July 4, 2025 • 44 mins
In this episode, Elena Apalkova welcomes Rich Chi to discuss holistic health and wellness. Rich shares his transformative journey, including a near-death experience that led him to explore energy in the body. They delve into the concept of Kundalini awakening and the importance of daily holistic practices. Rich introduces his muscle release system, which focuses on opening energy channels, and outlines the five pillars of new wellness for continuous improvement. The conversation also covers integrating diet, sleep, and overall health, offering practical tips for healthy eating and digestion. The episode concludes with ways to connect with Rich Chi for further insights.
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Hello.
Hello.
Welcome to mindset to results.
Today, we have amazing guest, Rich Chi.
He's the author of the book, get recharged now,and he also is creator of the muscle release
system.
And we will speak today about very interestingtopic.
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What fitness guru not telling you?
Hi, Rich.
How you doing?
Great.
Thank you so much for being guest on ourpodcast, and I'm very, very excited to know
about you and also about those secrets whichyou discovered through your journey, how to
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manage energy.
And, I'm looking forward to know more aboutyou.
Please let us a little bit about, howeverything happened, how you discovered these
energies flows, and how you can manage energyin your body, and let's go and start from
there.
Sure.
So to make a long story short, I, you know, Iwas always health and fitness conscious.
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You know, my brother got me involved in martialarts when I was, like, eight years old, and I
continued until I got a black belt and prayingmantis kung fu.
And then I was wrestling in high school andthen kickboxing, boxing, kickboxing, and then I
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was training for MMA.
So I was always, you know, just doing healthand fitness, you know, nonstop.
And he actually my brother got me involved inhe brought me to his adult kung fu class with
just a bunch of guys, you know, adults in,Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York.
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And, I was doing you know, eight years old, I Iwas doing the whole workout routine that the
adults were doing, you know, 50 push ups, 50crunches, 50, you know, squats, everything.
And I remember I woke up the next morning, andI couldn't get out of bed.
I was you know, I was eight years old, but thatwas the first time I did, like, this full
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workout routine.
But from that point on, I was kinda hooked tothis, you know, no pain, no gain, you know,
more is always better mentality.
So, again, I continued wrestling, boxing,kickboxing, and I was training for MMA.
I was two hundred and twenty pounds, allmuscle, and I looked, you know, like,
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completely healthy and fit.
Right?
When I went to but I had no energy, so I felthorrible inside.
So I would, you know, periodically go to, youknow, all these different specialists and get
all these tests done, and all the tests werealways negative.
You know, they I was they always said I wasnormal.
And all the specialists, they always just keptsaying, like, oh, you're perfectly healthy and
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fit young man.
What are you talking about?
So I was training for my next fight in mybuddy's basement and my heart rate shot up to,
like, over 200.
It wouldn't go back down.
I got rushed to the hospital and I almost died.
So, you know, needless to say I was a littleshocked, you know, it was a little scary, but
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when I got out, I said, okay.
I must not be doing something right because howcould I be so healthy and fit to all modern
standards but then be near death and, you know,close to exhaustion at the same time.
Like, it didn't make any sense.
Like, how does that work?
Obviously, something had to be missing.
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So I went and, you know, like a lot of people,last resort, I tried, like, the holistic route.
You know, there's this holistic guy orbiologist I heard of somewhere way out in the
country.
So I went to him, and about five minutes oftalking to me and looking at me and, you know?
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He actually did a full assessment on me when Icame back, you know, feeling my pulse and and
looking at my body, feeling my you know,palpating different parts of my body.
He said, yeah.
I think all your organs are starting to shutdown.
And, you know, again, I was a little shocked,but because all and all these specialists
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always told me I was I was completely normaland healthy and fit.
But on the other hand, I said, wait a second.
This is the first person who's acting like theyhave a clue what was what was wrong with me.
So I just I I just kept coming back to himafter everything he told me to do, you know, do
this, you know, eat differently, thinkdifferently, move differently, everything, I
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started to feel better.
And I just looked around like, where was allthis information, you know, when I was
struggling, you know, having no energy for thelast, like, ten years, you know, all as a teen,
you know, all the way up to, like, age 19.
And so we started a health center, and wehelped just thousands of people by showing
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people how to be healthy from the inside outand and dealing with the energy in the body.
So that's that's the short that's the shortstory.
But so, basically, I don't know, you know, ifeveryone is familiar with it, but the body is
full of energy.
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You know?
And I talk about it in my book, get rechargednow, because it's it's just it's the reason
we're alive.
You know?
There's a difference between us and, you know,like a rock.
We have this energy, whether you wanna call itchi, kundalini, or bio electricity.
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The body is full of energy.
And if you're not addressing the energy in yourbody, you're never gonna really know how, you
know, healthy and fit you really are.
You have to see where your energy is.
You have to see, you know, what is thecondition of all your organ systems and all the
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circuits, you know, and are they free flowing?
Is there enough charge in them?
Or do you have blockages in these circuits?
And, you know, do you have like, are you reallydeficient in energy?
And until you do that, you you're not gonnareally know where you're at, you know, wellness
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wise.
So I had a lot of different blockages in mybody.
I had was very deficient in energy overall, butone of the things that I learned was you're
only as strong as your weakest link.
I'm sure you've heard of that.
Right?
You know?
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So if you're overall, you're kind of okay, butyour heart or your digestion is weak, you're
never going to be able to be, you know, to yourpotential and have as much energy as you can,
you know, and function optimally becausethere's a break there's like a break in the
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circuit.
You know, you have a blockage.
So your body's never gonna be able to producethe full amount of energy, and you're never
gonna feel your best.
So I had to address all these different little,you know, shorts in the circuits or, you know,
blockages.
And then, again, I just everything I started todo, I started to feel better, and I started to
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have more energy.
And, you know, I don't really struggle anymoreunless I stay up all night or do something
stupid.
You know?
But after, I don't know, maybe three or fouryears of just doing I call my holistic rehab.
You know?
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Got out of the hospital and started doing allthis holistic stuff, you know, acupuncture,
yoga, breathing, meditation, eating vegetablesfor breakfast, you know, positive thinking
positively.
I was sitting in meditation, and my body juststarted to, like, shake and oscillate just like
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this.
And it just, like, moved the energy in my bodyjust moved around.
It moved me, like, involuntarily into, like,different yoga positions and, like, tai chi
movements for, like, four hours.
So I was kind of familiar with this conceptbecause I was, you know, I've been doing yoga
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for a long time, but I came to find out laterwhat it it's it was called like a Kundalini
awakening.
So that was crazy because it still happens tothis day.
Anytime I relax and just allow it, energy justshoots up and down the spine.
And I learned that there's the three majorcircuits in Ayurveda or yoga philosophy are the
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Ida, Pingala, Sushunda, and they go up and downthe spine.
And if you think about the spine, the spine iselectric, has all these, you know, nerves, all
our nerves going through the spine, you know,the spinal cord.
So when you have electricity going, you know,in a certain direction, it creates a
electromagnetic field and a force.
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So I was like, wow.
This is the energy in the body is real.
But that was the second time I felt, you know,realized that the energy in the body is real.
The first time was laying on a table inacupuncture.
And after, you know, maybe one or two years, Istarted to feel, you know, I started to feel
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the, you know, the chi and electricity, youknow, shooting up and down my arms and legs.
So that's the first time, you know, I've like,I was really like, wow.
You know?
This energy is real.
The second time was, you know, the Kundaliniawakening experience.
