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- Using Qigong Breathing Exercises to Relieve Hypertension, an Enlarged Prostate and Arrhythmias - by Submitted on May 15, 2010 from Martin EisenUsing Qigong Breathing Exercises to Relieve Hypertension, an Enlarged Prostate and Arrhythmias High blood pressure is frequently difficult to treat in a short time by acupuncture or herbs. Patients become discouraged and turn to western medicine. Some forms of Qigong can help lower blood ...
Views: 10738(3 votes) - Taiji (Tai Chi) vs. Qigong - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2009 from Jeffrey SmoleyThis is an oft-discussed subject, with a lot of misinformation being passed around. First of all, Taijiquan (this is the current official pinyin spelling) is a martial art, developed about 450 years ago by General Chen WanTing of Chen village. Chen village is near the northern Xiaolin temple. ...
Views: 9594(2 votes) - How to Relax Your Heart Rate Using Qigong - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Randolph DirectoControlling the autonomic responses like heart rate is quite familiar to practitioners of Qigong.The difference between Qigong meditation and other types is that we utilise different kinds of "body breathing" techniques through the flesh and bones, especially when we induce proper "Qi" flow or ...
Views: 9472(6 votes) - Qi Gong (Chinese Yoga) Clears Dampness and Stuck Energy - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2010 from Kay HutchinsonChinese yoga or qi gong (pronounced chi kung), is a powerful way to release the dampness and heat that summer time brings. Dampness and heat are states that can lead to health issues such as excessive weight, chronic fatigue, aggravation of inflammatory conditions, depression, anxiety, and ...
Views: 8565(2 votes) - Liver Release Qi Gong - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Kay HutchinsonIn the Chinese medicine system, the liver is associated with conditions involving hypertension, anemia, headaches at the top of the head, and the emotions of anger or compassion. This simple qi gong liver release will empower you to begin cultivating an internal calmness within the liver ...
Views: 8188(2 votes) - The Dreaded Cold and Flu Season – Using Qigong for Prevention and Quick Recovery - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from Kevin HuffordQi is the Chinese word for the “Bio-Electric Energy” that flows to and through you, the Heavens, and the Earth. It is the “Energy of Life.” Knowing how maintain your Qi balance, create an abundance of qi, and maintain a smooth flow of qi are crucial to preventing or recovering quickly from a ...
Views: 7433(3 votes) - Senobi Breathing Method for Weight Loss and Asthma - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Martin EisenThe star of the TV show “The Doctor OZ Show”, Dr. Mehmet Oz stated, “If you want to be healthy and live to 100, do Qigong.” What is Qigong? The answer can be found in (1). Qigong has been shown to be effective in more than 200 diseases, including cancer. Many forms of require long periods of ...
Views: 7152 - Should You Learn Yoga, Tai Chi or Qigong? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Martin EisenYoga and Tai Chi have become popular worldwide. They appear in commercials and are taught in many fitness and community centers. Seniors and the sedentary are persuaded that Yoga and Tai Chi are ideal for their health. In addition, Tai Chi is described as being very easy to learn and ...
Views: 6820 - Quickly and Easily Balance Your Energy Using Simple Meridian Tapping Qigong - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Kevin HuffordTraditional Chinese Medicine has been developed over a period of 3000 plus years. It is based on the BALANCE, ABUNDANCE, and FLOW of Qi through the meridians and organs of the body. To maintain a smooth flow of Qi and thus vibrant health and abundant energy it is necessary to balance your Qi and ...
Views: 6668(1 vote) - Detox the Liver with Qi Gong Massage, Meditation and Herbs - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Kay HutchinsonDuring the spring time, the organ of the liver can manifest imbalances more profoundly. The liver is associated with the wood element and spring time on an energy level. Imbalances of the liver include: Challenges with the eyes including foggy vision, high pressure, tumors or other eye ...
Views: 6664(1 vote) - Qi Cultivation Part 3 - Simple Exercises To Create Abundant Qi Using Three Sphere Energy Qigong - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2011 from Kevin HuffordSpheres, Circles and Spirals are all shapes that appear naturally in nature. They appear because the laws that govern energy and its physical manifestation take these forms. The first basic shape of the sphere can be used in qigong practice to manifest an abundant quantity of Qi within ...
Views: 6205(2 votes) - Qi Gong (Chinese Yoga) Clears the Lymphatic System - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2010 from Kay HutchinsonOften times, the stress of life and exposure to toxins in the environment can stress our lymphatic system. In Chinese medicine, the lymphatic is most closely associated with the triple heaters or triple burners, which can be thought of as an irrigation system of energy that disperses qi to ...
