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- 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: 446 - Getting grounded - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Priscilla BengtsonThe Healing in Harmony Center | October 19, 2011 Over the weekend I taught the Introduction to Medical Intuition class. As I reviewed the lower chakras and their potential imbalances, I recalled many instances in my life of energy healers telling me I needed to “be more grounded”. In my ...
Views: 245(1 vote) - Tai Chi or Qigong: Which Should You Study? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Martin EisenTai Chi has increased in popularity in the western world. It often appears in the background of advertisements of unrelated products. It is recommended for seniors and by the American Arthritis Society, which has its own simplified version. Many health clubs and martial arts studios offer Tai ...
Views: 215 - Belly Breathing - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Barbara CoxYou can learn to reduce the effects of stress and achieve relaxation by first learning the basic technique of diaphragmatic or "belly" breathing. This can be done sitting in a chair or lying down. Your breathing pattern is most noticeable when you are lying down. Place one hand on your upper ...
Views: 203 - Beat the Heat with Qi Gong - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Kay HutchinsonHeat comes in many forms, not just the weather. It can represent struggle, inflammation and illness (particularly cancer). Visualize a large ice cube at the top of your head melting downward and washing away all tension, stress, pain and struggle as the coolness flows to your toes. Use ...
Views: 237 - Introduction to Taiji Theory - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell(c) Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) Taiji is a Chinese fitness system based on relaxed body alignment and smooth flow of energy. It is also a moving meditation based on the philosophy of Laozi, a legendary ancient sage who taught about the virtues of remaining calm, yielding, and returning ...
Views: 248 - Qi Gong - Body Mind Breath Meditation Exercise Overview and Research - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Dr. Spence PentlandToday Qigong is most often referred to as any set of breathing and Qi circulation techniques that are capable of improving health, preventing illness, and strengthening the body. Qigong is slow meditative exercise for the body, the breath, and the mind. 'Qi' is the vital force behind ...
Views: 295(1 vote) - Xin Huxi Qigong Part 4 - 3 Easy Chang Bao Qi Exercises to Warm the Body and Energize the Spirit - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Kevin HuffordXin Huxi Qigong has as its central concept that of "Center Breathing." Center Breathing is breathing in a fashion such that the Dan Tian - Elixir Field - is balanced, abundant and flowing with Qi. As with any system of exercise whether it be Qigong, Tai Chi or Kung Fu it is always recommended ...
Views: 215(1 vote) - 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: 417(1 vote) - 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: 259 - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 17 - The Macroscopic and Microscopic Views of Chi (氣) - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from James LeeThere are always two sides to a story. It is like a coin with two sides which analogous to the yin and the yang as a unit. LaoTze always suggested to look at the yin side of the story to understand the yang side. In the case with the interpretation of chi, one must look at it from the other ...
Views: 214 - How is Energy or Qi moved through the Body? - by Submitted on May 14, 2011 from Timothy BoothOne of the ways is through the CT or connective tissue. The Connective Tissue in the Body is pervasive.This subtle extremely strong tissue which resembles silk sometimes in sheets sometimes like cables and also surrounding the muscles is called the myo-fascial layer and is everywhere in the ...
Views: 268 - 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: 309 - Xin Huxi Qigong Part 2 - Understanding the Yin and Yang of Qi and Qigong - by Submitted on May 11, 2011 from Kevin HuffordIt will help in your practice of Xin Huxi Qigong or any style of qigong if you have a basic understanding of the underlying Yin and Yang philosophy that is being applied. Xin Huxi Qigong Xin Huxi Qigong (Center Breathing Qigong) focuses on the chang bao qi (long, thin breath). In Xin Huxi ...
Views: 197(1 vote) - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 15 - Taoist Meditation. - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from James LeeThere are many ways of meditation for different purposes. Meditation includes concentration, feeling, sensitivity, imagination, thoughts, and insinuation. In the west, meditation is not necessarily part of Chi Kung. However, to a Taoist, meditation is a requirement for Chi Kung in order to bring ...
Views: 295 - Xin Huxi Qigong Part 1 - Breathing To Live? Or Living to Breathe? - by Submitted on May 04, 2011 from Kevin HuffordWhy do you breathe? Do you breathe to live? Or do you live to breathe? The masses would say that you must breathe so that you can live. But this is little more than just survival. As you breathe in an unconscious fashion you do nothing more than take in enough air so that the minimum amount ...
Views: 319(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: 332 - Is Bio-energy Qi (chi) ? - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2011 from Timothy BoothWhat causes the heart beat and the flow of blood through the veins and arteries? William Einthoven a dutch physician in and around 1906 discovered that an electrical charge builds up in the heart and discharges - causing heart beat and blood flow one small portion of a very complex internal ...
Views: 324(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: 368 - The Science of the Mind Body Connection related to the subtle body practice of Qigong! - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Timothy BoothThat which is looked upon by one generation as the apex of human knowledge is often considered an absurdity in the next, and what is regarded as a superstition in one century, may form the basis of science for the following one! Paracelsus, sixteenth-century European Alchemist I have ...