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The third time and the thing that really got meto write this book because it was just so
ridiculous was I met a master who can there'speople, you know, like, in the mountains, you
know, that literally spend their whole livesfrom, like, age five learning how to breathe
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correctly and to breathe in negative ions fromthe air or aka electrons and store them in
different battery centers in the body.
And then after so long, they learn how toliterally transfer this electricity through
their hands.
So this was an acupuncturist who can literallyshoot electricity out of his hands, you know,
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like some kind of superhero.
And I have a video on my website, that showsone of the most famous masters.
He actually passed away about ten years ago.
But so I've been you know, I was on a table andall of a sudden, you know, takes the needles
out and he starts, you know, pushing all thiselectricity bioelectricity through my body, and
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I was like, oh my god.
Felt like I was being tasered.
So that was the third and the biggestawakening, you know, moment where I realized,
wow.
This energy in the body is 100% real.
And it was just so amazing to learn from thisguy.
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He's now retired.
So I'm so fortunate that I met this guybecause, again, the biggest, you know, most
well known master, you know, John Chang, in inthe video that I put on my website, you know,
when he passed away, I thought, you know, oh,man.
I'm never gonna get to to learn from this guy.
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So so now my daily routine, you know, involvesnot just going to the gym and, you know, doing
cardio cardio cardio, you know, lift lift lift,you know, more weights, eat more protein.
It's, okay, you know, making sure that theenergy channels, the circuits in my body are
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open and, you know, doing things to really feedthat energy in the body, so deep breathing.
And throughout the years, I created somethingcalled the muscle release system.
So, you know, some of this sounds like alittle, you know, woo, you know, crazy talk.
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You know?
Okay.
The electricity in the body, shootingelectricity out of your hands.
It's such an easy system because what I learnedis that the only thing we're ever taught to do
for flexibility is to stretch.
Right?
I mean, you've probably stretched before, andyou probably felt it feels pretty
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uncomfortable.
You know?
Like, you're literally just, like, yanking onyour body, and it doesn't feel good.
So what I learned is that stretching reallydoesn't work because it's just yanking on
muscles that are already tight.
So it doesn't get the muscle to relax.
So what you have to do is release muscletension and decompress your spine.
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So I learned how to release muscle tension,which opens up all this circulation in your
body, and what circulation translates to in,you know, wellness is more blood, oxygen,
nutrients, and energy flow throughout yourwhole body.
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So when you open up all this tension so ifyou've only been, you know, stretching or not
stretching at all your whole life, you've builtup ten, twenty, thirty, forty, 50, a whole
lifetime of tension in the body and you couldsee it.
Like, you ever see older people, what do theylook like?
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You know, they're just kinda like gettingcrunching down and getting tighter and hunching
over.
And so you can literally see that progression,but it just closes down all the circulation.
You know, it's like putting your blood vesselsin between two bricks.
The the blood and and oxygen and nutrients andeverything can't flow as well.
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So when you open up this muscle tension in thebody, you just get so much more circulation,
and you you you feel it.
You feel more energy, and you just feel better.
You feel happier.
So that's what I've been doing, you know, nowis is helping people open up the energy flow in
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their bodies and just helping people.
And it not only helps with circulation, overallenergy, and wellness.
There's people with, like, sciatica or backpain.
And when you can release muscle tension I'vegotten rid of people's sciatic nerve pain in,
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like, thirty seconds at health at a health expobecause and this is people that have been
working with all these different world renownedpractitioners.
You know, the type of practitioner that you goto when you have back pain or you have
something, like, you know, wrong with your, youknow, your muscles or your joints, and they
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could nobody could help them.
And after, you know, three or four years or so,things got so bad they had to have surgery.
But it's it's so opposite to what we're taught,but it's so simple because once you learn to
release muscle tension, it just the wholeeverything goes back into alignment.
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So there's there's no more misalignment, andthere's you know, your vertebrae are not
crunching down on the intervertebral discs.
So I've actually gained an inch over the years,you know, doing yoga and doing this muscle
release system.
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But yeah.
So that's the longer story.
But
Yeah.
Thank you so much, Richard.
It is amazing what you shared.
Yes.
Because you said you were so health consciousand, doing so much sport and then was, like,
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nearly died from all of the stress.
And, yes, and, it became the reason how youfound, yes, found the other way, which works
for you and how you're helping people.
So it's really a great great experience youhad.
Would you like to share, some with ouraudience, how maybe some practices that they
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can use to open those energy channels?
Sure.
So the biggest thing I would say is to I liketo lay on the floor.
And, of course, you know, only lay on the floorif you can.
You know, if your doctor told you don't lay onthe floor or you can't because of blood
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pressure or you're pregnant or whatever, thendon't.
But if you lay on the floor, you know, on a apretty firm surface, doesn't have to be, you
know, like hardwood or marble floor, but youcan have, a carpet or a yoga mat underneath
you.
And most people, when they lay on the floorwhen they do this yoga pose called Savasana,
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they just lay flat with their legs straight.
But if you bend your knees so that your feetaren't flat on the floor, you know, like a
triangle, and that kinda takes that curve outof your lower back so that your back can lay
more flat and settle into the ground and justlay with your palms face up at your sides.
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And you put something underneath your head sothat, you know, if your chin's popping up
towards the ceiling, you just put something upso that your chin is level with your forehead
and just lay there and really just sink intothe ground and just start to relax.
And you'll you'll feel, you know, after a fewminutes, your your body starting to go back
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into alignment and muscles tight muscles thatwould release or relax.
The other one that I I teach people a lot, andI I put it in the book too, is just sitting in
a chair with your knees parallel with yourhips.
So, you know, your thighs are, like,perpendicular to the floor.
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And sitting up straight and just bendingforward and just leaning on your elbows on your
thighs and just letting your head drop.
And a lot of times, you know, when I teach thisin classes, I say, okay.
Let your head drop.
And then then I say, okay.
Let your head drop all the way.
And then they drop it, like, you know, half,you know, 50% more because we have so like like
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I said, we have a, know, a lifetime full ofmuscle tension in our body, and it becomes so
tight we have no we don't even feel it.
So just sitting in a chair leaning forward, Imean, you probably, you know, maybe sat in this
position before, but when you just lean yourweight on your thighs, you can take all take a
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lot of the pressure off your back.
And you may feel you may hear a few cracks andas your spine starts to kinda decompress,
especially people out there who have stressfuljobs or doing heavy lifting, the back just over
time, it just becomes like this, And that'swhen you start to get back problems, pain,
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possibly needing surgery, and it just it closesdown a lot of our circulation through our spine
and our energy circulation.
And those nerves affect everything in the body.
So, yeah, those are two things that you canreally do to really just start to relax muscles
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in your body.
That and deep breathing.
You know?
Breathing is the major way that we again, weliterally take in electrons, negative ions, and
this is all proven, like, not just, like,theory.
Like, I put it's over 75 studies in the book.
You take the electrons from the air andliterally bring them into your body and and
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create this bioelectricity.
So those are a few things I always tell peopleto get started.
Yeah.
I think it's so interesting.
Yeah.
So tell us also about that energy.
How did you practice that you can feel thatenergy in your palms?
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So a lot of lot of lot of lot of breathingexercises and also just a lifetime of of
working on building, you know, building myoverall health and wellness up and, again, you
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know, finding my weakest link.
Because like I said, a lot of people, you know,we focus on I'll take this supplement or take
this supplement or, you know, eat this fad dietor do intermittent fasting or, you know, you
have to eat, you know, this every day.
