What Solution to a Common Problem Does Sign Chi Do™ Solve?
The common problem: Stress and Anxiety.
This product provides a how-to approach to manage stress by engaging actively in a program that is simple yet effective. The immediate outcomes described by participants after practicing Sign Chi Do™ include a heightened sense of awareness, feeling relaxed yet energized and an overall sense of well-being. Significant numbers of people treat stress and anxiety with medications. This program may provide an alternative.
The common problem: Spiritual Emptiness.
Sign Chi Do™ heightens spiritual awareness by engaging the brain, thus bringing intention to movement. This program not only strengthens the muscles of your body, but also strengthens the spirit that moves within you. Sign Chi Do™ offers a tangible way to deal with stress that’s fun and empowering for people of all ages.
What Makes This Program Unique?
Sign Chi Do™ was designed by a medical physician who is also a martial artist (3rd degree black belt in karate) and an Exercise Physiologist. It was derived from a medical perspective based on brain function incorporating sign language gesture with breathing and movement. Instead of emptying the mind you are encouraged to fill it with a word or emotion then literally expressing it in movement. Sign Chi Do™ exercises both the brain and body at the same time.
This program integrates all four parts of the brain:
- Frontal lobe: intention, concentration.
- Parietal lobe: body position as we perceive.
- Occipital lobe: visual and memory (For example, the sign gesture for the word ‘America’ is a white picket fence surrounding farmland.)
- Temporal lobe: communication and language (missing link from other movement modalities – responsible for abstract concepts as they relate to words)
This program literally connects the mind, body and spirit in a way that has never been done before. Sign Chi Do™ offers health benefit to those who practice whether seated, standing or lying down.
NOTE: The idea for Sign Chi Do™ came to me when my grandmother had a stroke a few years ago. As a physician and martial artist, I came to realize that sign language stimulates the brain in a different area that all other movement. The fact that my grandmother was devout in prayer (not interested in tai chi) I took the familiar words and prayers and connected the principles of Tai chi…Sign Chi Do™ was born!
What Broad Based Need Does This Program Fill?
1. The desire by all to feel energized, whole and complete. This program engages the brain and the body in a way that helps us become strong from the inside out.
2. A way to communicate your energy
Do means “the way,” sign is the means of communication and chi is energy.
3. In our fast-paced world, there is a common need to manage stress, depression, anxiety, high blood pressure and stay healthy in a way without the use of multiple medications. Sign Chi Do™ is one way to do that.
4. The need to express emotions: Sign Chi Do™ is a modality that encourages one to express through movement emotions and positive affirmations.
What Are the Most Exciting Elements of this Product?
1. The effects of Sign Chi Do™ are noticeable immediately! One cannot help but feel energized resulting after just one session. This can be explained by the serotonin and dopamine the brain releases during the practice in Sign Chi Do™ .
2. It does not take a significant amount of time to learn. It is simple and easy and offers education and exercise to people of ALL ages!