Views: 6145(1 vote) - The 3 Core Skills of Qigong That No Body Knows... - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Marcus SanterGive me 3 minutes and I'll explain why 98% of Qigong practitioners are wasting their time... Remember, Qigong is the art of deliberately managing your vital energy or Chi/Qi. Vital energy is the 'juice' that keeps you alive and allows you to do everything you do. Qigong is similar to ...
Views: 5847(2 votes) - Qi Gong: Activating The Kidneys, Water Element - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2008 from Kay HutchinsonThis qi gong can help to relieve lower back pain, strengthen the kidneys and reproductive organs, and help to release the emotion of fear and build will. Start this qi gong session in either a sitting or standing position. Place hands on the lower back with palms facing the lower back. Step ...
Views: 5375(2 votes) - Strength that Comes not from Muscularity, but Tendon Power and Virtue. - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Raven CohanAn article from Rodale Press which was copied to a Yahoo Group I subscribe to, is available for you to read via the following link: http://www.rodale.com/doing-good-deeds?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2010_05_12-_-Top5-_-NA - Please read it and then follow my response about its conclusion. The ...
Views: 5286(1 vote) - Tai Chi Qigong for Insomnia - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Matthew RochfordNot being able to sleep well or barely at all can be a frustrating and deeply affecting problem. If our mind is racing and our body is exhausted it feels very much like we are out of balance and in conflict with ourselves. We need a method that will harmonize our mind with our body and leave ...
Views: 5130(1 vote) - How does Tantric Qigong™ work? - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallHow does Tantric Qigong™ work? It can be said that Qigong works by uniting heavenly and earthly energies. While Western science does not yet have a full explanation of how Qigong does this, it most likely that it works by amplifying your personal Chi (Qi, life force, vitality, Ki) by drawing ...
Views: 5047(5 votes) - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 11 - Why does it work...??? - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2010 from James LeeChi Kung encourages to perform the abdominal breathing with slow movements to bring out its effectiveness in two folds. The abdominal breathing is to increase the volume of air intake; the slow movement is to increase the rate of cell respiration. Under normal breathing, one inhalation of ...
Views: 5006 - The Microcosmic Orbit - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Jeffrey SmoleyThis is a classic Taoist Qigong Meditation method, with it's roots in India, for circulating and refining Qi via the circuit formed by the 'Governing Channel' from perineum up to head and the Conception Channel from head back down to perineum. Practicing the Microcosmic Orbit is a key step ...
Views: 4941(2 votes) - Golden Rules of 3 and Shaolin Qigong - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Marcus Santer3 Core Skills of high level Chi Kung * Chi kung state of mind * Flowing Breeze Swaying Willows (energy flow) * Standing Meditation There is a big difference between Qigong form and Qigong. There are 3 core skills essential for the practise of Chi Kung, regardless of which ...
Views: 4838(2 votes) - Move Like Water; The Power Of Yin - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2008 from Regina Gibbons“Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it.” The Tao Te Ching: Chapter 78 - 6th Century B.C.E. The TaiJi (or Tai Chi) symbol represents the interplay of yin and yang captured here, as if in a ...
Views: 4793(1 vote) - Practical Energy Skills - Secrets of Building Thought Forms - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2009 from Michael CampbellDo you know this easy way to build your own thought forms? Read on and discover how to use this very useful energy discipline today. Energy can be built up and condensed into semi-permanent blobs of life force. These blobs of energy are generally referred to as thought forms, because they're ...
Views: 4601(3 votes) - The Old Myth About Chi - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from James LeeThe Old Myth About Chi The ancients once thought that 'Chi' was the primordial essence that compose all matters of the universe. In traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), 'Chi' was defined as the function of the human body organs. Chi flow was considered that the functional activities of the organs ...
Views: 4507(2 votes) - Qi Cultivation Part 1 – How To Become A Qi Magnet And Create Your Awesome Reality - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Kevin HuffordYou can make the quantum leap to health, wealth and success using an easily learned qigong exercise that will turn you into a positive qi magnet for attracting and creating your awesome reality. You can cultivate your qi and thus increase and maintain yourself in a very positive level of ...
Views: 4382(1 vote) - Less Better, understanding Tai Chi Chuan - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from David LenkovitzkiThere are 2 major categories that 'thangs' fall under, 'more better' and 'less better'. The majority of the world falls under (1) 'more better', you want to go faster, you put a bigger motor in your car, 1 aspirin does not make your headache go way, take 2, if you want to learn MA, get bigger ...
