavy, so I was very tired. It was already past 7 o'clock when I got up. They haven't gotten up yet. Before I got out of bed, I was still fighting whether to do it today or not. After getting up, simply wash up and put the whole grains into the rice breaker to make rice paste. When I went upstairs, I saw my gloves and the Chinese learning machine lying there, so I let nature take its course and started turning the knobs. The moment the music started playing, I naturally put my hands together in the shape of a lotus, placed it on my chest, moved up and down, bent over, bent my knees, and dropped my body to the ground, all in one basic movement. So ten, twenty, thirty, at thirty, they struggled again, and persisted until they were forty, sweating profusely and feeling refreshed. The rice cereal is not ready yet, which means it is less than half an hour. Just like that, 40 were completed in half an hour.

I was very happy to finish the exercise before they got up. Thinking about it, before this, I was almost driven by laziness and almost gave up. Therefore, before you want to give up, tell yourself that starting the first action and completing one is also a success.