Your Fountain of Youth with Lee Holden

Longevity has been a quest for humans across cultures for centuries. Based on 4,500 years of practice and refinement, the movements in this program “add not only years to your life, but life to your years.” Lee Holden guides you through gentle stretches, energy activations, and easy-to-follow flowing movements you can use to age with grace on the path to longevity.

The Five Elements represent the energy flowing in nature: water, wood, fire, earth and metal. The Five Elements are present in you as well, and connect you to nature. When the elements and energies are balanced inside – physically, mentally and emotionally – we feel happy, healthy and whole. Lee Holden shows you how, through the power and grace of this classic sequence of gentle movements.

f you could put all the benefits of deep breathing in a pill it would be the best-selling drug in history! Lee Holden guides you into deep, relaxed, full breathing with gentle, flowing motions. Clear stress from the mind and tension from the muscles. Bring oxygen and energy to the body and relax the nervous system.

A healthy human bone is as strong as granite! The bones produce red and white blood cells, support the immune system and give us structure and movement. In Chinese medicine the bones were seen as deep energy storage. As we age, bone density goes down and their health can suffer. Lee Holden teaches you movements to improve bone density, increase energy and circulate deep vitality through the body.

We live in an age of repetitive motion. From texting to typing, from cooking to working in the garden, the hands often get overworked and strained. This can lead to problems such as tension, arthritis, and tendinitis, especially as we get older. Using gentle stretches and simple movements, Lee Holden teaches you to clear tension, tightness, and pain through the lower parts of the arms.

We are not taught how to elevate our energy naturally. How to free ourselves from negative thoughts or heavy feelings. The pills we are prescribed only help us live with the problem, but don't address the root cause. Through deep breathing, gentle stretches, and flowing movements, Lee Holden teaches you how to transform the emotional energy that weighs you down into inspiration and inner peace.

Over 80% of us have upper back or neck pain at some point in our lives. Under stress, the neck and upper back unconsciously contract, creating pain and discomfort. Lee Holden teaches gentle stretches and simple movements to help recover from repetitive motion, muscular tension, and injury to this area. As was said in the classics, “Flowing water doesn’t stagnate, a moving hinge never rusts.”

Long-term stress is a key factor in high blood pressure. Stress contracts the energy system, which in turn constricts the blood vessels. In this episode, Lee Holden guides you in simple practices that ease stress and relax the mind and body. The blood vessels dilate, the energy flows, and blood pressure is lowered, reducing the risk of further health issues.

Studies show that Qi Gong is one of the best forms of therapy to prevent falls. The practice uses slow, graceful movement, mindful exercise, and energy activations to help you get rooted, secure, and connected. In this episode, Lee Holden guides you through simple, practical, and easy-to-follow exercises to help prevent falls, strengthen the lower legs and feet, and improve balance.

As we age, our joints tend to get stiff, painful, and lose range of motion. In this episode, we learn to bring that youthful vitality back into our joints. Lee Holden guides you to clear stiffness and pain and increase range of motion through gentle stretches, mobilizing movement, and relaxing flows. As the saying goes, these practices “add not only years to your life, but life to your years.”

Heart health is one of the few places both Western medical practitioners and Eastern agree: stress and anxiety are significant factors in heart disease. The more stressed out, anxious, and overwhelmed you are, the higher your risk. This episode focuses on your inner emotional state. Helping you become calm, relaxed, and at peace, so your heart stays healthy, nourished, and whole.

The mind is quick-moving and elusive. Quieting the mind can be challenging as catching the wind in a net. To stabilize the mind, the ancients remind us to be aware of the activities of the body. Through mindful attention to breath, energy, movement, and relaxation, Lee Holden guides you into a deep, rich experience of the present moment.