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But we ignore the fact that you know, whatcondition is your overall digestion in because
we get energy from food.
But if your digestion is not strong, you're notgonna be able to get all the energy from your
food.
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I mean, especially I don't know if you've everfelt tired after you've eaten a meal.
Mhmm.
That's a sign of, you know, weak digestion.
You shouldn't be so either you ate too much oryour body is just it's their digestion is weak.
And that's something that that's really hard totest for in modern standards is, you know, you
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go you go to a practitioner and and they'llsay, oh, yeah.
Digestion's fine, you know, because you don'thave any diarrhea or constipation.
But, again, it's how do you feel?
You know?
How's your your energy level?
And there's different ways that you can tellwith, you know, these ancient healing models.
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There's different ways that you can kindaassess where your overall digestion really is.
So improving and really eating pretty strictlyyou know, of course, you can enjoy, you know,
chocolate and whatever in small doses, butreally eating whole foods, you know, and eating
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disciplined and boosting my digestion so I canreally extract the full amount of energy from
my food.
And the other thing that I always teach peoplewhen I work with them as, like, a wellness
coach is you have to cover the basics.
Like, there's so many people now, and it's justgetting so crazy on social media.
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It's like, oh, you have to take a ice shower.
You have to jump in this ice cold, you know,this lake or this pool with ice cubes in it,
and that's gonna solve all your problems.
Just do this ice plunge every day.
And it's like, you're sleeping four hours anight.
You're not eating, you know, enough fruits andvegetables, but now you you're gonna try to
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jump in an ice bath and think that that'sgonna, you know, solve all your problems
because that's what everybody's doing on socialmedia.
You have to cover the basics.
I make the analogy.
It's like it's like you're driving a car.
You got four flat tires, and you have no gas inthe tank, but you're trying to, like, fiddle
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with the engine and make it run faster.
It's like you're not gonna go anywhere untilyou put air in your tires and put gas in the
tank.
You're not gonna go anywhere.
So you have to you have to and I call it thefive pillars of the new wellness.
You have to sleep well.
You have to eat well and boost your digestion.
You gotta move, you know, be physically active,but not move too much and not tighten up your
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body so much that you are closing down all yourcircuits.
You have to be positive, you know, and havegood mind, emotions, and good relationships
that aren't draining you.
And you have to, you know, pay attention toyour do things to open, build, and balance all
your circuits in your body.
So five different things that you have to do ona daily basis or at least a weekly basis if you
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wanna really be able to generate, you know,energy and and maintain energy in your body.
But a lot of breathing exercises and I, youknow, I teach people a lot of different
breathing exercises, you know, from beginner tomore advanced.
And, also, just years of opening up the theblockages by doing, you know, yoga and the
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muscle release system.
So, like, I'll give you an example.
The first time I went to to see the master, heshot me up with so much of, you know, this chi
in his body.
I came home.
I was buzzing.
I was literally, like, buzzing.
I felt like I was, like, I don't know, justlike a like a electric Pokemon, you know, like,
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a superhero.
And my vision cleared up, like, a 100% becauseI've always wear glasses.
You know?
But after a couple weeks, it kinda wore offbecause my body wasn't at the level that can
sustain that energy.
So it's almost like it's an amazing abilitythat I have now in training with these people,
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but you have like, I had to I had tocontinually get healthier to the point where my
body can sustain it and hold on to that energy.
So building up your health is, like, numberone.
You can't just go from, like, you know, okay.
I'm at halfway, you know, health wise to, youknow, building and holding on to this
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electricity in your body.
So it's it's a process.
It's a long process, and but it's worth itbecause it the question I always ask people is
if you don't have your health, what do youhave?
Literally nothing.
We it's the only thing that allows us to haveanything in this lifetime.
So there's really nothing better to invest inthan yourself.
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Like, I spent a lot of money doing all thisstuff and traveling the world, But it's worth
it because if it gets me if I feel better andif it gets me more years to do what I love and
spend with my friends and family and morequality out of my years, I mean, you can't put
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a price tag on that.
So I'll do it all over again.
Mhmm.
Yes.
Thank you so much, Liz, for sharing.
So if we speak about eating well, as you said,sleeping well, so can you tell a little bit
more what means eating well, sleeping well?
Is it hours or it is certain hours?
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For example, go to bed early and waking upearlier.
So how is that?
Yeah.
So I don't know if you guys have ever heardthis phrase, this little saying, but early to
bed and early to rise Mhmm.
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
There's no saying that says go to bed late andfeel great.
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It doesn't exist.
You know?
So it's true.
You wanna go to bed as pretty much as early asyou can.
I talk about the exact time in the book, butthere's you know, the body does a million
different things overnight to recharge yourenergy, and it can't do that if you're awake
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during that time.
So, definitely before midnight.
You don't wanna be staying up anywhere close tomidnight or after.
I mean, if you have a job that you're workingcertain hours of the night, you just gotta do
the best you can.
But if you can, you should not be up close tomidnight.
And as far as how much, most of therecommendations today, at least in the West, in
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The US, say, like, seven to eight hours anight.
And I would tend to agree with that.
If you're not hitting seven to eight hoursevery night, again and you're trying to do all
this stuff like ice baths and, you know, whatis this?
NAD now is the big one now or hydrogen youknow, chug hydrogen water.
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Fifteen years ago, it was alkaline water.
Now it's hydrogen water.
They're using the same machine to make thehydrogen water instead.
And it's like, you could try to do everythingin the world, but if you don't sleep enough, I
mean, you're not gonna feel a 100%.
I mean, I'm sure you and everybody watchingthis knows if you you could eat the perfect
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diet, do the perfect workout, have a stressfree day in the beach, but if you only slept
two hours last night, you're not gonna feel a100%.
You're just you're just not.
So seven to eight hours, go to bed early, wellbefore midnight.
And it's also quality of sleep, which could bea whole another episode because if you wake up
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tired, you go to bed early, you know, you don'tyour stomach's not full, you didn't just eat
dinner right before you went to sleep, and youwake up and you're still tired, it means
there's just there's something wrong with yoursleep because you should not be waking up
tired.
That's the point of sleep is to recharge you soyour body's not recharging when you sleep.
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So there's all these different things, and alot of it has to do with diet.
Mhmm.
Very interesting.
Yes.
Like, diet with sleep.
So if people have insomnia or have very, suffersleep when they just can't awake very easily
with any noise, so do you have anyrecommendations how they can improve their
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sleep?
So I always say sleep starts as soon as youwake up or good good sleep starts as soon as
you wake up.
So if you don't do a lot of physical activitythroughout your day, I call it, like you know
how you have this concept of, like, sleep debt?
Mhmm.
Like, you don't sleep enough every night andyou accumulate, like, this debt, the sleep
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debt.
I call it, like, act an activity debt.
To where you just didn't move enough.
You didn't get your heart rate up enough in theday.
So your body is just it's not gonna sleep aswell as it as it can.
So sometimes if I can't sleep, I wake up andI'm like, oh, I didn't really move that much
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today.
I was you know, unfortunately, I was too sobusy.
So I'll get up and, you know, do some squats ordo some jumping jacks or walk around instead of
just laying there, like, why can I sleep?
Why can I sleep?
Why can I sleep?
You know, and move around and get a littletired and then go to go back to sleep.
But, ideally, you wanna do that through duringthe day and not in the middle of the night.
