Qigong is an ancient practice of movement and meditation that eases the body into harmony and balance by uniting body, soul and mind, or as the Chinese say, Jing, Qi and Shen. Before Tai Chi and Karate, there was Qigong which was learned by ancient warriors in order to foster within them inner peace, focus, motivation, intention and to strengthen their personal energy (Qi). It is an amazing practice for those seeking inner peace, wellness, longevity and sharper mental focus. Qigong can change your life.
“After a Qigong session with Kac, I feel physically stronger and energized, with mental clarity, peace, calm and balance – ready to enjoy my day from a place of deep inner Peace and Well Being”
Kate Nash, NIA Instructor, and owner at Cosmotion
Qigong practice will build your body into a temple of immunity, strength, clarity, power, and stamina. You will create health within that wards off intruders during times of seasons viruses. You will enjoy an easier life.
Qigong is a holistic practice that promotes better health and well-being by using guided gentle movements to create ease and grace within the body, opening the energy centers for healing.
Forbes magazine did an article on the benefits of connecting mindfulness and motion. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2018/06/21/marrying-mindfulness-with-movement-reduces-stress-boosts-mood/#3d5d0006262a
Huffington Post says: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-nagel-md/health-benefits-of-tai-ch_b_7641712.html
Here is an interview with me on the benefits of Qigong and heart health.
Wendy’s Coffeehouse https://audioboom.com/posts/7611155-kac-young-june-21-2020-qigong-medical-miracle-heart-healing
Some of the benefits you can anticipate are:
Reduced stress
Lower Blood Pressure
Enhanced organ function
Improved balance
Open meridians
Increased flexibility
Improved circulation
Strengthening of muscles
Balanced hormones
Enhanced brain function
Background: I began to study Qigong a decade ago and discovered that it brought me the healing effects of gentle movement, plus a centering and an inner calmness that I had only experienced before in meditation. I loved this gentle practice because it seemed to clear out the cobwebs, release stiffness and pain and at the same time increase my energy and stamina. I guess you can say I became addicted to the resultant feeling of connectedness and ease of being. I decided I wanted to teach it so the rest of the world could also experience this wonderful sense of well being and internal harmony. I became a student and worked my way into being a teacher of Medical Qigong, or as I like to call it, Qigong with a Purpose.
When you choose to study and practice Qigong on a regular basis, you will find that your body and your mind change together to bring about a new flow of harmony within. You can do Qigong practice anywhere in the world, by yourself, or with others. Choose a park, a beach, a studio or a hotel room and move into a more alive state than you’ve ever felt before.
Qigong has existed for over 5,000 years and it is a healing practice that provides more and more benefits each time you practice it. It is the secret of age-old masters, warriors, and achievers. Join the leaders of the world and master Qigong for yourself.
Testimonials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOco1b-d9kw
https://www.springforestqigong.com/qigong-testimonials-for-ms
https://www.springforestqigong.com/qigong-testimonials-for-arthritis
https://zenwellness.com/medical-qigong-testimonials/
What is Qigong – Overview
Tai Chi and Qigong are ancient practices that have led to improved health, fitness, wellbeing and longevity for countless individuals up to the present time. They both cultivate the Qi, also spelled, Chi — the life energy that flows through the body’s energy pathways — by combining movement, breathing and meditation. Tai Chi and Qigong have in common the same basic property (Qi), the same fundamental principle (relaxation), and the same fundamental method (slowness). Tai Chi’s other principles, methods and applications are distinct to Qigong regarding how the form is practiced, how the energy is manipulated and how the body posture is conditioned.
What is Qi?
Qi is the animating power that permeates the universe and all living things. It is a basis for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) — Qi flows throughout the body’s energy pathways, or meridians, to help maintain essential health. The body is unwell when the flow of Qi becomes stagnant or blocked, whereas a free flowing and balanced Qi energizes the organs, systems and cells.
What is Qigong?
Qigong literally means “life energy work” — a way of working with the life energy. It is a healing art, a way of cultivating physical, spiritual, emotional and psychical health, that originated in China about seven thousand years ago, widely practised by the shaman priests during that primitive era. Qigong is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine and was first detailed in an ancient Chinese medical text book — the Huang Di Nei Jing or Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon – that has been regarded as the fundamental doctrinal source for Chinese medicine for well over two millennia and is still in use today. Subsequent Chinese medical books published in antiquity also reveal detailed theory and the clinical practice of Qigong procedures for treating disease and enhancing health. The art of Qigong can be practised as physical movement that incorporates breathing exercises, or as stationary meditation.
