Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Qi Gong is a Chinese system of physical training, philosophy, and preventive and therapeutic health care. Qi (or chi) means air, breath of life or vital essence. Gong means work, self-discipline, achievement or mastery. This art combines aerobic conditioning, isometrics, isotonics, meditation, and relaxation. Qi Gong is a discipline whose practice allows us to gain control over the life force that courses throughout our bodies. There are more than 3,000 varieties of Qi Gong, and five major Qi Gong traditions: the Taoist, Buddhist, Confucian, martial arts, and medical. Qi Gong is thus a soft form of a related set of disciplines that includes Taiji (Tai Chi Quan) and the hard form of Kung Fu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Hello What is Qigong? This was searched and nothing came up? THis is a herb? Thanks Victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Chinese Traditional Medicine, " vgodar " <vgodar> wrote: > Hello What is Qigong? This was searched and nothing came up? THis is > a herb? Thanks Victor. Try Qi Gong. Also Tai Ch'i. Moving meditation. Exercises. They are good for getting Qi and Blood moving. This is a simplified answer, and I'm hoping the Qi Gong experts on the board will go into more detail. Sometimes there is the problem of different spellings in English. Many of the movements look so simple - like how can this possibly do anything? But they work. Some people can feel a loosening up on the inside. Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 - " victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon <Chinese Traditional Medicine > > Moving meditation. Exercises. QiGong can be done without any movements at all, as well. Jeri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 > QiGong can be done without any movements at all, as well. Please elaborate. There is a little in the message base, but I'm always looking for new information. Thanks, Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 There are some meditation excercises done while laying, sitting or simply standing still that are done without movement. A gross explanation would be that it is a " picturization " excercise used to teach yourself to control the flow of energy to specific points of your body. This is done primarily by breathing regularly while laying down and picturing a blue field of energy that would begin in the dantian or " middle " of your body and spread out till the field surrounds your body. Different colors are said to create different effects on the body but for some reason blue is the easiest to picture. I have been only able to visualize a blue, green, yellow, and sometimes red color, i have not been able to picture others. You will get some interesting results, the overlaying aspect is being able to regulate your flow of chi to specific points of your body, most practices concentrating on getting it specifically to the hands (the hands being the highest concentration point for the body....i can provide more about that if you like...). One of the biggest side effects of such a practice is a sense of well being, better sleep, feeling more energentic and increase of concentration........not to mention that it occasionally gives me goosebumps .....Qigong is an old Martial arts practice, the older ones being Ba gua zhang and Hsing yi......anyhow that is the long and short of it....let me know if you require more......oh btw victoria i have a complete list of about 22 herbs, i will be emailing you privately if its permissable, i am curious as to the properties of some of the herbs and possible additions i can make. It is interesting that the biggest property of them all is to promote not only the flow of blood, but they are also have detoxing properties as well. Warrior Chinese Traditional Medicine, " victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon@h...> wrote: > > QiGong can be done without any movements at all, as well. > > Please elaborate. There is a little in the message base, but I'm > always looking for new information. > > Thanks, > Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Thanks, Warrior. > There are some meditation excercises done while laying, sitting or > simply standing still that are done without movement. A gross > explanation would be that it is a " picturization " excercise used to > teach yourself to control the flow of energy to specific points of > your body. This is done primarily by breathing regularly while laying > down and picturing a blue field of energy that would begin in the > dantian or " middle " of your body and spread out till the field > surrounds your body. There are some posts on Hara breathing in the message base. This is something which has helped me. Hara breathing does help to increase energy for me. I'm always interested in learning more than just the very basic things I know. >Different colors are said to create different > effects on the body but for some reason blue is the easiest to > picture. I have been only able to visualize a blue, green, yellow, > and sometimes red color, i have not been able to picture others. You > will get some interesting results, the overlaying aspect is being > able to regulate your flow of chi to specific points of your body, > most practices concentrating on getting it specifically to the hands > (the hands being the highest concentration point for the body....i > can provide more about that if you like...). Please do. > One of the biggest side > effects of such a practice is a sense of well being, better sleep, > feeling more energentic and increase of concentration........not to > mention that it occasionally gives me goosebumps .....Qigong is an > old Martial arts practice, the older ones being Ba gua zhang and > Hsing yi......anyhow that is the long and short of it....let me know > if you require more...... Please post any information that you think may help someone. Correct me if I am wrong, but some exercises may required a teacher in person, but some can be attempted without a teacher. I'm always mindful that relatively few communities have TCM healers. Many more do have martial arts teachers than TCM healers, but even martial arts teachers are not common. If someone wanted to take martial arts for the health benefits or because no other teacher was available, what are some of the criteria one should use in selecting a good martial arts teacher who does know about the health benefits? I'm also mindful that most insurance still doesn't cover TCM or acupuncture, that a lot of people don't have health insurance, and that people who are sick - especially those who have been sick for some time - already have their finances stretched to the limit. So I'm always on the lookout for things that people can do for free to help themselves. Breathing exercises and acupressure are two of these things. > oh btw victoria i have a complete list of > about 22 herbs, i will be emailing you privately if its permissable, > i am curious as to the properties of some of the herbs and possible > additions i can make. It is interesting that the biggest property of > them all is to promote not only the flow of blood, but they are also > have detoxing properties as well. Please put them on the list so the info can be shared. I'm curious as to why detoxing properties as well? BTW, I'm going to lay the groundwork today for a post on Herbs that Regulate Qi. Thanks, Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Chinese Traditional Medicine, " victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon@h...> wrote: > Chinese Traditional Medicine, " vgodar " <vgodar> wrote: > > Hello What is Qigong? This was searched and nothing came up? THis > is > > a herb? Thanks Victor. > > Try Qi Gong. Also Tai Ch'i. > > Moving meditation. Exercises. They are good for getting Qi and > Blood moving. This is a simplified answer, and I'm hoping the Qi Gong > experts on the board will go into more detail. > > Sometimes there is the problem of different spellings in English. It's also spelled Chi Kung and a couple other ways besides. > Many of the movements look so simple - like how can this possibly do > anything? But they work. Some people can feel a loosening up on the > inside. I've done the short tai chi form when I was feeling headachey and it helped.... sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.