Views: 311(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: 837 - Scientific Explanation of Chi Kung No. 12 - The Ambiguity of Qi in the Three Treasures(San Bao). - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from James LeeThe character "Qi" is a very mysterious term. Everybody uses it, most of the time, it just come out very loosely without clarity. Even philosophers use it with ambiguity. Its interpretation was up to the readers to define and it was often misinterpreted. Especially, it would be more ambiguous ...
Views: 253 - 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: 352(2 votes) - 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: 704(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: 537(2 votes) - 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: 436(1 vote) - 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: 488(1 vote) - 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: 668 - 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: 803(2 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: 971(1 vote) - Smiling Qigong - Mind Power To Create Your Health And Desires - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2010 from Kevin HuffordToday I want to share with you a quote from Joe Vitale who is a self-help author, speaker and entrepreneur. Joe said, "You want to become aware of your thoughts, you want to choose your thoughts carefully, and you want to have fun with this, because you are the masterpiece of your own ...
Views: 424(1 vote) - The Four Postural Must-Dos - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2010 from Adam ShapiroIn the practice of Qi Gong, an ancient method of health cultivation from China, you will often hear something similar to the following statement: The body is like a vase that holds water to nourish the flower. If the vase is tipped over or broken, water will leak and the flower will wither. ...
Views: 448(4 votes) - Are You Being Held Back? Qigong, Newton's Laws and Getting Rid of Procrastination - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Kevin HuffordDo you ever say to yourself, “I just don't want to!,” “I'm just too tired!,” or “I can do that tomorrow!.” Does PROCRASTINATION creep into your life and you just don't seem to get things accomplished? There was a German philosopher, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, that said “Seize this very ...
Views: 471(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: 825(1 vote) - Benefits of Qigong - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Dr Laura UmferBenefits of Qigong First let me clarify that I am not an expert on qigong, but a student of the practice. There are many forms of qigong, which has been said to me the mother of tai chi, dating before 206 B.C., if not earlier. I have found a lot of conflicting information about the history. ...
Views: 458(2 votes) - What is Qi - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from Sarah ShupeWhat is qi? We often hear the term interpreted as energy or life force. It is what makes up and animates our bodies. It is responsible for every function from our first breath to our last heart beat. It needs to be abundant and moving harmoniously throughout our bodies to prevent disease. ...
Views: 521(1 vote) - 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: 782(3 votes) - 7 Breaths of Magic – How to Create Balance, Abundance and Flow Using Qigong - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2010 from Kevin HuffordKnowing how to balance, create an abundance and maintain a smooth flow of qi are crucial to feeling good and maintaining your health. In “Traditional Chinese Medicine” you, as a human being, hold a special place in the grand scheme of things. You are an individual and unique manifestation of the ...
Views: 524(1 vote) - A Sigh of Relief – How to Reduce Stress Using Qigong Exercise - by Submitted on Sep 27, 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.” Qigong is the practice of breathing, movement, visualization and Affirmation that you can use to reduce your stress everyday. You can balance your qi, ...
Views: 653(2 votes) - Top 7 Tips to Improve Your Health Quickly and Feel Good Using Qigong - by Submitted on Sep 27, 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.” Every day you can feel and sense the energy of the Universe, the Earth and yourself. Knowing how balance your qi, create an abundance of qi, and maintain a ...
Views: 761(2 votes) - Invest in Your Body, Mind and Spirit Connection for Success in Business and at Home - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Kay HutchinsonIn these times of economic challenge, people often wonder about how to effectively invest their financial resources. Yet, people often overlook the value of investing in their body, mind and spirit integration as a way of building prosperity. When we nourish and integrate these three ...
Views: 601(2 votes) - Cleanse and Balance Moods and Emotions with Chinese Yoga (Qi Gong) - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Kay HutchinsonChinese Yoga (Qi Gong) Balances Moods and Purges Negative Emotions We all have moments in life where we are immersed in shadow feelings of sadness, despair, heartache, disappointment or anger. Yet, many people stuff these feelings deep inside and ignore them, without realizing that the ...
Views: 730(6 votes) - 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: 1306(3 votes) - 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: 719(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: 1264(1 vote) - 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: 1485(2 votes) - Fear of Inheriting or Being Exposed to Disease: How to Find Courage and The Best Healer Within. - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2010 from Raven Cohan"Why It Can Take a Year to Get a Mammogram in the U.S" originally located at: http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/108717 is scary to me in a different way than it is intended to be. It talks about the complicated Western medicine model that has patients get misdiagnosed often enough ...
Views: 498 - 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: 1191(1 vote) - A series on breathing techniques to help you relax - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Kathy LevacHow Do You Breathe? Put your hand on your chest and a hand on your belly. Take a deep breath. Which hand moves more? The top hand or the bottom hand? When we are born we are belly breathers. Watch a baby breathe and you will see that his whole body moves, butespecially his belly. In ...
Views: 798(4 votes) - 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 ...
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