Categories of Qigong
The art of Qigong has three categories which are medical (or healing) Qigong, meditation Qigong and martial Qigong. There are more than two thousand Qigong exercises that comprise of hundreds of different styles, engaged in moving, standing, lying or sitting. Some styles of Qigong foster Qi better than others because of their superior moves and applications — those that are simple are typically more effective and can be excellent for the central nervous system, the chronically ill, and for general health.
• Medical Qigong
Medical Qigong can refer to a healer using the hands and palms to transmit Qi into a patient’s body. It more commonly refers to medical Qigong kinetics — movement exercises practiced by the general public all over the world, and by chronically ill patients in many Chinese hospitals. Medical Qigong exercise is a slow, relaxed and gentle physical work-out with each move repeated in coordination with the breath so as to nourish the Qi and improve health and well-being. The movements are designed primarily to nurture the Qi, enhance its flow and massage the internal organs of the body.
• Meditation Qigong
Meditation Qigong is carried out either sitting, standing or lying for the purpose of mind-body integration, emotional and spiritual fulfillment, Qi cultivation and healing. It is also an effective way to relax the mind and the body. There are different types of meditation Qigong, each with their own methods, techniques and objectives. Most meditation Qigong entails visualization, focusing the Qi to move to a specific part of the body, or focusing on breathing patterns, sounds, specific ideas, images and concepts. Meditation Qigong is commonly applied in Chinese martial arts, while one type of meditation Qigong centers on healing power to be used for oneself or others by projecting Qi from the palms with the hands touching or positioned very close to the body.
• Martial Qigong
Martial Qigong is dynamic and strenuous and is used by martial artists to supplement their power by way of encouraging Qi in the body. The Qigong training typically involves repeatedly tensing and then loosening the muscles, combined with deep, long breaths often incorporating reversed abdominal breathing. A static standing posture, sometimes on one leg, is held by the martial artist for a period lasting three, five, ten minutes or even longer. Martial Qigong has a few healing benefits, primarily by strengthening the internal organs of the body and developing stronger muscles, tendons and ligaments. One has to be reasonably fit before beginning such training because otherwise, it can damage the body’s systems.
source: http://www.taichisociety.net/difference-between-tai-chi-qigong.html
A Deeper Understanding of Medical Qigong as Taught by Centric Qigong
When you practice Qigong on a daily, or five times a week basis, you are creating a pattern of wellness in your body that helps all of your systems function properly. Chinese Medicine is a non-linear approach to human physiology. According to Chinese medicine theory, there is no separation between body and mind and every one of the body’s internal organs and tissues are either directly or indirectly connected via the body’s energetic channels or meridians. “All of the body’s internal organs and tissues are either directly or indirectly connected via the body’s energetic channels or meridians. This view is confirmed by the living matrix theory of modern physics, which holds that every cell in the body is influenced by and influences every other cell in the body.” (Suzanne Friedman, Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions.) The cells communicate by way of liquid crystalline structures in the body and result in quantum coherence throughout the nervous system and in all communication systems within the physical body. It’s like instant messaging throughout the whole being.
Many of the organs, such as the liver, kidney, lungs, adrenals and heart “store” certain messaging like anger, fear, grief, stress and joy. Qigong practice helps to purge these stored emotions so they do not stagnate and toxify the body with negative energy which can result in illness.
About Your Qigong Practice
Typical benefits that people describe include increased amounts of energy and reduced fatigue; better health; greater resistance to disease; better sleep; emotional balance; a sense of calm; a positive outlook; improved relationships; greater self-awareness; a deeper sense of meaning; and spiritual growth. If you practice Qigong every day you build a superior immune defense system to keep you healthy year-round.
If you practice Qigong three times a week, you maintain a healthy and strong constitution. Your organs work together to create inner well-being, harmony and co-functionality.
If you practice Qigong once a week you will be starting your body on a path to wellness.
Qigong exercises can be done anywhere, even on an airplane. Once you learn the basic you can take them along with you wherever you go. Twenty minutes a day is a great start. Work your way up to an hour a day and you will see increased benefits and the wholistic improvements previously mentioned.
I can design a daily practice for you that will enable you to achieve all of the benefits this 5,000-year-old practice afford. Long-life and great health, who could ask for anything better?