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But if you're waking up in the middle of night,it could be a million different things, which
is why, again, I say you have to assess all thedifferent organ systems in your body and, you
know, make sure they're all boosted, you knowyou know, optimal performance of all your organ
and your circuits so that things are workingtogether well and your body can sleep.
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But the other on the other spectrum, movingenough, sometimes we tighten up our bodies,
and, again, we tighten up our back so much.
Like, I don't work out.
I don't lift weights that much, but I do itevery week just to, you keep my muscles strong
and, you know, keep my joints strong and mybones strong.
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But when I do, like, a really heavy workout,sometimes it tightens up my back so much.
I'll wake up in the middle of the night, andI'll feel it.
You may not notice it because, again, a lot ofus, we can't feel the the tension in our bodies
because we're so used to it.
It's, you know, it's been like this, you know,lifetime accumulation of tension in the body,
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so that's our baseline.
Like, you you just that's the way you feel.
Like so but I can feel it because I open up mybody so much.
I feel like a like a sponge, you know, and thenI'll do this all this heavy workout, and I'll
and I wake up in the middle.
So it could be tension, but it could be sleepapnea.
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So eating a lot of fatty or greasy food or oilyfood, eating a lot of sugar, or eating a lot
of, like, all this this processed food, allthis these flour products like crackers,
cereal, and all these things can stuff up yoursinuses.
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And if your sinuses are stuffed up, you're justnot you're not able to breathe very well, and
that'll wake you up in the middle of the night.
So you really have to clean up your diet andbut one recommendation is to make sure you're
not, like, a 100% flat when you sleep.
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Just tilt your the head of the bed up, youknow, a little bit so that your your body can
breathe.
Once you clear up a 100%, you can lay flat.
But in if you're not if your sinuses aren't a100% clear, you you wanna be up a little bit.
Your head your head is higher than your feet.
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But there's there yeah.
There's that could be another episode, butsleep there's so many things that affect your
sleep.
Again, you have to do all the right thingsduring the day so that your body can't sleep.
Yeah.
Great.
So we can record another episode about sleep.
Yeah.
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Yeah.
So let's speak a little bit about diet.
You said good diet, vegetables for breakfast.
This is not what we are we are taught usually.
Yes.
As you've mentioned, usually, children aremotivated and encouraged to eat cereals on for
breakfast.
Yes.
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And there is all the industry, so manydifferent cereals.
So could you please explain that why it is notgood to have for breakfast and what is the
best?
Yeah.
So so I am a dietitian by trade, so that'ssomething that I I work with, you know, a lot
with people.
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But so the the basics are, you know, qualityand quantity.
Like, you have to eat the right foods, and thenyou have to eat it in the right amounts.
And then I guess third, you also have to eat atthe right times.
You don't wanna eat right before you go to bed,and you don't wanna eat when you're already
full and when you're you know, maybe you justwoke up and you're not hungry at all.
And then fourth factor would be, like, youwanna make sure your digestion is strong so
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that you can utilize all those nutrients youjust ate.
So as far as what to eat, whole grains, youknow, brown rice, whole grain wheat.
Like, I like to eat sprouted bread, whole grainsprouted bread, brown rice, quinoa, you know,
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buckwheat, things like this, fruits andvegetables.
And, you know, easy on the fruit.
Fruit is great, but, you know, just poundingfruit all day, it's a lot of sugar.
So you have to take it easy on the fruit.
So whole grains, fruits and vegetables, beans,peas, and lentils, You know, these beans are
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full of fiber, and most people in The US, atleast, like, almost the whole country doesn't
get enough fiber.
Like, the statistics are, like, 75 or morepercent.
We don't get enough of the recommended fiber aday.
And then lean protein.
So you don't wanna be having, like, tons offat, greasy or oily, you know, cuts of meat or
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dairy products.
And then healthy fats.
So nuts, seeds, avocados, olive oil in smallamounts.
So that's, like, the main the, you know, wholefoods, you know, unprocessed as much as
possible.
And then, yeah, for breakfast, it's justanother meal.
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So your body doesn't there's no rule that youhave to have cereal for breakfast.
Like, your body doesn't have that rule.
That's just like a societal rule or an industryrule.
So I would do things like I I love smoothies.
I have a smoothie in the morning that it boostsmy energy more than any supplement that I ever
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like, I've been trying supplements for twentyyears, you know, as I owned a health center.
I've I've tried them all with all the reps, youknow, the supplement reps that come into my
office, and nothing boosts my energy more than,you know, a smoothie, you know, yogurt and
fruit and a few other things.
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But, you know, basically, like, I take youwanna take something quick like frozen green
peas, you know, and heat them up and put alittle butter on them.
That would be light years beyond cereal.
Or instead of, you know, cereal, like, everyonesays, oh, I don't have time in the morning.
It's super quick.
How long does it take to toast a slice of wholegrain bread?
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Like, a minute maybe depending on how yourtoaster works.
You know?
And you put a little butter or olive oil oravocado on there.
You can even put a little jelly on there.
It'll still have 10 times less sugar than yourcereal does probably.
Mhmm.
And, you know, I like steamed broccoli.
I feel like that's a good that's a at leasthere in The US, that's vegetable that they
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serve a lot for breakfast, you know, at, youknow, fancy breakfast places.
So but, yeah, eating the right things, drinkingenough water, but not diluting your whole life
with water.
And, yeah, this I so what I would have what myI started out having a lot was a breakfast soup
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with, like, organic low sodium chicken broth,some green peas, or, you know, whatever
vegetable, and some beans.
And, you know, especially when it's cold out,eating hot food and drinking, you know, not of
course, too hot that it burns you, but eatingwarmer food and liquids really helps maintain
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your body temperature, and it helps build yourenergy, and it also helps improve your
digestion.
And the way that I've proven that, you know,with modern science is we have these things
called digestive enzymes.
Right?
Mhmm.
I don't know if you learned in school, butwithout these digestive enzymes, it would take,
like, a year to digest one meal.
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So we need to have, you know, good enzymes andoptimal functioning of the enzymes.
So, and they work at an ideal temperature,which is like body temperature.
So a lot of times what people do is we we liketo drink cold ice water, right, or, you know,
have cereal with freezing cold milk, especiallyin the middle of winter, it's literally
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extinguishing our digestive enzymes.
So a lot of times, we don't get completedigestion, and it causes something called
dampness in the body, which a lot of like,Chinese medicine talks about a lot, which you
never hear about in modern, you know, socialmedia or all these, you know, wellness gurus is
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you have to get rid of dampness in the body, sostaying away from a lot of sugar and staying
away from cold things.
Mhmm.
But, again, another another episode on dietbecause there's there's so much of it.
Yes.
Yes.
That would be great.
Okay.
Yes.
So, really, so much so much information, and,really, you're so knowledgeable.
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And, I'm very impressed with, your experienceand knowledge and passion, what you do.
So thank you so much for being amazing guesttoday, and we definitely will have another
episode, one about Yeah.
One about sleep.
And tell us please how people can can find moreabout you, what you do.
Maybe you do online classes, or maybe they havecan access to your programs or book, of course,
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we will put all information in the descriptionunder this video.
Sure.
Sure.
So main way to get ahold of me is my website,getrechargednow.com.
And I'm on all social media at rich chi.
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So last name Chi, c h I, which means energy.
Mhmm.
So Rich Chi Wellness.
Instagram is the most popular one, and thenTikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.
Yeah.
And you wanna email me, there's a contact mepage, or you could send me a message on social
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media.
Yeah.
Great.
So we will put all your links, in thedescription below this episode.