Views: 4354(1 vote) - "Little Old Man" Tai Chi - How to Deal With Pain and Injuries in Your Practice - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Al SimonDo you have pain or injuries that prevent you from progressing in Tai Chi and Qigong? Are injuries stopping you from getting benefits from your practice? Recently, Matthew, one of our ChiFusion students, and I had a discussion our ChiFusion Tai Chi Support Forum. Matthew has had previous knee ...
Views: 4310(2 votes) - What is Qigong? - by QIGONG
THE MOST PROFOUND MEDICINE
Is strenuous exercise necessary for health?
No. Good physical condition is required for competing athletes and does not insure good health. A trained athlete can have cancer and die from a heart attack. Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to have a heart valve ...
Views: 4253(1 vote) - Beating Cancer with Qigong: A Success Story - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2009 from Bob EllalIn 1991 I was diagnosed with Stage Four lymphoma cancer and given six months to live. I was 32, and my sons were aged two and six months. I was a writer at Aetna Life & Casualty, Inc, and my wife and I had just built a beautiful house on a lake in eastern Connecticut. I had everything to live ...
Views: 4188(1 vote) - Qigong And Leukemia - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Rev. Keith HallQigong has proven an effective treatment for inhibiting or destroying leukemia cells in mice and certain other types of human cancer cells. The studies here fall into two broad classes: in vitro and in vivo studies. Typically, the in-vitro studies involved randomly dividing the ...
Views: 4026(6 votes) - Qigong and Mind Power - You Have The Power to Create Your Health and Your Reality! - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2010 from Kevin HuffordDo you know how things happen, how they come about? Do you know how your mind works? Do you realize that you think in pictures? Everything you do starts out in your mind as an idea. As you are reading this you are putting the picture of letters together to form words that you hear and see in ...
Views: 3707(1 vote) - Tantric Qigong, Taiji, Multiple Sclerosis and the Immune System - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallTantric Qigong, Taiji, Multiple Sclerosis and the Immune System Multiple Sclerosis is a condition where one’s immune system dysfunctionally attacks the fatty sheath that insulates nerves. Just like an electrical wire that has been stripped of its insulation, one’s nerves start to short out. ...
Views: 3580(8 votes) - How does Tai Chi-Qigong help you live to be 100? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2012 from Kim KubschTai Chi-Qigong is practiced around the world by a wide variety of people and ages. Originating as one of the martial arts, Tai Chi and Qigong originated in China centuries ago. Its values include tranquility, harmony and reflection. The practice of Tai Chi and Qigong helps relax the mind ...
Views: 3574(1 vote) - Qi Dao And Other Qigong Styles - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2007 from Lama TantrapaMany Qigong enthusiasts have been curious about the similarities and distinctions between my family style called Qi Dao and other Qigong styles. First of all, I want to invite you to consider this thought: “We wage wars by stressing differences; we wage peace by stressing ...
Views: 3557(1 vote) - Concept of Qi. Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Martin EisenIn Part 1 of this series, the universal concept of Qi was introduced. Then, the various types of bodily Qi, used in traditional Chinese medicine to explain health and disease, were defined. Here the functions of Qi and its relation with the Chinese Organs and various substances in the body will ...
Views: 3497(2 votes) - Qigong for Drug Addiction - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallLet’s face it, the United States is a drug culture. 14 million Americans use substances such as marijuana, PCP, and cocaine. 104 million Americans drink alcohol, and 65.5 million use tobacco.* Almost everyone will be afforded the opportunity to use pharmaceutical drugs, many of which also have ...
Views: 3465(4 votes) - Qi Gong Tree Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2008 from Kay HutchinsonThis tree meditation can help calm the energy of the liver, lower blood pressure and promote restful sleep. The next time you are visiting a park or out in nature, you can perform this simple tree meditation. Breathe in deeply for a count of five. Exhale deeply for a count of five. Stand in ...
Views: 3412(2 votes) - In The Dark Room With Mantak Chia - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2008 from Raven CohanHaving studied with Mantak Chia since 1981, and being certified by him two years later to teach basics in qigong and going on to receive many more levels of certifications, I am obviously quite enamored with his system of teaching. It is no surprise that I would travel over 24 hours to Thailand ...
Views: 3390(1 vote) - Waterfall Qi Gong Visualization - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2008 from Kay HutchinsonThis cooling qi gong visualization helps the body to achieve balance and promote healing of: *Issues involving struggle and resistance in our lives, said to create emotional heat in the Chinese medicine system. *Health conditions that have a hot or inflammatory nature such as cancer, arthritis ...
