What is Qigong?

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Thanks, Deb.

 

> QiGong is all about working your own qi. Be aware if someone says

you need

> them to do qigong. Tho' healing qigong can be used by a experience

> practitioner (as yet, fairly unusual in the west) to 'work' your

qi. Best

> is if you learn a form so that you can do it for yourself.

 

In line with this, the prognosis for people who help themselves is

always better than the prognosis for people who passively wait for

someone else to " wave a magic wand " and straighten out their lives -

be it health matters, relationships, etc. I've seen this over and

over and over.

 

I believe it was Andrew Weil who made a point about what the medical

profession considers the " good " patients - the ones who passively

wait to be done to, who don't question, who never disagree, who

follow orders slavishly without thinking - are the ones who tend to

do the worst. On the other hand, what the medical profession all too

often considers the " bad " patients - the ones who question, the ones

who make waves, the ones who try to find out all they can and apply

it to their own situation, the ones who don't always do what the

doctor says - do the best.

 

Attitudes in people do make a difference in healing - as well as in

other spheres of life. Sometimes people have been conditioned/

brainwashed into believing they're incapable of doing anything to

help themselves, are dumb, are without abilities, are worthless and

undeserving, etc. Also, that " good " people never get angry, never

assert themselves, and wait patiently for someone else to save them.

In order for healing of physical health problems to take place, the

person also has to fight that brainwashing. Fighting that

brainwashing can be one of the hardest and most frightening things a

person ever does. Sometimes the person will be called upon to

challenge deeply ingrained (though erroneous) ideas of " good "

and " bad " . Like " good " people don't question, don't presume to know

anything, are never assertive, never think badly of another person.

and never ever rebel. Going against heavy-duty conditioning can be

very frightening and very hard. But it is necessary. Gradually the

person comes to realize that s/he can wave the " magic wand " for

her/himself.

 

> And best if you

> learn with a teacher who can give corrections.

 

I know my form would benefit from a teacher who could give

corrections. But that doesn't mean that I'm not benefiting from

doing the exercises the best I can from a book. I mention this to

underscore don't wait until everything is ideal to start helping

yourself. Do the best with what is available. (I'm one of those

people who can feel things loosening up on the inside when I do the

exercises.)

 

Victoria