And, of course, I'm sure so many people wouldlike to contact you and know more about what
you do and how you manage those energies andhow you help people to be healthy.
That's what it's all about.
Thank you so much for having me.
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Yeah.
I'm looking forward to have you again for ournew episodes.
Alright.
Mhmm.
Hello.
Hello.
Welcome to mindset to results.
Today, we have amazing guest, Rich Chi.
He's the author of the book, get recharged now,and he also is creator of the muscle release
system.
And we will speak today about very interestingtopic.
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What fitness guru not telling you?
Hi, Rich.
How you doing?
Great.
Thank you so much for being guest on ourpodcast, and I'm very, very excited to know
about you and also about those secrets whichyou discovered through your journey, how to
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manage energy.
And, I'm looking forward to know more aboutyou.
Please let us a little bit about, howeverything happened, how you discovered these
energies flows, and how you can manage energyin your body, and let's go and start from
there.
Sure.
So to make a long story short, I, you know, Iwas always health and fitness conscious.
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You know, my brother got me involved in martialarts when I was, like, eight years old, and I
continued until I got a black belt and prayingmantis kung fu.
And then I was wrestling in high school andthen kickboxing, boxing, kickboxing, and then I
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was training for MMA.
So I was always, you know, just doing healthand fitness, you know, nonstop.
And he actually my brother got me involved inhe brought me to his adult kung fu class with
just a bunch of guys, you know, adults in,Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York.
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And, I was doing you know, eight years old, I Iwas doing the whole workout routine that the
adults were doing, you know, 50 push ups, 50crunches, 50, you know, squats, everything.
And I remember I woke up the next morning, andI couldn't get out of bed.
I was you know, I was eight years old, but thatwas the first time I did, like, this full
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workout routine.
But from that point on, I was kinda hooked tothis, you know, no pain, no gain, you know,
more is always better mentality.
So, again, I continued wrestling, boxing,kickboxing, and I was training for MMA.
I was two hundred and twenty pounds, allmuscle, and I looked, you know, like,
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completely healthy and fit.
Right?
When I went to but I had no energy, so I felthorrible inside.
So I would, you know, periodically go to, youknow, all these different specialists and get
all these tests done, and all the tests werealways negative.
You know, they I was they always said I wasnormal.
And all the specialists, they always just keptsaying, like, oh, you're perfectly healthy and
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fit young man.
What are you talking about?
So I was training for my next fight in mybuddy's basement and my heart rate shot up to,
like, over 200.
It wouldn't go back down.
I got rushed to the hospital and I almost died.
So, you know, needless to say I was a littleshocked, you know, it was a little scary, but
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when I got out, I said, okay.
I must not be doing something right because howcould I be so healthy and fit to all modern
standards but then be near death and, you know,close to exhaustion at the same time.
Like, it didn't make any sense.
Like, how does that work?
Obviously, something had to be missing.
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So I went and, you know, like a lot of people,last resort, I tried, like, the holistic route.
You know, there's this holistic guy orbiologist I heard of somewhere way out in the
country.
So I went to him, and about five minutes oftalking to me and looking at me and, you know?
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He actually did a full assessment on me when Icame back, you know, feeling my pulse and and
looking at my body, feeling my you know,palpating different parts of my body.
He said, yeah.
I think all your organs are starting to shutdown.
And, you know, again, I was a little shocked,but because all and all these specialists
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always told me I was I was completely normaland healthy and fit.
But on the other hand, I said, wait a second.
This is the first person who's acting like theyhave a clue what was what was wrong with me.
So I just I I just kept coming back to himafter everything he told me to do, you know, do
this, you know, eat differently, thinkdifferently, move differently, everything, I
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started to feel better.
And I just looked around like, where was allthis information, you know, when I was
struggling, you know, having no energy for thelast, like, ten years, you know, all as a teen,
you know, all the way up to, like, age 19.
And so we started a health center, and wehelped just thousands of people by showing
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people how to be healthy from the inside outand and dealing with the energy in the body.
So that's that's the short that's the shortstory.
But so, basically, I don't know, you know, ifeveryone is familiar with it, but the body is
full of energy.
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You know?
And I talk about it in my book, get rechargednow, because it's it's just it's the reason
we're alive.
You know?
There's a difference between us and, you know,like a rock.
We have this energy, whether you wanna call itchi, kundalini, or bio electricity.
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The body is full of energy.
And if you're not addressing the energy in yourbody, you're never gonna really know how, you
know, healthy and fit you really are.
You have to see where your energy is.
You have to see, you know, what is thecondition of all your organ systems and all the
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circuits, you know, and are they free flowing?
Is there enough charge in them?
Or do you have blockages in these circuits?
And, you know, do you have like, are you reallydeficient in energy?
And until you do that, you you're not gonnareally know where you're at, you know, wellness
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wise.
So I had a lot of different blockages in mybody.
I had was very deficient in energy overall, butone of the things that I learned was you're
only as strong as your weakest link.
I'm sure you've heard of that.
Right?
You know?
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So if you're overall, you're kind of okay, butyour heart or your digestion is weak, you're
never going to be able to be, you know, to yourpotential and have as much energy as you can,
you know, and function optimally becausethere's a break there's like a break in the
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circuit.
You know, you have a blockage.
So your body's never gonna be able to producethe full amount of energy, and you're never
gonna feel your best.
So I had to address all these different little,you know, shorts in the circuits or, you know,
blockages.
And then, again, I just everything I started todo, I started to feel better, and I started to
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have more energy.
And, you know, I don't really struggle anymoreunless I stay up all night or do something
stupid.
You know?
But after, I don't know, maybe three or fouryears of just doing I call my holistic rehab.
You know?
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Got out of the hospital and started doing allthis holistic stuff, you know, acupuncture,
yoga, breathing, meditation, eating vegetablesfor breakfast, you know, positive thinking
positively.
I was sitting in meditation, and my body juststarted to, like, shake and oscillate just like
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this.
And it just, like, moved the energy in my bodyjust moved around.
It moved me, like, involuntarily into, like,different yoga positions and, like, tai chi
movements for, like, four hours.
So I was kind of familiar with this conceptbecause I was, you know, I've been doing yoga
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for a long time, but I came to find out laterwhat it it's it was called like a Kundalini
awakening.
So that was crazy because it still happens tothis day.
Anytime I relax and just allow it, energy justshoots up and down the spine.
And I learned that there's the three majorcircuits in Ayurveda or yoga philosophy are the
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Ida, Pingala, Sushunda, and they go up and downthe spine.
And if you think about the spine, the spine iselectric, has all these, you know, nerves, all
our nerves going through the spine, you know,the spinal cord.
So when you have electricity going, you know,in a certain direction, it creates a
electromagnetic field and a force.
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So I was like, wow.
This is the energy in the body is real.
But that was the second time I felt, you know,realized that the energy in the body is real.
The first time was laying on a table inacupuncture.
And after, you know, maybe one or two years, Istarted to feel, you know, I started to feel
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the, you know, the chi and electricity, youknow, shooting up and down my arms and legs.
So that's the first time, you know, I've like,I was really like, wow.
You know?
This energy is real.
The second time was, you know, the Kundaliniawakening experience.
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The third time and the thing that really got meto write this book because it was just so
ridiculous was I met a master who can there'speople, you know, like, in the mountains, you
know, that literally spend their whole livesfrom, like, age five learning how to breathe
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correctly and to breathe in negative ions fromthe air or aka electrons and store them in
different battery centers in the body.
