The Original Chi Machine® Inventor Dr. Shizuo Inoue 

Before Dr Shizuo Inoue had Japanese engineers at Skylite Corporation design the original Chi Machine^® the principle bodily movement was a life-saving oxygen-efficient aerobic exercise.

Case in point. "One time, I was on a train station platform, I saw a old gentleman fall to the ground. At the time, his face was pale, his breathing was weak and interrupted, in other words, he was at the brink of death. Immediately, I performed the oxygen-efficient aerobic exercise (lifting and moving his feet left and right repetitively) on him for about twenty to thirty minutes. The result was that he blew out a big breath. His face was turning red, and I was certain then that he came back to life. A moment later, he thanked me profusely with tears in his eyes. I had two experiences like this. In both incidents, they all came back to life in a very short time."

The inspiration for this basic movement of "lifting and moving his feet left and right repetitively" at oscillations of 140 times per minute, came when Dr. Inoue watched goldfish swim. Noting how remarkably healthy and well-toned fish are, he thought that perhaps the steady undulation of the spine causes the fish's whole body to be exercised and oxygenated. Dr Shizuo Inoue, the Chairman of Japan's Oxygen Health Association and Director of Japan Health Association, had a theory he was passionate about. "I suggested that oxygen was the major source of health, or the lack of oxygen was the root of all illness." For over 38 years he researched the relationship between oxygen levels in the body and the quality of human health on over 100,000 people.

Maximum Results, Minimum Effort

As the aim was to get the maximum results with the minimum effort, Dr Inoue designed the original Chi Machine to be a passive aerobic respiration exerciser.

Aerobic means "requiring air or oxygen." Technically, aerobic exercise is exercise that mainly uses energy from the cells in the muscles of the body doing aerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration happens when the cell uses oxygen to burn energy, unlike anaerobic respiration where the cell does not use oxygen when it burns energy. Cellular aerobic respiration can potentially be 18 times more efficient than anaerobic respiration, and aerobic respiration produces less toxins in the cell. Because of this, the cell will try to do aerobic respiration whenever it can, but it will do anaerobic respiration to get energy when it lacks oxygen.

Typically, aerobic exercise is done over a long period of time - 20 minutes or more. It is used to tone the body, make it leaner, and improve endurance by keeping the cardiovascular system healthy. Although getting any exercise is healthy, getting at least 20 minutes of sustained aerobic exercise about 3 times a week, along with a good diet, and enough sleep, will generally keep a person in tip-top health.

The original Chi Machine is a passive aerobic exerciser. This means that your body is aerobically exercised, although all your muscles are completely relaxed. This takes "maximum results, minimum effort" to the next level. In typical aerobic exercise half the affected muscle groups are tensing up under stress as the other half relax, and vice versa on the back swing. Because of this, passive aerobic exercise produces less toxins in your cells than typical aerobic exercise. With the passive aerobic exercise of the Chi Machine you will get all the benefits and oxygenation of a typical 30 minute aerobic exercise in just 5 minutes! And as the body remains totally relaxed, the effects will penetrate deeper, facilitating natural healing. When the Chi Machine exerciser stops, you will invariably feel a sensational "Chi Rush."

Using the original Chi Machine temporarily relieves muscular aches, pain and tension caused by fatigue or overexertion. Providing a internal body massage, it's patented "figure 8" oscillating action gently oxygenates and circulates the blood. At the same time, the Chi machine can induce an Alpha state of total mind and body relaxation.

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"In reference to the original Chi Machine... I have had patients that lost over 30 pounds in less than two months that couldn't walk due to vascular ischemia or osteoarthritis... Edema was markedly reduced in all cardiac and lymphedema clients. I have also used it in my cancer patients to increase blood flow to the tissues to get more Natural Killer Cells to the tumor site, and to remove blocked lymphatics so that more tumor cells could be removed by the enzymes and phagocytic cells. Some clients commented on better memory as cerebral circulation improved. In short, every organ system of the body is enhanced, including the immune system." -Dan Harper, M.D.,Family Physician, San Diego, CA

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