Views: 3380(2 votes) - Three Easy Qigong Exercises To Help Cope With Holiday Stress - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Kevin HuffordStress, anxiety and depression can ruin your holiday if you let them get the better of you! But, you already have the tools need to cope. Your mind, your breath and your spirit are all you need along with a few awesome Qigong Exercises to alleviate the stress of the holidays. I am sure that ...
Views: 3329(2 votes) - Xin Huxi Qigong Part 3 - Chang Bao Qi Center Breathing for Increasing Your Abundance of Qi - by Submitted on May 14, 2011 from Kevin HuffordXin Huxi Chang Bao Qi and Other Types of Breathing There are three main goals in the practice of Qigong those of Balance, Abundance and Flow. It is through the regulation of the breath that you Balance your Qi, increase the Abundance of your Qi and create a smooth Flow of Qi through your ...
Views: 3212 - Maitreya Shen Gong - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Ricardo SerranoMaitreya Shen Gong is a powerful empowerment initiation Qigong form to experience enlightenment - realization of Buddha Nature (natural mind) - founded, developed and rendered by Qigong Master Ricardo B Serrano, who was inspired and gifted by Buddha Maitreya, the embodiment of loving-kindness, ...
Views: 3199(1 vote) - 3 Easy Qigong Meditations - Every Day You Can Feel Better and Better - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Kevin HuffordWhat a wonderful weekend and what a beautiful day it is today. Sun, leaves and 60 degrees, an awesome autumn day in the North East of the USA. Stepping outside this morning on my front porch I took a deep breath of the leaf scented fall air and said to myself “This is what feeling better and ...
Views: 3182(1 vote) - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 14 - The Definitions of the Characters 气(Chi), 炁(Chi) and 氣(Chi) in Chi Kung between the East and the West. - by Submitted on May 18, 2011 from James Lee氣(chi) , in the west, was only known or translated as energy. Unfortunately, the character was abide by the sole definition restricting to move forward for other explanations. If the character was traced back to its root, then, its multi-definition may be more versatile to be used in other ...
Views: 3180 - Understanding the Basic Principles of Qigong Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2012 from Joseph A. WrightQigong is considered as a precious Chinese heritage and today, it still remains an inseparable part of alternative medicine which is becoming popular all over the world. It is a specific mental and/or physical exercise which aims to train, develop and condition the mind and body for the purpose ...
Views: 3173 - Traditional Chinese Medicine—Ancient Medicine For The Modern World - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2010 from Sarah BentleyEast is East and West is West, as the saying goes. But in medicine, at least, the two sides are meeting. Over the past few decades, acupuncture has become more and more widely known and accepted in the United States. Many people think acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are the ...
Views: 3157(3 votes) - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 10 - The Subtle Difference Between Tai Chi and Chi Kung - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2009 from James LeePeople with breathing problem should practice with Tai Chi, to start with, is recommended rather than with Chi Kung. Tai Chi is a form of Chi Kung, but Chi Kung is not necessary Tai Chi. However, they both have something in common, the slow movements and deep breathing. Tai Chi has more ...
Views: 3153(3 votes) - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 16 -- Glucose, Oxygen, and ATP are the Ingredients of Chi Kung - by Submitted on May 14, 2011 from James LeeA Taoist has a will to preserve his body by maintaining a state of homeostasis. A normal body can handle the daily chores with no difficulty. Unless, there is an event which requires a quick response in all the sudden. Hence, the body must be prepared to handle any unexpected adverse ...
Views: 3152 - Qi Cultivation Part 2 – Qigong Tapping To Change Your Paradigm for Calmness of Mind, Joy of Heart and Peace of Spirit - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Kevin HuffordIT IS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY AND SNOWY DAY HERE! As I look outside I once again realize that my reality manifests from the future infinite field of possibilities through my words, my deeds, and my beliefs. I find increasingly that it only takes a simple positive adjustment of what I believe, what I ...
Views: 3130(1 vote) - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 13 - Hypoxia, hypertension, and Chi Kung - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from James LeeHypertension of a normal person may be caused by the abnormality of the arteries. The cause of essential hypertension is multifactorial. Secondary hypertension was caused mainly by hypoxia or a disorder of blood vessel or the kidney. If one understand the function of the kidney and what cause ...
Views: 3095 - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 3 - The Biochemical-Mechanical Loop - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2011 from James LeeAlthough there are many styles in Chi Kung, but there is one commonality. If we observed closely, we will see that breathing is in synchronization with the slow body movements. The combination of the breathing and movements is a biochemical-mechanical loop for completing the muscle contraction ...
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