And then after so long, they learn how toliterally transfer this electricity through
their hands.
So this was an acupuncturist who can literallyshoot electricity out of his hands, you know,
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like some kind of superhero.
And I have a video on my website, that showsone of the most famous masters.
He actually passed away about ten years ago.
But so I've been you know, I was on a table andall of a sudden, you know, takes the needles
out and he starts, you know, pushing all thiselectricity bioelectricity through my body, and
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I was like, oh my god.
Felt like I was being tasered.
So that was the third and the biggestawakening, you know, moment where I realized,
wow.
This energy in the body is 100% real.
And it was just so amazing to learn from thisguy.
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He's now retired.
So I'm so fortunate that I met this guybecause, again, the biggest, you know, most
well known master, you know, John Chang, in inthe video that I put on my website, you know,
when he passed away, I thought, you know, oh,man.
I'm never gonna get to to learn from this guy.
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So so now my daily routine, you know, involvesnot just going to the gym and, you know, doing
cardio cardio cardio, you know, lift lift lift,you know, more weights, eat more protein.
It's, okay, you know, making sure that theenergy channels, the circuits in my body are
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open and, you know, doing things to really feedthat energy in the body, so deep breathing.
And throughout the years, I created somethingcalled the muscle release system.
So, you know, some of this sounds like alittle, you know, woo, you know, crazy talk.
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You know?
Okay.
The electricity in the body, shootingelectricity out of your hands.
It's such an easy system because what I learnedis that the only thing we're ever taught to do
for flexibility is to stretch.
Right?
I mean, you've probably stretched before, andyou probably felt it feels pretty
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uncomfortable.
You know?
Like, you're literally just, like, yanking onyour body, and it doesn't feel good.
So what I learned is that stretching reallydoesn't work because it's just yanking on
muscles that are already tight.
So it doesn't get the muscle to relax.
So what you have to do is release muscletension and decompress your spine.
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So I learned how to release muscle tension,which opens up all this circulation in your
body, and what circulation translates to in,you know, wellness is more blood, oxygen,
nutrients, and energy flow throughout yourwhole body.
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So when you open up all this tension so ifyou've only been, you know, stretching or not
stretching at all your whole life, you've builtup ten, twenty, thirty, forty, 50, a whole
lifetime of tension in the body and you couldsee it.
Like, you ever see older people, what do theylook like?
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You know, they're just kinda like gettingcrunching down and getting tighter and hunching
over.
And so you can literally see that progression,but it just closes down all the circulation.
You know, it's like putting your blood vesselsin between two bricks.
The the blood and and oxygen and nutrients andeverything can't flow as well.
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So when you open up this muscle tension in thebody, you just get so much more circulation,
and you you you feel it.
You feel more energy, and you just feel better.
You feel happier.
So that's what I've been doing, you know, nowis is helping people open up the energy flow in
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their bodies and just helping people.
And it not only helps with circulation, overallenergy, and wellness.
There's people with, like, sciatica or backpain.
And when you can release muscle tension I'vegotten rid of people's sciatic nerve pain in,
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like, thirty seconds at health at a health expobecause and this is people that have been
working with all these different world renownedpractitioners.
You know, the type of practitioner that you goto when you have back pain or you have
something, like, you know, wrong with your, youknow, your muscles or your joints, and they
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could nobody could help them.
And after, you know, three or four years or so,things got so bad they had to have surgery.
But it's it's so opposite to what we're taught,but it's so simple because once you learn to
release muscle tension, it just the wholeeverything goes back into alignment.
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So there's there's no more misalignment, andthere's you know, your vertebrae are not
crunching down on the intervertebral discs.
So I've actually gained an inch over the years,you know, doing yoga and doing this muscle
release system.
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But yeah.
So that's the longer story.
But
Yeah.
Thank you so much, Richard.
It is amazing what you shared.
Yes.
Because you said you were so health consciousand, doing so much sport and then was, like,
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nearly died from all of the stress.
And, yes, and, it became the reason how youfound, yes, found the other way, which works
for you and how you're helping people.
So it's really a great great experience youhad.
Would you like to share, some with ouraudience, how maybe some practices that they
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can use to open those energy channels?
Sure.
So the biggest thing I would say is to I liketo lay on the floor.
And, of course, you know, only lay on the floorif you can.
You know, if your doctor told you don't lay onthe floor or you can't because of blood
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pressure or you're pregnant or whatever, thendon't.
But if you lay on the floor, you know, on a apretty firm surface, doesn't have to be, you
know, like hardwood or marble floor, but youcan have, a carpet or a yoga mat underneath
you.
And most people, when they lay on the floorwhen they do this yoga pose called Savasana,
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they just lay flat with their legs straight.
But if you bend your knees so that your feetaren't flat on the floor, you know, like a
triangle, and that kinda takes that curve outof your lower back so that your back can lay
more flat and settle into the ground and justlay with your palms face up at your sides.
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And you put something underneath your head sothat, you know, if your chin's popping up
towards the ceiling, you just put something upso that your chin is level with your forehead
and just lay there and really just sink intothe ground and just start to relax.
And you'll you'll feel, you know, after a fewminutes, your your body starting to go back
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into alignment and muscles tight muscles thatwould release or relax.
The other one that I I teach people a lot, andI I put it in the book too, is just sitting in
a chair with your knees parallel with yourhips.
So, you know, your thighs are, like,perpendicular to the floor.
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And sitting up straight and just bendingforward and just leaning on your elbows on your
thighs and just letting your head drop.
And a lot of times, you know, when I teach thisin classes, I say, okay.
Let your head drop.
And then then I say, okay.
Let your head drop all the way.
And then they drop it, like, you know, half,you know, 50% more because we have so like like
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I said, we have a, know, a lifetime full ofmuscle tension in our body, and it becomes so
tight we have no we don't even feel it.
So just sitting in a chair leaning forward, Imean, you probably, you know, maybe sat in this
position before, but when you just lean yourweight on your thighs, you can take all take a
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lot of the pressure off your back.
And you may feel you may hear a few cracks andas your spine starts to kinda decompress,
especially people out there who have stressfuljobs or doing heavy lifting, the back just over
time, it just becomes like this, And that'swhen you start to get back problems, pain,
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possibly needing surgery, and it just it closesdown a lot of our circulation through our spine
and our energy circulation.
And those nerves affect everything in the body.
So, yeah, those are two things that you canreally do to really just start to relax muscles
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in your body.
That and deep breathing.
You know?
Breathing is the major way that we again, weliterally take in electrons, negative ions, and
this is all proven, like, not just, like,theory.
Like, I put it's over 75 studies in the book.
You take the electrons from the air andliterally bring them into your body and and
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create this bioelectricity.
So those are a few things I always tell peopleto get started.
Yeah.
I think it's so interesting.
Yeah.
So tell us also about that energy.
How did you practice that you can feel thatenergy in your palms?
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So a lot of lot of lot of lot of breathingexercises and also just a lifetime of of
working on building, you know, building myoverall health and wellness up and, again, you
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know, finding my weakest link.
Because like I said, a lot of people, you know,we focus on I'll take this supplement or take
this supplement or, you know, eat this fad dietor do intermittent fasting or, you know, you
have to eat, you know, this every day.
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But we ignore the fact that you know, whatcondition is your overall digestion in because
we get energy from food.
But if your digestion is not strong, you're notgonna be able to get all the energy from your
food.
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I mean, especially I don't know if you've everfelt tired after you've eaten a meal.
Mhmm.
