My dad always had a head of thick hair that grew upwards like weeds in an unkept backyard. He had the loudest voice that I’ve ever known. His complexion grew brighter as years went by.

As he grew older he didn’t turn feeble, not even a bit.

All that for a man who went through abject poverty in his childhood, begging for food, starving days at a time, and who at the zenith of his life spent an entire decade in prison and a labor camp during Chinese Cultural Revolution.

In old age he had such vitality that it was still stronger than the rest of my family.

Kidney Qi

The secret to that level of vitality was his strong Kidney Qi, also known as vital energy, according to the Chinese Medicine.

Your Kidney Qi is the origin of your prenatal health. It stores the Qi that fuels your growth.

The kidney energy not only supports the reproductive organs and activities, it also governs your continued growth and aging. When Kidney Qi is abundant, your sexual life and life in general is vigorous and lasting.

To be more specific, your Kidney energy supports the generation of your marrow, which produces bones, teeth, blood, the brain, the spinal cord, and hair.

In addition, all other organs in the body depend on Kidney energy for regeneration and activation. It’s like both a mother that nourishes other organs and like a coach that puts fire under your feet to propel you forward. For instance, it enables the Spleen to metabolize food and the Heart to pump blood.

At mental and spiritual levels, it houses your will. It gives you courage and will power.

Dad’s Secret to Vitality

Even though dad had a turbulent life, he was endowed with strong Kidney energy that carried his ancestral energies, passed down to him from his parents. His mother protected him with a thick blanket of unconditional love amidst the wars. And he didn’t waste it with fear or indulgence.

Even with everything that my dad went through, he still had a joyful heart and grateful mind. It took courage and strong will to not be destroyed by the vicissitude of life. He was strong willed!

His kidney energy stayed strong all the way until the end of his life.

Some people are lucky like that, with family inheritance, be it financial or physical.

For the rest of us, we can strengthen our Kidney Qi with other techniques. In this week’s feature video I’m sharing a simple technique to promote strong Kidney Qi.

Please leave me a comment below. To you heath!