That's a sign of, you know, weak digestion.
You shouldn't be so either you ate too much oryour body is just it's their digestion is weak.
And that's something that that's really hard totest for in modern standards is, you know, you
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go you go to a practitioner and and they'llsay, oh, yeah.
Digestion's fine, you know, because you don'thave any diarrhea or constipation.
But, again, it's how do you feel?
You know?
How's your your energy level?
And there's different ways that you can tellwith, you know, these ancient healing models.
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There's different ways that you can kindaassess where your overall digestion really is.
So improving and really eating pretty strictlyyou know, of course, you can enjoy, you know,
chocolate and whatever in small doses, butreally eating whole foods, you know, and eating
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disciplined and boosting my digestion so I canreally extract the full amount of energy from
my food.
And the other thing that I always teach peoplewhen I work with them as, like, a wellness
coach is you have to cover the basics.
Like, there's so many people now, and it's justgetting so crazy on social media.
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It's like, oh, you have to take a ice shower.
You have to jump in this ice cold, you know,this lake or this pool with ice cubes in it,
and that's gonna solve all your problems.
Just do this ice plunge every day.
And it's like, you're sleeping four hours anight.
You're not eating, you know, enough fruits andvegetables, but now you you're gonna try to
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jump in an ice bath and think that that'sgonna, you know, solve all your problems
because that's what everybody's doing on socialmedia.
You have to cover the basics.
I make the analogy.
It's like it's like you're driving a car.
You got four flat tires, and you have no gas inthe tank, but you're trying to, like, fiddle
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with the engine and make it run faster.
It's like you're not gonna go anywhere untilyou put air in your tires and put gas in the
tank.
You're not gonna go anywhere.
So you have to you have to and I call it thefive pillars of the new wellness.
You have to sleep well.
You have to eat well and boost your digestion.
You gotta move, you know, be physically active,but not move too much and not tighten up your
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body so much that you are closing down all yourcircuits.
You have to be positive, you know, and havegood mind, emotions, and good relationships
that aren't draining you.
And you have to, you know, pay attention toyour do things to open, build, and balance all
your circuits in your body.
So five different things that you have to do ona daily basis or at least a weekly basis if you
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wanna really be able to generate, you know,energy and and maintain energy in your body.
But a lot of breathing exercises and I, youknow, I teach people a lot of different
breathing exercises, you know, from beginner tomore advanced.
And, also, just years of opening up the theblockages by doing, you know, yoga and the
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muscle release system.
So, like, I'll give you an example.
The first time I went to to see the master, heshot me up with so much of, you know, this chi
in his body.
I came home.
I was buzzing.
I was literally, like, buzzing.
I felt like I was, like, I don't know, justlike a like a electric Pokemon, you know, like,
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a superhero.
And my vision cleared up, like, a 100% becauseI've always wear glasses.
You know?
But after a couple weeks, it kinda wore offbecause my body wasn't at the level that can
sustain that energy.
So it's almost like it's an amazing abilitythat I have now in training with these people,
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but you have like, I had to I had tocontinually get healthier to the point where my
body can sustain it and hold on to that energy.
So building up your health is, like, numberone.
You can't just go from, like, you know, okay.
I'm at halfway, you know, health wise to, youknow, building and holding on to this
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electricity in your body.
So it's it's a process.
It's a long process, and but it's worth itbecause it the question I always ask people is
if you don't have your health, what do youhave?
Literally nothing.
We it's the only thing that allows us to haveanything in this lifetime.
So there's really nothing better to invest inthan yourself.
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Like, I spent a lot of money doing all thisstuff and traveling the world, But it's worth
it because if it gets me if I feel better andif it gets me more years to do what I love and
spend with my friends and family and morequality out of my years, I mean, you can't put
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a price tag on that.
So I'll do it all over again.
Mhmm.
Yes.
Thank you so much, Liz, for sharing.
So if we speak about eating well, as you said,sleeping well, so can you tell a little bit
more what means eating well, sleeping well?
Is it hours or it is certain hours?
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For example, go to bed early and waking upearlier.
So how is that?
Yeah.
So I don't know if you guys have ever heardthis phrase, this little saying, but early to
bed and early to rise Mhmm.
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
There's no saying that says go to bed late andfeel great.
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It doesn't exist.
You know?
So it's true.
You wanna go to bed as pretty much as early asyou can.
I talk about the exact time in the book, butthere's you know, the body does a million
different things overnight to recharge yourenergy, and it can't do that if you're awake
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during that time.
So, definitely before midnight.
You don't wanna be staying up anywhere close tomidnight or after.
I mean, if you have a job that you're workingcertain hours of the night, you just gotta do
the best you can.
But if you can, you should not be up close tomidnight.
And as far as how much, most of therecommendations today, at least in the West, in
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The US, say, like, seven to eight hours anight.
And I would tend to agree with that.
If you're not hitting seven to eight hoursevery night, again and you're trying to do all
this stuff like ice baths and, you know, whatis this?
NAD now is the big one now or hydrogen youknow, chug hydrogen water.
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Fifteen years ago, it was alkaline water.
Now it's hydrogen water.
They're using the same machine to make thehydrogen water instead.
And it's like, you could try to do everythingin the world, but if you don't sleep enough, I
mean, you're not gonna feel a 100%.
I mean, I'm sure you and everybody watchingthis knows if you you could eat the perfect
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diet, do the perfect workout, have a stressfree day in the beach, but if you only slept
two hours last night, you're not gonna feel a100%.
You're just you're just not.
So seven to eight hours, go to bed early, wellbefore midnight.
And it's also quality of sleep, which could bea whole another episode because if you wake up
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tired, you go to bed early, you know, you don'tyour stomach's not full, you didn't just eat
dinner right before you went to sleep, and youwake up and you're still tired, it means
there's just there's something wrong with yoursleep because you should not be waking up
tired.
That's the point of sleep is to recharge you soyour body's not recharging when you sleep.
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So there's all these different things, and alot of it has to do with diet.
Mhmm.
Very interesting.
Yes.
Like, diet with sleep.
So if people have insomnia or have very, suffersleep when they just can't awake very easily
with any noise, so do you have anyrecommendations how they can improve their
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sleep?
So I always say sleep starts as soon as youwake up or good good sleep starts as soon as
you wake up.
So if you don't do a lot of physical activitythroughout your day, I call it, like you know
how you have this concept of, like, sleep debt?
Mhmm.
Like, you don't sleep enough every night andyou accumulate, like, this debt, the sleep
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debt.
I call it, like, act an activity debt.
To where you just didn't move enough.
You didn't get your heart rate up enough in theday.
So your body is just it's not gonna sleep aswell as it as it can.
So sometimes if I can't sleep, I wake up andI'm like, oh, I didn't really move that much
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today.
I was you know, unfortunately, I was too sobusy.
So I'll get up and, you know, do some squats ordo some jumping jacks or walk around instead of
just laying there, like, why can I sleep?
Why can I sleep?
Why can I sleep?
You know, and move around and get a littletired and then go to go back to sleep.
But, ideally, you wanna do that through duringthe day and not in the middle of the night.
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But if you're waking up in the middle of night,it could be a million different things, which
is why, again, I say you have to assess all thedifferent organ systems in your body and, you
know, make sure they're all boosted, you knowyou know, optimal performance of all your organ
and your circuits so that things are workingtogether well and your body can sleep.
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But the other on the other spectrum, movingenough, sometimes we tighten up our bodies,
and, again, we tighten up our back so much.
Like, I don't work out.
I don't lift weights that much, but I do itevery week just to, you keep my muscles strong
and, you know, keep my joints strong and mybones strong.
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But when I do, like, a really heavy workout,sometimes it tightens up my back so much.
I'll wake up in the middle of the night, andI'll feel it.
You may not notice it because, again, a lot ofus, we can't feel the the tension in our bodies
because we're so used to it.
It's, you know, it's been like this, you know,lifetime accumulation of tension in the body,
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so that's our baseline.
Like, you you just that's the way you feel.
Like so but I can feel it because I open up mybody so much.
I feel like a like a sponge, you know, and thenI'll do this all this heavy workout, and I'll
and I wake up in the middle.
So it could be tension, but it could be sleepapnea.
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So eating a lot of fatty or greasy food or oilyfood, eating a lot of sugar, or eating a lot
of, like, all this this processed food, allthis these flour products like crackers,
cereal, and all these things can stuff up yoursinuses.
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And if your sinuses are stuffed up, you're justnot you're not able to breathe very well, and
that'll wake you up in the middle of the night.
So you really have to clean up your diet andbut one recommendation is to make sure you're
not, like, a 100% flat when you sleep.
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Just tilt your the head of the bed up, youknow, a little bit so that your your body can
breathe.
Once you clear up a 100%, you can lay flat.
But in if you're not if your sinuses aren't a100% clear, you you wanna be up a little bit.
Your head your head is higher than your feet.
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But there's there yeah.
There's that could be another episode, butsleep there's so many things that affect your
sleep.
Again, you have to do all the right thingsduring the day so that your body can't sleep.
Yeah.
Great.
So we can record another episode about sleep.
Yeah.
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Yeah.
So let's speak a little bit about diet.
You said good diet, vegetables for breakfast.
This is not what we are we are taught usually.
Yes.
As you've mentioned, usually, children aremotivated and encouraged to eat cereals on for
breakfast.
Yes.
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And there is all the industry, so manydifferent cereals.
So could you please explain that why it is notgood to have for breakfast and what is the
best?
Yeah.
So so I am a dietitian by trade, so that'ssomething that I I work with, you know, a lot
with people.
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But so the the basics are, you know, qualityand quantity.
Like, you have to eat the right foods, and thenyou have to eat it in the right amounts.
And then I guess third, you also have to eat atthe right times.
You don't wanna eat right before you go to bed,and you don't wanna eat when you're already
full and when you're you know, maybe you justwoke up and you're not hungry at all.
And then fourth factor would be, like, youwanna make sure your digestion is strong so
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that you can utilize all those nutrients youjust ate.
So as far as what to eat, whole grains, youknow, brown rice, whole grain wheat.
Like, I like to eat sprouted bread, whole grainsprouted bread, brown rice, quinoa, you know,
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buckwheat, things like this, fruits andvegetables.
And, you know, easy on the fruit.
Fruit is great, but, you know, just poundingfruit all day, it's a lot of sugar.
So you have to take it easy on the fruit.
So whole grains, fruits and vegetables, beans,peas, and lentils, You know, these beans are
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full of fiber, and most people in The US, atleast, like, almost the whole country doesn't
get enough fiber.
Like, the statistics are, like, 75 or morepercent.
We don't get enough of the recommended fiber aday.
And then lean protein.
So you don't wanna be having, like, tons offat, greasy or oily, you know, cuts of meat or
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dairy products.
And then healthy fats.
So nuts, seeds, avocados, olive oil in smallamounts.
So that's, like, the main the, you know, wholefoods, you know, unprocessed as much as
possible.
And then, yeah, for breakfast, it's justanother meal.
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So your body doesn't there's no rule that youhave to have cereal for breakfast.
Like, your body doesn't have that rule.
That's just like a societal rule or an industryrule.
So I would do things like I I love smoothies.
I have a smoothie in the morning that it boostsmy energy more than any supplement that I ever
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like, I've been trying supplements for twentyyears, you know, as I owned a health center.
I've I've tried them all with all the reps, youknow, the supplement reps that come into my
office, and nothing boosts my energy more than,you know, a smoothie, you know, yogurt and
fruit and a few other things.
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But, you know, basically, like, I take youwanna take something quick like frozen green
peas, you know, and heat them up and put alittle butter on them.
That would be light years beyond cereal.
Or instead of, you know, cereal, like, everyonesays, oh, I don't have time in the morning.
It's super quick.
How long does it take to toast a slice of wholegrain bread?
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Like, a minute maybe depending on how yourtoaster works.
You know?
And you put a little butter or olive oil oravocado on there.
You can even put a little jelly on there.
It'll still have 10 times less sugar than yourcereal does probably.
Mhmm.
And, you know, I like steamed broccoli.
I feel like that's a good that's a at leasthere in The US, that's vegetable that they
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serve a lot for breakfast, you know, at, youknow, fancy breakfast places.
So but, yeah, eating the right things, drinkingenough water, but not diluting your whole life
with water.
And, yeah, this I so what I would have what myI started out having a lot was a breakfast soup
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with, like, organic low sodium chicken broth,some green peas, or, you know, whatever
vegetable, and some beans.
And, you know, especially when it's cold out,eating hot food and drinking, you know, not of
course, too hot that it burns you, but eatingwarmer food and liquids really helps maintain
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your body temperature, and it helps build yourenergy, and it also helps improve your
digestion.
And the way that I've proven that, you know,with modern science is we have these things
called digestive enzymes.
Right?
Mhmm.
I don't know if you learned in school, butwithout these digestive enzymes, it would take,
like, a year to digest one meal.
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So we need to have, you know, good enzymes andoptimal functioning of the enzymes.
So, and they work at an ideal temperature,which is like body temperature.
So a lot of times what people do is we we liketo drink cold ice water, right, or, you know,
have cereal with freezing cold milk, especiallyin the middle of winter, it's literally
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extinguishing our digestive enzymes.
So a lot of times, we don't get completedigestion, and it causes something called
dampness in the body, which a lot of like,Chinese medicine talks about a lot, which you
never hear about in modern, you know, socialmedia or all these, you know, wellness gurus is
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you have to get rid of dampness in the body, sostaying away from a lot of sugar and staying
away from cold things.
Mhmm.
But, again, another another episode on dietbecause there's there's so much of it.
Yes.
Yes.
That would be great.
Okay.
Yes.
So, really, so much so much information, and,really, you're so knowledgeable.
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And, I'm very impressed with, your experienceand knowledge and passion, what you do.
So thank you so much for being amazing guesttoday, and we definitely will have another
episode, one about Yeah.
One about sleep.
And tell us please how people can can find moreabout you, what you do.
Maybe you do online classes, or maybe they havecan access to your programs or book, of course,
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we will put all information in the descriptionunder this video.
Sure.
Sure.
So main way to get ahold of me is my website,getrechargednow.com.
And I'm on all social media at rich chi.
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So last name Chi, c h I, which means energy.
Mhmm.
So Rich Chi Wellness.
Instagram is the most popular one, and thenTikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.
Yeah.
And you wanna email me, there's a contact mepage, or you could send me a message on social
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media.
Yeah.
Great.
So we will put all your links, in thedescription below this episode.
And, of course, I'm sure so many people wouldlike to contact you and know more about what
you do and how you manage those energies andhow you help people to be healthy.
That's what it's all about.
Thank you so much for having me.
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Yeah.
I'm looking forward to have you again for ournew episodes.
Alright.
Mhmm.
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